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The real season begins. LGR! @day_trippr , ESPN seems to like the Maple Leafs as the dark horse upset cup winner. They are split on that first round with the Bruins. In my ideal world , the Rangers breeze past the Caps and then face the Isles in the second round to set up an original...

I stumbled across a fun article from Gear Patrol in my news feed this morning, 15 Underrated Beers as polled by 15 brewers. Curious to see what these brewers would come up with and the premise was to name old line beers worthy of distinction in today’s hype focused beer market. A few that...

+1 on RO water (rodi) Since they ferment it's like beer, keep them fermenting until you like them and then put in clean jars into the fridge to slow things down. I use 3% salt solution but that is a personal choice. I go by weight because I have the scale for brewing

If you haven't done so, Fermintis has write ups on their website to help you with selection. 23 is described for fruity hoppy lagers. 34/70 is for strong robust neutral beers and they release a new 30 they say reveals the esters in lagers. i only have experience with 34/70 so i can't...

the other night, Krieder put his glove on his stick to high-five the 6'7" Rempe

Enjoying it for now. The team is flawed but finding a way to win, especially late in games. I'm hoping the return of the key players and development of Rempe gets them playoff ready. LGR.

What are you using to measure pH, and what temp? Since I have a saltwater reef tank, I have a rodi unit (i.e., deionizing membrane) that scrubs it down to 0 TDS. Most units can be expanded. Also, it's debatable, but there are arguments about removing chlorine vs. chloramine and what filter the...

temperature is only needed to account for CO2 already in the beer. Theoretically, some minute amount if dissolved CO2 could be afffected by bottle temperature when packaging, but I doubt it would make a material difference.

See if you can find a gasket for the lid, Also, you can use a food grade lubricant to help seal the lid as it will fill in any small gaps.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/ priming calculator on this site's free brewing software, Brewer's Friend (it's on the top menus). You can select the metric option .

+1 on General Welding. That is where I get my CO2 and they will fill your own tank and not do that swap tank thing. They fill my 5lb CO2 tank while I wait. It might be a different policy for other tanks, or I could have been lucky when I came in.

100% sure. Been through a long list of troubleshooting. SG/Plato issue was one of the first things I looked into. I tried different decimal lengths, retaliated a dozen times, and so forth. I don't stress out about numbers, efficiency, etc. Out of curiosity, I picked up a Tilt, and it...

thanks. Not the issue with mine.

This forum helped me save a lot of money with DIY tips and hardware purchases.

priming or using CO2 is pretty much the same for carbonation. The CO2 is also needed to maintain carbonation and keep O2 air out as you deplete the beer. CO2 takes up the empty space and keeps the beer from going flat. I'd stay away from those kegs. Who knows what they were used for with...