![]() ![]() 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. Or ever, really.I can't say enough good things about Jeremy at CuS.S. You dont see anyone of the guys on this forum replacing their copper or ss stills every few years due to wear and tear. I can only assume that was because of the plastic bits breakin down, as he had quite a few of the boilers sitting around that were still in working order. On the topic of the t500- the friend that got me into distilling used one, and i recall him saying "they dont last forever, i get a new one every few years". Again, quite happy with it for what i paid. I also have one of the alcoengine reflux heads, and i think its fine once you get rid of the restrictor nozzles snd replace them with a needle valve, and add a spool under it. With the addition of a controller, Im quite happy with my digiboil. The addition of an SCR allows finer power control. Thats pretty coarse power control, and it make it difficult to get good results. Mine has switches for a 500w and 1900w element, giving the option of 500, 1900 or 2400w. Their big limitation is only having on/off switches for the elements. I dont know about that particular boiler, but I use a Digiboil. I know of no modifications needed on boiler itself, just fitting to lid Chose it for simplicity and to see if I’d actually like distilling enough to stick with it. The Turbo 500 has been a PITA for keeping stable temperature for water discharge. Had I not been trying to find a reflux condenser to fit the Foundry lid I’d have considered other options. Side note: Anvil being part of Blichmann Engineering- the give outstanding customer support and technical service. The Anvil Foundry uses a linear pulse controller for controlling power output, similar to their Blichmann Brewcommander controller. Being able to use 120v and 240v for same boiler is a great thing. But I have dedicated 240v power in garage specifically for brewing (3 vessel system then, now 240v with 5500w elements in BIAB type vessels). With 120v being standard household power in the states the other units mentioned are great - gave them consideration. My specific reason for choosing Anvil Foundry was (and is) the dual voltage capability. Then later picked up Foundry 6.5 because I’m down to doing small batches with more variety. I’ve been an all grain brewer for decades and switched to all electric single vessel brewing several years ago. It has two settings: on and off (though Richard at Love Brewing as a temp controller now, but far too expensive to ship to states). The Still Spirits boiler is pretty specific in its use: distilling. It’s primarily aimed for all grain brewers wanting and all in one, BIAB type system (thank you Aussies for showing us the BIAB method!). ![]() The key difference being it’s dual voltage capability and 3 separate burners at different wattage. Yummyrum- yep it’s “similar” to the Grainfater, Digiboil, or Robobrew but with a few added features. ![]()
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