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Hey All, Just wanted to give you the update on the Oatmeal Stout. I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats waiting. 😁 Anyways, I did sort of a starter using safale 04. Two cups of water and 3 tablespoons of DME for 10-12 hours. My OG was right around 1.060(slightly higher) and...

Thanks for all the great replies. I did read where it isn't necessary to do a starter with dry yeast, but I wanted to try this out to see how it would work. The yeast sat in the mini beer on a stir plate from roughly 9am to 2:30am before being pitched on ~70 degree wort. The OG was roughly...

Thanks for the reply! From what I've read, 10 - 12 hrs didn't seem like enough time to do any real damage.. just enough to let the yeast wake back up. But I've never done this before, so I figured I'd ask.

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, but I'm brewing 5 gallons of oatmeal stout today and I'm doing a yeast 'wake-up' rather than a starter.. i guess. if that makes sense. I just boiled two cups of water and 3 tablespoons of DME. Tossed in the packet of dry safale us-04(~ 70 degrees) and...

Guys, thanks for all the replies. You've given me a lot to think about. I have to call it a night, but after I drain these kegs I'm going to refurbish them, then work on the other suggestions. Thanks!

Fridge is about 35 degrees and I have about 8 feet of 3/16" line. The line was shorter, but I put on longer line to see if I could "fix" this carbing issue. My next step will be to tear all my kegs apart and replace everything I can/clean them up. But I can press the poppet on both kegs and...

Yeah, I've got a 4-way manifold setup. I am very meticulous when it comes to keeping my equipment clean. I scrub and rinse before filling everytime.. I even make sure I clean the kegs the very day that I'm filling them. There's a chance that something is getting left behind, but I rinse with a...

Very possible. Is there a reliable way to check the pressure coming out?

I don't ferment in my kegs and unfortunately there's no chance they are overfilled. I brewed w/some homebrew club guys and ended up keeping about 7-8 gallons for myself which I split up into 2 kegs.. more than enough room in each. The funny thing is that one keg is WAY more carbed than the...

Just an FYI on bottling too quickly... Years ago I brewed a Stout from an extract kit and followed the directions they gave me. Poured in the whole bag of priming sugar and bottled w/out doing any additional gravity checks(I was a noob.. didn't know any better). Gave a few bottles to my cousin...

Sorry!! Forgot to include some important details. Brown ale carbed at 13-14 psi in a 35(or so) degree fridge for 4 weeks now. When I pour a beer, there are bubbles.. but very little head forms and after a minute or so it just seems flat. I've had many other people say the same thing. I've...

I'm sure this has been posted a million times, so I apologize, but I do have some questions.. When I first started kegging, I used Sanke kegs provided to me by a local distributor. I never had a single issue with Sankes other then they are HARD to break into and clean. Recently I decided to...

Thanks for all the replies. Tasted it and it seems fine to me. A friend from homebrew club is coming over tomorrow to pick it up.

I purchased 40 lbs of cracked grain back in June, but never got a chance to brew w/it due to a back injury. It's been sealed in a bag, but not vacuum sealed. It's not likely I'll brew with it anytime soon, so I was going to give it away. The only problem is how long I've had it. I read that 2...

Thanks for looking this up. It should be safe for hot water since cpvc is for both hot and cold water lines in houses. Also, CPVC is capable of handling water up to 200 degrees. Thanks for all the replies. I will try boiling it and then soaking in some PBW. Hopefully that will eliminate the...

I put together a drain manifold out of CPVC for mash tun and had to glue it together because it wouldn't stay connected otherwise. You can see in the attached picture that I used purple primer to clean the pieces up a bit as well. I can't smell the primer, but I can still smell the cement if I...

Thanks for the link. Looks like you have a pretty nice setup. Does the vinyl tubing you're using have a temperature rating on it? I just purchased high temp silicone tubing and looks a little different.

"I found it easily compressed/crushed when I tried to tighten out the leaks and drips. Having the CPVC spacer like in that DIY writeup would have been best." I"m a little worried about this as well. I actually decided on a pipe nipple like in the picture above. I also purchased some fender...

Great job on your manifolds! What did you do for the bulkhead.. and have you had any issues w/your design?

I know this has been done to death on here, but I wanted to double check before making any additional purchases. I plan on making manifolds from 1/2" CPVC for sparging and draining. I have a design in my head, but nothing more. I'll post pictures when I finish. My concern right now is how to...