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@DrGonzoHST I was thinking the same thing about the temp messing with the fittings. I dropped it from 75 to 50 in about 2 days and then down to 40 for crashing. It didnt start leaking until it was in the low temps so I was thinking the same thing. I just took all the fitting apart and put more teflon tape on. Ill have to be more gentle with the drops I guess
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It is wonderful to see someone preaching temp control. Making good wort is easy controlling yeast is the magical part. It is possible that the huge swing in temp from hot to cool made the connections leak a bit.
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We here at "Those Guys!" love beer. And now... we have our beer geek expert to go to. Is it possible to love beer more? Guess we'll find out! Thanks Beer Geek Nation!
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@sjporr haha thanks man. If I was to start over again home brewing this would be the first thing I would buy. It has by far made the biggest difference in my beers
What size is that conical? Is it the 14.5 gallon or is it a 6? I was hoping to find a refrigerator/freezer that could hold two 6 gallon carboys (for now) but had the room for the blichmann 14.5....
danielmyers76 1 month ago
@danielmyers76 Its the 14.5 gallon one. Im going to start 10 gallon batches so I wanted to get this size
BeerGeekNation 4 weeks ago
Cool setup. Were you able to find out where the leak was coming from?
ASXL41 2 months ago
@ASXL41 I think what happened is that when I dropped the temp the metal shrunk and it started leaking around the elbow at the bottom. I took it all apart cleaned it and retapped it so hopefully it is ok now.
BeerGeekNation 2 months ago
nice setup man. standing fridge is definitely the way to go there for the conical. I am currently getting my ferment chamber ready to go. I got a Ranco temp controller off amazon recently, and I just need to get a chest freezer and I will be good to go. I am going to brew an IPA this week, but since I am using WLP001 the temp factor wont be much to worry about(apt usually sits near 65 lol). When I brew a Tripel or Dubbel then I will have to be careful about the temp. Cheers!
superspak 2 months ago
@superspak Yeah as long as ipa's dont get over 70F you should be fine, the Belgian beers are definetly the trick.
BeerGeekNation 2 months ago