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I've got a really similar IPA ready to dry hop and was just debating EKG/Target, how did this go?

I don't know if the heavy duty one is waterproof. That might have been what I was originally going to buy but I know when I called in they told me to go with the PTFE/FEP TIP PROBES 113-372/373/375-T one as it's made to be put into a dishwasher, so it would figure that a mash tun or kettle...

Just throwing an update in here. We are a year later, 60 more brews, and now we have 3 of these probes. 2 with 6 foot cables and 1 with a shorty cable. Brew day is usually 2 or 3 batches going at the same time. All probes work perfectly, never a problem, and they have all gotten wet...

That sounds like a great idea, certainly save on the c02. If you used to pump your beer up it would probably stale faster due to 02, but for just testing seals I like it! I've had the best luck putting a star san mixture into a little spray bottle and just hitting the whole top of the keg to...

Well, i went for it with a slightly modification. I brew 15 gallons at a time so if it's horrid, well, I've got some beer to give away! I put the crystal to 20% and the caramalt to 10%, I kept the scale of wheat and chocolate (so like.. a fraction of an oz.). The wort actually looks good, but...

Anybody end up making this all grain? I love this beer, but the crystal + caramalt seems pretty high on the total, but I'll do it if somebody says it turned out well.

Sounds perfect. My really good yeast starters never smell good.

IMO cinnamon will only really break down under boil, very hard to get into solution otherwise. So you could boil some water toss in the cinnamon, wait for chill and pitch it in, perhaps even at bottle time.

I've made this cider twice. I love it. I used campden and phosphate. I put the syrup in before I force carb it. Now I think I'm actually screwing up there, when I go to bottle gun it out I always get a cup full of yuck syrup that I toss, but the cider has the nice syrup flavor. I also had a...

Oh, I bought one of these too: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Growler-Filler-Attachment-for-Perlick-525SS-Draft-Faucet-Stainless-Steel-/140917067903?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20cf4fd07f It works great for filling up a growler and going. I don't know about filling a bottle and capping, I bet it...

The bad part is, you'll probably like it so much to duplicate it you'll have to wait 10 months! :) I'm glad it worked out for you.

Straight off the tap, most likely no. Do a search for bottle gun on the forums or counter pressure filler. I have the Blichmann one and it works great, but there are cheaper alternatives.

Go big or go home! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/great-deal-100qt-kettle-75-shipped-nh-417770/ kidding aside, we just used this kettle (25 gallon for $75 shipping) and it was great. Maybe they have other stuff that is pretty cheap kettle wise for what you want. You may also want to look...

I saw a plastic keg at StrangeBrew in MA. I had no idea what it was as it was prices almost the same as a standard pin/ball lock and was marked for a single use. That being said for standard kegging (5 gallons) you just boil up the same amount of priming sugar as you would for bottling (3 to 5...

I like what you did. If it doesn't leak, it's good! Perhaps some metal working person would say otherwise but I like the idea of a gasket on each side although I suspect you actually only NEED one on the inside.

That sounds right to me, should be good to go! :mug:

In a pinch I use a piece of tin foil wrapped over the opening and a rubber band for an airlock. If you shake the bottle a bit, do you see an fizz? When I have made wine I didn't get typical beer krausen, but I certainly got some fizz if I shook the fermenter. You could always pitch another...

Good call on the minimizing exposure. I couldn't do it like that due to logistics so I left just a little fully fermented beer in there as that should protect the yeast cake. I also filled the top of the fermenter with c02.

Give your bottling gear a rude gesture for me ;)

It will work fine if you ferment the juice alllllll they way down and then add priming sugar/bottle like normal. You'll have a very very dry cider and of course that is fine if that is what you are looking for. If you don't let it ferment all the way, bottle bomb time!