Recent content by mcginnis842

...When the words "digital refractometer w/ATC" excite you.

If there is a thread on this please point me to it, but I haven't found one via the search function so... I'm looking at adding a stout tap to my kegging setup and understand the equipment but wondering if anyone knows of any good beer gas FILLERS around Ann Arbor, Mi. Adventures in...

Yeah YMMV on tap water but most city water supplies have a small amount of chlorine to keep anything from growing in it during transit or is sanitized with ozone if your water company is fancy, so your looking at an extremely small amount if any living organisms in your water supply. I tend to...

Yeah pure o2 is the way to go. After I switched my lag time dropped dramatically from ~18 hrs to ~6 hrs or less depending on yeast. While it's a good idea to filter any room air you are pumping into your wort, it's not needed with canned o2 as it's sterile to start with (then again inline...

I'm another one who has just used clean tap water with no issues Given I give the stopper and the airlock parts a spray of starsan but other then that I set and forget it except to watch the bubbles.

I've been using a MonsterMill from Northern brewer. It may have been a little more but it was shipped to my door within a week of ordering it and has lasted 5 years so far with zero issues and perfect performance.

...When you have 3 stir plates and they always have starters going on them. ...When you have a small freezer dedicated to yeast tubes. ...When "home brewing" books no longer cut it and you start getting professional brewing textbooks. ...When you have a 23 cubic foot freezer with temp control...

As far as o2 in secondaries, I've always noticed some co2 released despite FG being reached and stable. So I don't think that's an issue. I secondary only out of habit and not fear of yeast dying. I like to do primaries in glass carboys to watch the fermentation but after just move it to...

I love my Perlicks. As far as 525 vs 575, the foam feature is interesting but not all that exciting. If you do get the 525s and wish you had that feature you can actually replace just the 525 handle lever with the 575 lever as everything else is the same (I tried it on one of mine for ****s and...