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I use one every time - have since the first time I've used it. MUCH better and effective than shaking. Not as effective (or pricey) as an O2 setup, though. this looks like the guy I use It's SS and has hard plastic agitators that whip outwards under centrifugal force so they're capable...

Second. I always get a rather large bubble where the racking cane meets the hose. One or two good pinches gets rid of it easy.

Energizer is working like a charm. I think the diacetyl won't be a problem and the 041 gravity will have no problem getting down in the low 20's.

Thanks for the tips. I added a little energizer to give it a kick. Hoping that will help.

I've done plenty of searching, but come up with too much variation on how to do a diacetyl rest for an ale. The beer is an all-grain brown ale modeled and modified after Dogfish Head's Indian Brown Ale. 10 gallon batch, fresh smack pack (blew up fast), and a 3 day, 4 cup starter using LME...

John Beere - great setup. I'm going though the process of upgrading my current system. Basically trying to get away from the "cold box with some tubes" to a high quality, tweakable system to guarantee a perfect pour. This will include dual VM/Perlicks, ss shanks, dual regulator, etc. Two...

Have a 10 gallon batch of grand cru in primary now. 7 days later and only 5.5% :mad: A secondary with some energizer should bring it up good though.

And so do you, probably. :) My name is Mike and I'm from Wilmington Delaware. I've been "brewing" for almost 3 years. The quotes are necessary because I've only brewed 3 batches in that timespan. Now that my boy is turning 1 and things are getting easier to handle, it's time to get back...