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  1. pinemarten

    Would You Dump Cone On Slow Fermentation?

    Thanks for checking the recipe @VikeMan! At the time of the post, the gravity had been hovering at 1.022. Interesting to see BrewCipher predicting a different FG. Funny enough I was washing the dog over the weekend and got a YouTube notification the Genus Brewing live stream was starting up. I...
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    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Spike states the wetting pressure of their carb stone is 4psi in their process guide. In my experience, it seems to be 1psi or less. If I set my regulator to 13psi, in about 10 minutes the gauge on the their pressure manifold will read 12.5psi. Is it accurate to think that what the gauge on the...
  3. pinemarten

    Wanted 1.5” TC Ball Valve

    Still looking for one of these. FYI - Brewers Hardware says they will be back in stock in March. Glacier Tanks has them, but for three times the price of BH.
  4. pinemarten

    Broken head?

    It doesn’t look awful. If you take a spoonful off the top, does it taste odd of feel oily? It could be a bunch of different things. The easy ones are under carbonation and glassware that isn’t very thoroughly rinsed. If not those, I would next guess low protein in the beer. The beer looks...
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    Would You Dump Cone On Slow Fermentation?

    Thanks @VikeMan The recipe came from a pro who scaled it to 5g. I scaled it up to 12 in BeerSmith. BS, of course, has a terrible app or I’d paste it here but the gist is below. Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters) Brewhouse efficiency: 72% OG: 1.083 FG: 1.016 GRAIN BILL 11 lb (5 kg) Pilsner...
  6. pinemarten

    Cutting AiH Keg Gas Dip Tubes

    Oh man I wish I would have done this! I was worried about using a vice with how thin the tubes are and ended up just holding one end with a welding glove on. Worked fine but Bob Villa wouldn’t have approved.
  7. pinemarten

    Cutting AiH Keg Gas Dip Tubes

    I used a Dremel with the black cutting wheel for no other reason than my wife just got one and I wanted to play around with it. It’s neat little gadget! Then I used the red/orange cone shaped grinding bit to smooth the rough edges. I took more time to measure inside the keg than to cut the...
  8. pinemarten

    Cutting AiH Keg Gas Dip Tubes

    I just chopped down my gas in dip tubes to be able to get that last little bit of sanitizer out. It took a little trial and error so I wanted to pass along what I found and maybe save you some time. For the new kegs sold by Adventures in Homebrewing, just between 3/4” and 13/16” is perfect...
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    Would You Dump Cone On Slow Fermentation?

    I have a painfully slow fermentation going in a unitank with a massive (9lb/Bbl) dryhop charge. The fermentation is slow due to an under pitch of Imperial Juice (The starter was doing its best impression of a volcano. There were significant losses). The hops have now been in the tank for 11...
  10. pinemarten

    Hop Tea

    I think the big take away is not making the tea with water. Alcohol, even in lowish beer concentrations, is a great solvent and is needed to get your money’s worth with hop extraction. The Genus Brewing Podcast covers this right near the end of this episode...
  11. pinemarten

    Your experience with electric brewing systems?

    Converting my three vessel HERMS system to electric is without question the most worthwhile change I’ve ever made. I cannot imagine going back to propane. It’s pricey to make the switch initially but I think I was underestimating the cost in dollars and time of dealing with propane. I’m positive...
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    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    I find that it is indeed an issue with getting an accurate gravity reading. I have a beer currently in a CF10 that had an astounding amount of crud coming out of the sample port that impacted the gravity reading dramatically. It’s an absurdly dry hopped fermenting with Imperial Juice. The...
  13. pinemarten

    Wanted 1.5” TC Ball Valve

    Thanks. I'd order one of those but they've been out of stock for awhile and used would be even better.
  14. pinemarten

    Wanted 1.5” TC Ball Valve

    Looking for large bore like 1.375” or 35mm with 1.5” flange.
  15. pinemarten

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    I use that same Kegland valve to purge kegs. It’s a nifty little unit. In fairness to spike, it was out of stock when I ordered it but I eventually got it. I may just be drinking the Duotight koolaid, but using a diaphragm valve instead of a spring valve seems to be a better way to go. Twice as...
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