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What step bit should I use to drill 17 mm holes into my Chronical???
Some of you more enterprising/handy folks out there in Brewland want to put your FTSs coil(s) on the side (inside) of your fermenter body instead of the FTSs flat lid (so that you can maintain the ...
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How to handle Beerstone problems
If you have a stubborn scaly substance on your stainless that won't come off with traditional cleaning methods, you may have a case of beer stones that need to be dealt with. Usually a byproduct o...
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Detail needed on TC flanges and bores used on your Chronical fermenters
Here is an excerpt of email dialogue on a ticket we closed out recently: From: Ss FAQs <FAQ@SsBrewTech.com>Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 3:23 PMTo: Ss Brewtech <info@ssbrewtech.com>, Zane Su...
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How to remove "beer stone" from my fermenter?
Here is an excerpt from a recent support ticket: (DO NOT USE BARKEEPER'S FRIEND ON ELECTRICALLY ETCHED MARKINGS - gal markings/logo markings) Yes, beer stones are a pain. But there are solutions wh...
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What are dead space volumes for the NorCal false bottoms by kettle size?
10 Gal Kettle: 0.7 Gals 15 Gal Kettle: 0.9 Gals 20 Gal Kettle: 1.2 Gals 30 Gal Kettle: 1.6 Gals 13.5625 x 1.125 calculated is 162.53 CI or 0.7035 gallons 15.6250 x 1.125 calculated is 215.72 CI o...
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My bubbler isn't bubbling, but i can still smell fermentation happening!
You probably have a leak either along the lid gasket or the stopper where it plugs into the lid. Those are really the only two paths for CO2 to vent out of the fermenter. Just like you can test a...
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My beer has metallic taste - is that from the metal?
No This is most likely from your yeast. (Assuming, of course, you have properly cleaned your unit per our instructions using TSP, Starsan, etc.) Some metallic tastes are possible during stages of t...
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My beer has a slight metallic taste - is that from the metal?
Some of you that used to ferment in plastic or glass run into a batch that has a "metallic" or "tinny" flavor to it and sometimes ask us "is it the metal that makes that flavor?" No - this is most...
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Note on WHOLE HOPS in our (or anybody's!) kettles
Almost no matter whose kettle you use, if it has a pickup tube in it, you'll struggle with too much whole hops in your boil. They clog - and a real hassle. You are better off just bagging them. ...
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Trying to push or transfer beer to keg or secondary higher than your Chronical?
Here is a snippet from our Support/product folks back to a customer that was trying rack off his beer (under pressure) to a secondary that was sitting significantly higher/ above his primary fermen...