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I keg from the fermenter, an SB CF10, with good old gravity......not closed pressure transfer, and I rack the rest into a bottling bucket....sanitized of course........in order to evenly distribute the corn sugar/water (boiled) solution. I have always bottled the same way.

Okay, here's the situation.....now, I want to preface this question with a short background. I have been AG brewing for YEARS......about 20 to be exact. I have an extremely efficient 3 vessel setup, and do 10 gallons at a time. My usual M.O. is to keg 5 gallons and bottle the other 5. So...

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Is there a BAD PLACE to drink beer?

Why do different solutions? Your standard "analog" hydrometer should read 1.000 in 68* distilled water. The Tilt should be calibrated in the same fashion. Everyone I have talked to that use one say that their results are within the +/-.002 margin.

What do you do, then, if you have a drill that has only 2 speeds.....off and on? (I have an old corded Black and Decker)

Short answer.....YES. With that said, BIAB or extract brewing is, IMO, better than your run-of-the-mill commercial beers anyway. With AG, you have a LOT more control and a LOT more options to twist, tweak, and refine your recipes. No matter HOW you brew, though, you're brewing. THAT'S what's...

It's been a hot minute since I built my setup, and I do believe that I am wrong in my post. I think I DID in fact use 10 ft of 3/16. I am in the process of replacing my lines, and I do believe that I may have ordered 20 ft of the wrong stuff. Soooooooooooo, my bad.

Actually, I am one of those that uses 1/4 ID line. I use 10 ft per keg, and am only traveling a short distance....say, 2 feet. Perfect pours every time.

@jlinz Looks awesome. I like the stein collection.

I'm from CA, so I am quite familiar. I'm upset because I have to drive like 4 hours if I want anything from Deschutes Brewery. I am down to my last bottle of The Abyss 2017, and don't want to drink it until I can get some of the 2018 Reserve.

Now, I wouldn't go as far to say "experts". By that, I mean I don't know how many we have here that hold PhDs in chemistry and microbiology. BUT, what you WILL find here are fellow hobbiests, connoisseurs, experimentalists, and "beer snobs" (such as myself) that, combined, have about 1,000...

I have one question for you.......who the HELL still uses a ROTARY PHONE?

The OP was the inspiration for my build.

This was a LOOOOONG labor of love. 5 years in the making, but after the last child left the nest, I was able to get it finished. My little hole-in-the-wall. A great place to throw some darts and watch the Preds game.

A suggestion.....if it's the JD whiskey barrel flavor you're looking for, might I suggest getting some JD smoking chips. Steam them or soak them in some cheap vodka to sanitize them, then rack your beer onto them and secondary for about a week or so.

Sanyo mini fridges are the most common that people use to convert over. If you decide to go with a kegerator and not a keezer, there is a trick to drilling your hole in the top for the tap tower. You have to contend with the evaporator lines under the surface, and you don't want to drill into...

All Perlicks are made from 304 stainless steel. It's all good.

I use keggles in my brew setup, each with a 240,000 BTU banjo burner set about 5 inches below the bottom of the keggle, and it takes about 20 minutes or so to get wort going.