Pezzza Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 11/18/2018 at 7:09 AM, Beer Baron said: The one that comes with the thermometer and thermowell? I ditched my thermometer and put my Inkbird probe in the hole to monitor brewing temperatures. Beer Baron BB1 - you had any probs at all with the seal on the brew-bucket thermowell at all - had a few leakages... have used black O-rings either side of SS FV wall... was wondering whether I need to upgrade to some silicon washers? Any ideas? Latest one - it may have been possible that the O-Ring somehow became twisted... I had only tested in the day before !?! Cheers BB2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said: BB1 - you had any probs at all with the seal on the brew-bucket thermowell at all - had a few leakages... have used black O-rings either side of SS FV wall... was wondering whether I need to upgrade to some silicon washers? Any ideas? Latest one - it may have been possible that the O-Ring somehow became twisted... I had only tested in the day before !?! Cheers BB2 Absolutely no issues with my seal at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Beer Baron said: Absolutely no issues with my seal at all Thanks mate... I loaded my massive Fail on the Fail thread... will see if anyone else has any ideas... might change to flat silicon seals... Are you using the black round O-ring seals that came with the very nice SS FV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 37 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said: Thanks mate... I loaded my massive Fail on the Fail thread... will see if anyone else has any ideas... might change to flat silicon seals... Are you using the black round O-ring seals that came with the very nice SS FV? Yeah I am using whatever came with the fermenter. Are the seals cracked or broken?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaca Brew Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Bearded Burbler said: Looks great AB! Wonderful set-up. So what do you use the drier for - drying your hop flowers? No, that's the washing machine for all the towels after brewing. The dehydrater is sitting on top of the washing machine. Thats what I use to dry my hops, wild mushrooms and herbs from the garden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, Alpaca Brew said: Thats what I use to dry my hops, wild mushrooms and herbs from the garden. “Herbs” from the garden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Bearded Burbler said: BB1 - you had any probs at all with the seal on the brew-bucket thermowell at all - had a few leakages... have used black O-rings either side of SS FV wall... was wondering whether I need to upgrade to some silicon washers? Any ideas? Latest one - it may have been possible that the O-Ring somehow became twisted... I had only tested in the day before !?! Cheers BB2 Is it threaded? If you haven't already put some Teflon tape on the thread inside and out. I don't have a SS fermenter but I've used it on all threaded parts in my urn. No leakage at all. The sight glass connection doesn't even have an O ring or silicone washer although it does have a metal one on the inside. Ball valve has a silicone washer on the inside but I think it needs replacing. It's not leaking but it's just looking a little worse for wear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 20 hours ago, Beer Baron said: “Herbs” from the garden I was thinking more about the “wild mushrooms” hmmm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 On 6/3/2019 at 10:26 PM, Otto Von Blotto said: Is it threaded? If you haven't already put some Teflon tape on the thread inside and out. I don't have a SS fermenter but I've used it on all threaded parts in my urn. No leakage at all. The sight glass connection doesn't even have an O ring or silicone washer although it does have a metal one on the inside. Ball valve has a silicone washer on the inside but I think it needs replacing. It's not leaking but it's just looking a little worse for wear Thanks Kelsey! The temp-well is threaded and I think what has happened, when I tried to push on the thermo that came with the FV, I have somehow twisted the very new (BB1 - thanks for comment re old/perished washer or o-ring) sealing o-ring and somehow twisted it... and it has lost the seal. I think the design is a bit lacking... if you tightened all - checked and then did not move the tempwell/seal - then all would be good. I think BB1 you said you use your inkbird temp sensor - so you would not start moving the tempwell tube around... you just insert the probe... then all would be just fine. I will do that from now on - and not try to push the rubber mounted temp sensor that came with the Vat in retrospectively after the precious brew is in situ.. think that will do the trick. Thanks blokes for your feedback - you can imagine my horror when my Wort is dribbling out into the bottom of the fridge... after all that brewing effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said: you can imagine my horror when my Wort is dribbling out into the bottom of the fridge... after all that brewing effort Especially with five minutes to go before I MUST leave to go to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navigator Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 3:53 PM, Otto Von Blotto said: I suppose this is more the serving setup than the brewing setup but yesterday I bought this bar which will sit in what's meant to be the dining room but SWMBO decided she didn't like it there, so the table has been moved and the bar is the perfect size to fit into that space. Originally I was gonna build one in a similar style but her mum found it on Fakebook and sent it through, so I decided to go for it. Comes with 4 bar stools as well for an even $500. I am picking it up tomorrow but this is a photo of what it looks like. I'll probably have to slightly modify it to fit the kegerator in behind it, and I might stain it a darker color too. Overall though, pretty stoked to get it this quickly and looking forward to putting it in. Might stick a TV on the opposite wall too. Had to check down stairs to make sure my bar n pool table were still there. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Nice setup there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Navigator said: Had to check down stairs to make sure my bar n pool table were still there. Bloody awesome setup mate. Bar the warriors jerseys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 7 hours ago, Greeny1525229549 said: Bloody awesome setup mate. Bar the warriors jerseys Whoever loses the game of pool has to wear the Warriors jersey for the night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbert Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Hairy said: Whoever loses the game of pool has to wear the Warriors jersey for the night. Stakes are too high there mate. Way too high 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaca Brew Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 2:39 PM, Otto Von Blotto said: Nice setup there! Is yours set up yet. The bar looks cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaca Brew Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 11:49 PM, Hairy said: Whoever loses the game of pool has to wear the Warriors jersey for the night. Who are the Warriors and what sport are we talking about. We should be talking 2019 Womens French Open Winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Alpaca Brew said: Is yours set up yet. The bar looks cool! Yeah, I posted it in the show us yer bar thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Alpaca Brew said: Who are the Warriors and what sport are we talking about. We should be talking 2019 Womens French Open Winner! The Warriors are a rugby league team. I’m not sure why we should be talking about Ash Barty when it was a Warriors jersey hanging up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbert Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, Hairy said: The Warriors are a rugby league team. I’m not sure why we should be talking about Ash Barty when it was a Warriors jersey hanging up. She wasn't even born when that movie was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Who cares... as Alpaca Brew notes... well done Ash Barty!!! Any top-line cricketer who can win a major tennis event like that should be congratulated I say Doubt Warney could win the French Open... even at the top of his game Edited June 11, 2019 by Bearded Burbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthog Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 8:47 PM, Navigator said: Had to check down stairs to make sure my bar n pool table were still there. Nice pub! Even a band playing while you drink and play pool. I would stay downstairs. The bits are still there; leave the lights on down there so you don't forget. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navigator Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 12/26/2018 at 11:49 AM, Beers Gone Wild said: How wide is the fridge with 2 FV's in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beers Gone Wild Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 15 hours ago, Navigator said: How wide is the fridge with 2 FV's in it? Internal: 600mm wide X 500mm depth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 I got a few more toys yesterday. The beer taps arrived last week and they’re already on the door. I have a double regulator and I will have a 2 way manifold coming off 1 outlet and a 4 way manifold coming off the other outlet. I only have 4 taps but this will allow me to have 4 beers at the same pressure or a couple of beers at 1 pressure and a couple of spirit mixers at a higher pressure. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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