Recent content by Henbrew

Yes, the tilts will do that when cold crashing. My ales will typically drop down a few points according to my tilt. The tilt hydrometers are good for a ballpark SG and can be very accurate but not always. Get your cider as close to freezing and I don't think you'll have to worry about it...

How are you measuring the specific gravity? Cold crashing can take some time to work.

Sounds like there's a leak somewhere on your fermenter, possibly around the lid.

I'm in the same boat as you. I've been making yeast starters for the past 5 years but have been gravitating towards dry yeast. I haven't noticed any drop in quality and it's been easy to find an equivalent to liquid yeast.

Never heard of them but I enjoyed that video! 200 hours into Persona 5 and that's essentially how you start to view the world around you. 😄

We have very similar taste! Here are other honorable mentions... PC - World of Warcraft (was waaaaay too addicted to this when in college) NES - Super Mario Bros 3 SNES - Mario Kart (spend countless hours playing this with friends) PS1 - Castlevannia: Symphony of the Night N64 - Goldeneye 007...

I've been using these glass spray bottles for my Starsan since 2015 and never had issues. Doesn't leak at all either. Hopefully they're still made the same. Only "issue" is that they're smaller so they'll require more refills...

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I find that the flaw with flights is that the shot glass sized glasses they pour into don't really allow you to experience the beer compared to a proper glass. So much of enjoying a beer is getting to put your nose into the glass when drinking.

With my brewzilla I do about an 0.5-1 hour prep the day before. I can set my water to be at strike temp when I wake up, from there it's about 3 to 4 hours until everything is cleaned and put away.

I use my RO for brewing, aquarium (only 50%), coffee, and drinking water (have alkaline mineral filter added). I bypass the alkaline filter when I brew since I'm adding my own brewing salts anyway. I've found many random instances where I want to use it, sometimes as a final rinse for brewing...

I just checked and it's working on my end.

I second the recommendation for the intertap springs. I just installed them recently and it keeps my mind at ease. I also have one of these resting in my drip tray just as an added precaution: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JOK11K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have...

Oh, I love the airlock smell too but when you ferment in a chest freezer the CO2 saturates the entire space. If I go for a sniff during active fermentation it just burns my nose.