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    Fast fermenter.

    Hey I was wondering who has a fast fermenter and do you like it or not? Pros, cons? Possibly looking into getting one, sorry if there is a thread about this already. Did a small search before I posted this.
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    Yet another foaming problem

    Possibly a bad o ring on the out line? Head pressure mixing in with the beer as its being dispensed.
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    IPA's lacking?

    My dry hop in the last batch was done in the keg, I racked on top of the hops and purged.
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    IPA's lacking?

    I aerate by shaking the carboy by hand, not the best practice but that's what I'm working with. I usually leave in primary for about 2 weeks and verify by two hydrometer readings a day apart. I always use a 1.5l starter at 1.040. I'm pretty good with sanitation, no infections. I have tried the...
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    IPA's lacking?

    I have done a hop stand before and also dry hopped exclusively in the fermentor. Where would I pick up the diacetyl?
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    IPA's lacking?

    Hey all, I love a good hoppy IPA. Unfortunately I can't seem to brew one. My last recipe was a simcoe smash. All 2 row malt. Hop schedule was 1 oz at 60, 2 oz at 5, 2 oz at flameout and dry hopped with 2 oz. I used all ro water and adjusted using gypsum, calcium chloride and Epsom salt. I used...
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    Hot liquor tank

    I have a 5 gallon hot liquor and 10 gallon mash tun. You can do a 5 gallon mash but it gets tight with bigger grain bills.
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    How to prevent beer from sticking in tap spout?

    Agree to both above. I switched to perlicks a little after I started kegging. They are a little more expensive, but so worth the money.
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    Hot liquor tank

    Yea. So I mash in a 10 gallon cooler. When mash is almost complete, I begin to heat sparge water in my boil kettle. I will go a few degrees past sparge temp then transfer to smaller 5 gallon cooler. I begin to runoff into my boil kettle and from there you can batch or fly sparge.
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    Hot liquor tank

    I personally use it so I can heat up sparge water in my boil kettle then transfer to cooler and it will hold temp. Meanwhile I start my first runnings straight into kettle and not into buckets or other holding vessels. If that makes sense.
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    Co2 regulator

    Yea I want a 60psi gauge. It currently has a 0-300.
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    Co2 regulator

    Does anyone know if I can swap out the low side regulator gauge with one more accurate? I bought a tank that came with a regulator and the low side gauge is 0-300 and wanted to have a 0-60 gauge.
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    Is there an ideal temp to take pre boil gravity with hydrometer

    If I had alcohol in my pre boil, I would think I'm doing something right. [emoji1][emoji482]
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    Is there an ideal temp to take pre boil gravity with hydrometer

    A quick way to cool your sample is put it in a stainless cocktail shaker then swirl in a bowl of ice water. Cools in about a minute.
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