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    Nylon/Muslin bag over keg dip-tube - filtering

    I brew a lot of hoppy IPA's and never filter. I use Irish Moss / Whirfloc in every brew, and cold crash @ 38F for 3-5 days before kegging and it's really gotten my beer much clearer. The issue I have is when siphoning from the carboy to the keg, I'll get some sediment that goes into the keg...
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    Camlock vs. Quick Disconnects?

    I understand CL's can also be considered QD's, but the more typical QD's I think of are: And it's camlock equivalent... Both are easy to use and work well, but you could argue the camlocks might not be one-handed depending on how dexterous you are. No for the real question, has anyone...
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    Immersion Chiller - best practices?

    I've been using a 25' 3/8" copper immersion chiller for a couple years now with varying results and was looking to get any feedback/input from people who have had great success with them. 5-gal batches, 11gal SS kettle. I am in the northeast, so warm summers/cold winters, ground water is...
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    Converting partial boil to full boil

    I've been using Northern Brewer kits for most of my batches so far, and I've been doing full boils on their kits that have instructions for partial boil. I contacted NB and they said it's fairly easy to do a full boil on these kits: 1) If there are any late extract additions, ignore them and...
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    Carboy Heating Pad or something else?

    I am looking for a solution to keep my glass carboys a few degrees warmer (currently low 60's, need ~ 67 or so for my next couple batches). I've made a system to control an outlet (RasPi, solid-state relay, thermometer in a thermowell), I just need to choose the heating element. From what...
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