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Has to be a leak somewhere on the tank

I would suggest checking the pressure relief valve, as this can sometimes get stuck. However it sounds like you are shutting off the valve on the tank itself, so nothing should really be escaping

Cool. Thanks for the reassurance. It all seems healthy, just freaked me out a bit [emoji4]

Cracked open a Heady. It is Saturday after all

This can also be done cold, but the yeast won't be able to help you

There is actually an interesting article in the latest 'Brew Your Own' magazine. It suggests that dry hopping should be done at the end of primary ferm and at a warmer temp. The reason is because adding hops can introduce oxygen, and leaving some yeast in the fermenter and keeping the temp at a...

Have it hooked up to the heat pad on a chronical, then the chill pump is in the glycol chiller

It's swings a few degrees up before the pump kicks in again

Just the set temp. I currently have mine set to 63

I haven't played with the settings myself but those directions should help

Depending on your ambient temp, this can be annoying, and you may want to override

Yeah, I'm using mine for the first time too. Had an issue with testing and contacted SS. There is a 5 min delay programmed into the controller. That's to prevent the Chill and heat pad constantly overlapping, as your target may be 63 and it will go to say 62 and you don't want the heat to kick...

This the heat pad and the cooling system?

I recently purchased a conical, and this is my first brew in it. I installed a sight glass to get a bit of visibility. The blow off tube is generating a nice consistent popping in the blow off water/sani. However one seeing some weird activity in the sight glass. I was expecting to see...

Counter pressure bottling is pretty straight forward. You just need to have a splitter on the co2 regulator. I process approx. 10x 22oz bottles per keg and then leave the rest on tap. Just make sure you let the beer fully carb before bottling if you force carbonate. Bottling too early will give...