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This guy is a madman. His comment, "this is the best, this is what the best home brewers in the world do" made me laugh out loud literally. This is just insane.

That looks like some legit juice!!! I never made cider before so I can't speak to any recipes, but I watched this video a while back and thought it had a ton of killer info in it. Check it out:

So I did a bunch of calling around and found the best bet for beer gas in Rochester. I ended up going with Danes Welding Supplies in Ontario (pretty much Webster). www.danesweldingsupplies.com/ 264 New York 104 Ontario, NY 14519 (585) 265-4427 I called Red Diamond Carbonic Company, which was...

I save them for my buddy to store his "special" tobacco in.

Nice!! Nothing wrong with better efficiency! With a few 10 gallon brews under your belt you will tune that percentage and know how much grain to mash. Let us know how it turns out. I always use this calculator on Brewers Friend to accurately hit my gravities on those big ass boils. Sometimes I...

It is said that a higher water to grain ratio helps efficiency, but in my tests the results are negligible. A 1.5 ratio should theoretically help your efficiency so no worries there. My boil off rate is the same as yours. I did a 11 gallon batch last weekend and my boil off rate was exactly...

Ok, I wouldn't lose sleep over it. As long as the bottles aren't half full of gunk I bet it will be fine.

When you poured it did it splash all around or were you super careful? I've racked a batch with a incorrect size tube (draws in bubbles) and I was super worried about oxidation but it ended up turning out fine. Can you see how much cake/trub is on bottom of the bottles?

There's probably no avoiding them getting shaken up, I wouldn't worry too much, things will settle back down. If it was me i'd buy a few bungs without holes so oxygen can't get in while things are moving around to prevent oxygenation. If things really get moving around co2 could get out of...

Did the homebrew guy take the honey into account? When I add any kind of sugars (maple syrup, honey, belgian sugars, etc.) it will boost your gravity. Probably not up to 1.070, but it's something. 12 pounds of 2-row at 75% efficiency comes to about 1.048 but 80% is 1.065. With some honey added...

Other than potentially oxidizing the beer it will be fine. Once the beers finish priming refrigerate them for 3 weeks or more. This will settle all that stuff out and compact the cake on bottom. When you pour the bottle it will tend to stay at the bottom without mixing with the beer. Pour slowly...

Here's another version, mine is rated at 75% brew house efficiency. I matched the plato but didnt end up with the ABV of the original recipe. Could be they pitch another yeast on the wort after primary finishes, not sure. I have a few doppelbock and extra stout recipes that follow that...

I love keg connection! Count me in!

I also make sure to refrigerate my bottles for a few weeks after they prime at room temp for 2-3 weeks. I know its a long time to wait, but the sediment tends to gets a lot more compacted the longer it stays in the fridge. If I pour gently, the gunk just sticks to the bottom of the bottle. I'm...

I was thinking the same. I hope he didnt take that advice.

I was thinking the same thing Flatcap was. Why not build a new door? Get some plywood, insulating foam, foam stripping to seal it against the fridge and connect it to the existing hinges. Drill into it however you want and you wont need to open it every time you want a brew. When you leave, put...

I think the Blichmann brew kettle voids any "ghettoness" in this pic.

I think this would be good for new brewers who haven't invested in any bottling equipment. The $200 dollar barrier would make me not buy it because I've already got a ton of bottles, bottling equipment, trees, sanitizers, etc. If I was starting off and canning was easy and cheap post the $200...

I like this discussion!! I agree with gbx. If you are brewing something that isn't wildly unique (oyster stout comes to mind...) it's been done before. Pilsner Urquell is a pretty basic recipe. But the execution of a recipe like that is critical. There are a million ways to f*k that up--and...

Wow, that's awesome!!