Recent content by grampska

I'm in

Mine just broke. I could definitely use a Inkbird wireless meat thermometer

I might quit because dealing with carbonation sucks - bottles suck, cornies suck, balancing lines sucks - I'm also the cellerman at a local brewery and it sucks there too. Seriously though, I almost gave up this year. I thought I was loosing a step. Not just in brewing but work and music as...

We have schizophrenic weather here. So we have random days of warm weather in the winter where I can brew but the basic brewing heating pads you can keep the fridge that I have in the uninsulated garage at 68F once the cold weather kicks back in.

If I ever quit, it would probably because of carbonation. Kegging, bottling, whatever. It's a pain in the ass.

I found this: https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/data/attach/302/302438-BrewForm-v1.3.2.pdf

I figured I'd throw my two cents. I really like these. Force carbing goes super quick since they're so easy to shake compared to a full size corny or sixtel. And they work great on their side which is what I did because I have a big honking cooler that can probably hold three of them lying down...

The one at the brewery I work at fills with CO2 and there’s an air compressor and air filter hooked up as well so oxygen is involved as well.

I stopped using Beersmith because using on multiple devices seemed a little wonky. Beerfather ok but is lacking if you’re offline at all. Usually not a problem but the detached garage is just far enough to get in that in between Wi-Fi and mobile data neverneverland. I renewed not long ago but I...

Definitely could use this. There's not a lot in the market for reasonably priced options.

I just misplaced my bluetooth thermometer. Might want this as a replacement.

Oh, and I always recirculate with the built-in pump for a few minutes after stirring.

I use 5 gallon paint strainer bags in the mash pipe. Makes cleaning up easy as well. $5 for 2 at most hardware stores or just under $1 each off Amazon. I added that, decreased my grind from .35 to .28, and stirred every 15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes and my mash efficiency went from...

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Ok, I think I have everything figured out but haven't confirmed on the kegerator since that's at the band's practice space. Kegerator: - probably over carbed due to being in the fridge which hovers around 34F but I might have still had the pressure set for 11psi - I'll probably just deal with...