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Yes sir. Sure did. I think the Torpedo Buoys don't have enough weight to hold the dip tube down far enough into the beer. I have a FlotIt version on my big fermenter and don't remember having this issue. What size stainless nut did you guys use? Did you use a single large one or did you go...

Hahaha! Neighbor: "Where tf did all these rocks come from?!!!"

Your best bet is to just take some measurements of the chest freezer's interior and go from there. Grab a measuring tape at your Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. and take measurements of their freezers' interiors. Write them down. Then you could make some 8.5" diameter templates (or the diameter of your...

I have a keg that's spitting gas out with the beer when dispensing. If I had to guess, this is the result of me dry hopping commando style as I had no extra hop bags. Maybe the dip tube's filter end is riding above the dry hop layer and pulling part co2/beer? I can get a decent pour if I use a...

My very first brew back in 2012 was the wheat beer extract kit from Northern Brewer. I didn't know what I was doing back then. Once I reached boiling, I added the liquid malt extract to my 5 gallon kettle, moderately stirring, with the gas still going. Needless to say, when I cracked the first...

I don't think a lot of us are rushing it. I agree, it is (very) relaxing, but my usual brew days stretch to 5-6 hours with 60 min mashes and 60 min boils. Unfortunately, I can't make that kind of time happen today. A shorter brew day far outweighs an empty pipeline for me.

40-45 min mashes and 30 min boils for me when small batch brewing on the stove top. The batches have been just simple hoppy pale ales for the most part.

I don't know. With my setup I'm probably more a rock crawler (malt crawler?) than race car. "Better put her in 4lo little buddy. There's some big ole doughballs ahead."

I do have my other mash paddle for when I'm out in the garage brewing. It's a 6 spd paddle shifter. ;)

The 1-2 weeks thing I haven't heard, so maybe that's a pub/bar thing. I don't clean the lines connected to a keg in service. Once that keg cleans, then I clean the lines. Cleaning it before a keg kicks seems like extra work to me. For one, the beer line is also refrigerated like the keg's dip...

Easy on the eyes too. Not too many that are as beautiful and funny like Teri was. RIP. You'll be missed.

All I have is just simple slotted spoon... "This is my paddle This is my gun This is for stirring This is for fun. Sound off like you've got a pair!"

I just use BLC (Beer Line Cleaner) to clean my lines. I'll do a hot water rinse, then recirculate BLC in the lines for 15 minutes, another rinse, then sanitizer, followed by hooking up the keg and dispensing. I use a 2 gallon bucket and a pond pump to run/recirculate the...

Sorry for the off topic, but what do you mean by "dear departed friend"?

Did another stove top batch today, 2.5 gallons. I used More Beer's Single Hop Experiment recipe as a template. I figured this would be a great way to get rid of excess hop inventory and see the differences in the hops I have going forward. The last batch used up my Comet hops. The one today will...

I got excited for a minute there thinking you got a free kit. It's still awesome they done that though.

So you got a second flash kit at no cost?

I've got some old hops that still smell good in my freezer. I agree with the others about where you get your hops. Most of mine have came from YVH. I like them because their bags are resealable. Once I take what I need, I bleed the air out, seal the bag, roll it up and stick it in my freezer...

You think Alibabba has that? Asking for a friend............

I think you're right. At one point sour beers were viewed as throw away batches. Now they're the rage with some brewers. Northern Brewer had a bacon flavored red ale kit at one point. Remember those? I love bacon, but I don't know if I'd be willing to brew a bacon flavored beer though. I'd...