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Jmluke as long as you are honestly asking, leaving the lid off during boil allows DMS and other compounds that can effect taste to evaporate. Though I do not know each of the compounds I do know you want them out if at all possible. I like to leave the lid off while cooling, with an immersion...

I second the OxyClean free it works just as good as PBW. Just rinse well and you won't have any residue cleaner to ruin any head retention.

Though I am new to brewing I like to use the secondary for two reasons. 1) I like to dry hop in it. I am able to get the beer off the main yeas cake and trube and onto fresh hops. 2) I also like to use it to clear longer aging beers and free up my only 6.5 carboy. To reduce the risks you...

Though I feel this is a troll I want to reply in the off chance it is real. In a country that is rife with litigation imagine the liability you are willing to assume by knowingly manufacturing, and providing minors with alcohol. If one of those teens were to get alcohol poising or god forbid...

I forgot to switch to an S airlock before cold crashing and sucked a gallon of starsan and sludge from my blowoff bucket into my beer... My fault just needed to vent my frustration... F**K!!!

Done two extract kits, now building a 3bbl nano! Thoughts on marketing?

There is a slight flaw with the OP's reasoning though. All proteins are not created equal. Meat proteins contain different amino acids and other lipids that a human needs but cannot produce naturally. There are also enzymes that are absorbed from meats that are used in cell growth and healthy...

I would advise against submersing the probe. Mine fell onto my water pan and never worked again. When I talked to Maverick they said don't even wash them because it will short them.

Thank you Yooper I guess I have been a bit overzealous with trying to get the settled yeast out.

Not trying to hijack but looks like the OP already got an answer so ill ask my question. Several people wrote they lager in a keg which is what I planned on doing. Does everyone rack into a clean keg to serve or do they just pull off a half gallon and dump that yeast and trube. I haven't done...

Trout sniffer.

Being In law enforcement and in CA there is absolutely nothing the officer can do to "Shut it down." That it a civil rights violation waiting to happen. Police Officers can only enforce the penal code not a HOA bylaw. If the officer was trying to say it is a violation of 415pc he is sadly...

When I decided to build a Keezer I looked all over and decided on the 8.8. I did see several conversions with the mini fridge but they did a lot of mod'ing to get them to work. Many had the inside door panel cut out and smoothed just to fit a keg. Hope that helps though I didn't actually...

I built a UDS from a drum that had the red liner in it. I found I had to pay to have it media blasted down to bare metal but felt a lot more comfortable knowing it was all out. If you are planning on building a grill and doing it right you may want to look into a good burn and then blast. Just...

You don't need to buy anything if you have time to spare. I found that you can set the temp higher than you want, slightly lower than ambient temp. From there every couple minutes drop the temp a degree or two, wait for it to level out and work down to your required temp. Just don't forget that...

You have to factor in the lag in the temp controller and temperature drop. The controller is only a fancy switch that turns off at a certain point, ie 54 degrees. That doesn't mean the freezer coils, that have to be colder than the ambient temp, will instantly lose all thermal difference and...

I have never used a bucket but would assume that to be the biggest possibility. I would say ifit has been going for a day you can take a hydrometer reading and another tomorrow night. As long as it is changing the little yeasties are still happy and chugging along. From what I have read also if...

What do you use for a blow off tube. I tried to use the carboy caps and every one I bought leaked. Causing my tube to lay dormant even though the fermentation was rocking and rolling. Does it look like the yeast is roiling around in the fermenter? If so it is still going. Is there a krausen...

Williamsbrewing.com has 1/2 in high temp tubing it should fit fine 5/8 is only a 10th of an inch more than 1/2 it should stretch or use a touch of pure starsan to lube it up and push it on.

Your sparge may have not hit all the grain and tunneled, only washing a small amount of the grist. Bad crush, PH maybe? Or Did you make sure the wort you tested with the hydrometer was cooled to the hydrometer's calibration point? That was my mistake when I was off that far. As for using...