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What is the size or item number for the poppet o-rings? I bought the other keg o-rings at McMaster-Carr.

The suggestions are all good. I'd have lunch at Taft's. It's an 1850's church that they restored for $10 million. Their Gavel Banger IPA has won local and state awards. Whether or not you go to Madtree, try their Psychopathy IPA.

Particularly with a thick mash, the higher temperature of the mash out will reduce the wort viscosity and should allow for better drainage of the first runnings. I think this should result in more effective batch sparging but would it be noticeable?

My keezer is in the garage with the CO2 cylinder inside. To make room for more kegs, I am planning to mount the 10# cylinder on the wall next to the keezer. I'm in Ohio and the garage temperature might get to 90F. The temperature-pressure charts indicate this should be no problem. I would...

I am ready to switch from picnic taps to beer faucets. I am using a large side-by-side refrigerator and will serve from four 5 gallon corny kegs. The faucets will be mounted on the door. The CO2 cyclinder will be outside. My local homebrew store does not handle the EVA system so I need...

I have only brewed 3 all grain and 2 extract batches - all 5 gallon. As I learn more, I see that the yeast calculators always say more than one package of yeast is required but only one package is included in the kits. What am I missing? I just bought the equipment needed to make starters. I...

The beer is very dry but refreshingly drinkable. I seem to have brewed IPA Light. Thanks for all the information. I learned a lot more than I expected. This will certainly help me to improve. It's a good hobby when you can just drink your mistakes.

Thanks for all the help. Here are replies to the comments: Mash to Grain at 1.5 As mentioned, the volumes are correct if the dead space is included. However, I agree with Tracer that the sparge volume should be larger and the strike volume lower, as long as the grains are swimming. I wonder why...

Mike Thanks for the reply. I agree about the solids extraction. I should have thought about it. I modified the Brewfather profile for the 10.5 Foundry. Here are the key parameters in my profile: Running at 120 volts Boil off 0.5 gallons Trub/Chiller Loss 0.3 gallons. I confirmed this is...

The OG of my current batch of IPA was low at 1.054 versus target of 1.064. I had added too much water. I weighed the mashed grains and found that only 0.2 qts/LB of water was absorbed. I had used the Brewfather ratio of 0.383 qts/lb. This issue accounted for most of the excess water. Next...