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While I don't have a chest freezer that holds 12 kegs, just today I just pulled out a keg from my "lagering freezer" (when my wife hasn't commandeered it for curing sausage or something else not beer related). So yeah... I lager in kegs. My plan is to transfer the contents to a clean keg, so...

Buy yourself an aquarium pump or something similar. You could have it in a bucket, into which you're running your flat faucet, and still use an immersion chiller. The best part of this is that you can use the warm tap water to take down the temperature to something reasonable, and then start...

"Too cheap" has gotten me into a huge number of silly projects! 🤣

So... what are your expectations for commercial beer? Just because your expectations are being met, doesn't mean that it's good beer. 😉 Have you considered doing large batches and splitting them to get more experimentation in? I agree that the time for smaller batches is about the same, but...

I fixed all the mildly annoying little things in my old house so that I could put it on the market and sell it. When it was all done and freshly painted, I was questioning whether to move. Yeah... shouldn't put those things off... the sooner you do them, the more you get to enjoy them!

Do you have any problems with it resting on the bottom of the kettle? I'm asking because, as Bobby pointed out, the one that they sell for the system is designed to not touch the bottom. I assumed that was to prevent it from crushing the perforated "false bottom" and the "heat exchanger disc"...

2217 + 3 gallons of Azacca IPA = 2220

At first, I thought that picture was your taster before going to work! 🤣🤣🤣

I'm not an expert (I've only done this one so far!) but I'm pretty confident that the Bio Ethanol should be fine, as long as it's pure enough to prevent freezing when it's in the freezer. My understanding is that the alcohol is only there to ensure a slower, even freezing process for the...

Secret Drinker Kent seems to produce very honest reviews! 😄

I did not like this yeast the one time I tried it. I believe it was slow to start, but then it just stalled and left the beer incompletely attenuated. I had to pitch another yeast to try to save it. I don't plan to try it again.

I can appreciate that.

I'm not trying to encourage you to keep using the bag. I'm just wondering... If you were to turn the bag inside out and shake the grains out, then let it dry, I would think that after it's dry it should be easy to get the rest off with another good shake or maybe brushing it off. I'm assuming...

But... how would you put pickle beer on a stick and deep fry it?

Is this why the electric company keeps sending me info on how to reduce my consumption? Let's see... Kitchen fridge (food) Deep freezer (food) Second fridge / freezer (hops, curing bacon, overflow) Small beer fridge Keezer Lagering fridge (chest freezer with Inkbird) Fermentation chamber...