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  1. conpewter

    7/8" hole in kettle

    For anyone else looking for this, brewhardware.com is out of stock I was able to find these on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Kettle-compression-stainless-Homebrew-Hardware/dp/B07SV65TH7/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=stainless+1%2F2%22+npt+plug+o-ring&qid=1605033277&sr=8-3 Note I just ordered...
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    fix NEIPA - oxidized after adding dry hops

    Thanks to most of ya'll, I'll just go with what I got for now, go ahead and drink it and not show it to too many folks :) But I shall decline the advice of brewing it again and not letting it oxidize, finding it isn't my favorite style so going back to stouts and IPAs, same amount of $ and time...
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    fix NEIPA - oxidized after adding dry hops

    Any help would be appreciated. I brewed a NEIPA a while back, 10 gallons. I kegged both and left one to drink later. The first one was good and worked fine. The 2nd one I dry hopped a few days before I started drinking it, this I've done before but not with a NEIPA. The beer still tastes...
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    Grassy flavor from dry hop after 3 days

    So I dry hopped my pale ale right before going on thanksgiving holiday and I believe I've got a case of grassy beer (hard for my to nail down the flavor, but vegetal/grassy comes to mind) I tasted the beer before carbonation and hopping and it tasted pretty good. I don't know if it was too...
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    One Keg Two Taps

    I don't believe having two taps will do what you'd like. When you serve a beer on nitro, you've actually carbonated the beer with beer gas, 30% Co2, 70% N. Then you push it through a nitro tap to get the creamy head. If you serve it through a regular tap, it would just seem undercarbed and...
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    Tomato Wine

    Well its that time of year and I have a pile of roma tomatoes sitting on my counter, I may need to make some of this up. Anyone have recommendations on racking from 1 gallon jugs? All my stuff is set up for 5 gallons and seems a bit cumbersome with a 1 gallon jug. bwalker - i've not tried with...
  7. conpewter

    2016 Dark Lord Day

    Hope to see a few folks tomorrow Only have a phone # from Patrick so hopefully I'll at least catch up with him, anyone else that wants to hang out you can PM me your phone # and email addy and I'll share/add you to the admittedly tiny spreadsheet Group B, hope I get one of the vanilla...
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    Free cascade crowns/rhizomes far NW burbs of Chicago

    I'm in the far northwest suburbs of chicago and I need to get rid of my cascade hop bed. I'm somewhat close to Crystal Lake, IL. If you want some just reply and we'll schedule up when you can come out and dig. I'd appreciate anything in trade but they are free even if you have nothing to trade.
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    Free Cascade hop plants - far northwest suburbs of chicago

    Hello, I need to get rid of one of my hop beds so I've got a lot of hops if anyone wants to dig them and replant. I'm sure there are several dozen rhizomes plus 8 crowns in the ground if anyone wants them. All cascade. Must come and dig them yourself. (samples of your homebrew are...
  10. conpewter

    2016 Dark Lord Day

    Hmmm I've seen plenty of tents in years past at the local businesses, I'll just go with my usual routine, thanks yall
  11. conpewter

    2016 Dark Lord Day

    In the years past I've always driven down the morning of and driven back that night (I would stop drinking 3+ hours before heading home) I'm thinking this year it might be best to stay the night somewhere down there, but of course the hotels are booked. Thinking about just bringing a tent or...
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    Illinois copper pipe wrapped ball lock 3 gallon corny

    That was my plan for it :) Just out of room and time for projects. I hope it can find a home where someone can do something cool with it. FYI to all I weighed it and it is 18lbs so if anyone wants it shipped you can calculate shipping from 60102. I prefer USPS or UPS to ship from.
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    RIMS brewstand - water chemistry question

    It does seem to work well. My last house had hard water but tasted good, it worked wonderfully for stouts and ambers. The IPAs turned out OK but not great, did much better with cutting with distilled and adding some sulfates. The new house is hard water with dissolved iron... tastes a...
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    RIMS brewstand - water chemistry question

    Your water profile looks pretty good for most beers. Hoppier ones you may want to bump your sulfate and more pilsner like beers you may want to cut with RO, but otherwise looks fine. No filter would be ok, a carbon filter could help depending on what else you have in your water. If your water...
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    Illinois copper pipe wrapped ball lock 3 gallon corny

    Thanks for the info Paul. When I took the unit apart there was no way for it to be in an ice bath, but it was insulated. The pipe is double walled so it could have had refrigerant on the outside and water on the inside to be sprayed into the tank. Agreed it would foam too much for beer, but...
  16. conpewter

    mini fridge frustration....

    I found searching craigslist to work best, I can ask them to measure the bottom area from the hump to the edge (can usually cut away any door plastic when you get it) I ended up finding a "microfridge" to actually be perfect for fermenting in. Found it on craigslist for $50 I think. Looked...
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    Illinois copper pipe wrapped ball lock 3 gallon corny

    So this came out of a cornelius soda fountain. It is wrapped in copper pipe that was used to cool the carbonated water inside. The copper pipe does not leak but it is dented some so flow is restricted but does run. The lid has several... modifications. I can flip it out for a normal lid if...
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