I ordered my 6.5 gallon Foundry on July 4th, directly from Anvil. From their replacement parts section, I ordered the boiler lid tube and the perforated disc, for an additional $31. I didn't order the full recirculation kit with the Foundry. There are other things that can be done to help that, like adding rice hulls, doing a beta-glucanase rest, or not recirculating too fast. I know it's to prevent stuck sparges, but it also means that water/wort isn't flowing through the grain bed uniformly. I wasn't thrilled about the extra perforations on the sides of the mash pipe on the 10.5 gallon Foundry, which don't exist in the mash pipe for the smaller unit. I chose to go with the 6.5 gallon Anvil Foundry, but from all of my research, the Robobrew is a good unit as well. Another that I would recommend are these guys Genus Brewing who have reviewed both, and can be entertaining to watch at times. Kudos to CuS.S brewing and glad to help out a great company.ĮDIT: I did use a spin cycle overboard whirlpool arm (18") from brew to assist with chilling and both the whirlpool arm and chiller make chilling a breeze with no effort on my part.Ĭlick to expand.I'll second Short Circuited Brewers as fairly comparing the pros and cons of different models. But after my experience with Jeremy - I noticed his cleverness: CuStomer Service. is "equipment you can swear by", I never paid attention to the period between the S's in the company name. Today I chilled to 90 degrees (pitch temps for the kviek I was using) in about 5 minutes with 83 degree ground water (north carolina). Awesome! So Ive now brewed with the new all-in-one try coil twice and it sits flat and Im no longer worried about the snag on the dip tube or unseating the dip tube etc. I was blown away as I didn't even ask for this. He emailed me back in about 24hrs and said he was going to make and then send me a new one in a couple of days to "make it right with me" with the modification and provided paid postage for me to send him back the old one. So I emailed Jeremy about it asking if the modification was to make it able to sit flat. About a couple weeks ago a friend asked me about the chiller and when I went to the website, I noticed a new "modification" for the anvil foundry. I chalked this up to my poor measurements on my part and continued to use it as is. Ordered the "all in one" in january for my 10.5g foundry, used it a bunch but it actually didn't fit flat in the foundry because of the dip tube was literally about a half inch too long. It swells around the connection because it's not ideal for handling boiling water and pressure.I can't say enough good things about Jeremy at CuS.S. I put compression fittings + hose barbs on my chiller but still a little nervous about the vinyl.
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