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Has anyone been able to confirm whether the GE FCM7SKWW can indeed fit four ball lock kegs on the floor? My GE FCM7SUWW just died and I was hoping to swap it out with the newer model and keep the collar and everything for my four keg setup. Four kegs in the FCM7SUWW was snug, but they all fit...

I ordered the SS Brewtech mash re-circulation manifold that several people are using in this thread. I noticed that the hose barb on the manifold is 3/8" whereas everything else is 1/2". Dumb question, but how do I connect two hose barbs with different sizes? Do I just use a hose clamp to...

Maybe a picture will help. There are no holes in the vertical frame, so I assume that the frame is supposed to be held up by that bolt pressing against the frame on either side? I don't know if I trust those two bolts to hold up the weight of the frame, the control panel, the basket full...

First brew on my 20 gallon Nano Brewer Home is complete. Yay!!! I was very surprised with how easy brewing is on this system. A couple notes from my brew day. 1. The first snag I ran into was getting the basket full of grain off the pulley. The frame was set so the sides sit on the ground...

I imagine it is more helpful during mash. That way you can see if the wort level under the basket is dropping.

I am also looking at a King Cobra since my current IC is rather tall. How are people with the KC suspending it in the wort? Are you hanging it from the pulley or getting a custom bend so it can just sit on the rim of the kettle?

So I finally got CBS to ship me the missing TC clamps and was able to do a test run of the system. After doing leak test and fixing all the leaks, I fired up the element to do a test brew with just water. The element heated up to mash temp, but didn't heat up to boil when I switched over to...

I got the 20 gallon Nano Brewer Home w/ whirlpool a few months ago and now that my basement brewery is finally finished, I am eager to try out my new system. After some trial and error, I believe I have figured out how to assemble everything (CBS' instructions are pretty vague and this thread...

In please.

I do not disagree about ventilation being necessary. My question was about the vent hood. Do I need the big piece of metal hanging down from the ceiling or would I get the same effect from having a 400 CFM fan mounted in the ceiling over the kettle with a grill over it? The reason I ask this...

I am in the process of designing my brewing set up for my basement and had a question about ventilation. I have read several threads about vent hoods and exhaust fans and I was wondering how necessary the vent hood is. Would having an exhaust fan with a vent in the ceiling over my boil kettle...

I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of this last night with a 2L starter of WLP007. This was my first time using a starter and I was surprised to see that the air lock was bubbling after an hour after pitching the yeast and there was a good 6" of krausen on it this morning. My plan is to make a...

Yay I got my order in. Snagged a pound each of Centennial, Simcoe, and Columbus for my second attempt to brew an IPA (first one was a failure and ended up dumping it). Also grabbed a pound of EKG. Good to hear that those are good. Also got a pound of Cascade, C-Type, and Centennial for a...

Any word on when the 1lb bags of Simcoe and Centennial will be back in stock? I do not need them right away; I just prefer to buy local. Thanks.

I have been browsing the electric brewing forum for a while as I am intrigued by electric brewing setups but they all seem to be three vessel HERMS or RIMS configurations. Does anyone have just a simple electric boil kettle and cooler mash tun? A little background about my situation. I...

I do. Yeah you do have the smell, but it usually dissipates within two days. Less if you fry up some bacon.

All grain can be done on an electric stove easily. I do 2.5 gallon batches currently with a 5 gallon cooler and a 5 gallon boil kettle. You will need some vessel that can hold about a gallon of wort to collect the first runnings from the mash tun while the boil kettle is used to heat the...

I have had a completely different experience with them, at least from one of their reps. One of their reps was doing a tasting at a local liquor store and she seemed pretty knowledgeable and willing to share info. I did not press her, but she did tell me that they use only one strain of yeast...

I would be in for one too.

I brewed this recipe as my first AG brew, scaled down to 2.5 gallons using Beersmith and batch sparged in my 5 gallon cooler. The mash smelled amazing when I opened the cooler for mash out. I really hope this beer turns out as good as it smelled last night. Thanks for the recipe. I did have...