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Thought I would reply to this thread with some updates as I've been experimenting with oak cubes some more over the past few years. This is what I've settled on and I find it gives me consistent results with the right balance of oak flavors. (Note: I'm not shooting for bourbon character as...

The DIY design you have will start pulling yeast and trub a half gallon earlier than the flotit design. Also, the flotit with the screen allows me to dry hop in the FV without pulling floties.

Its kind of wasteful, but I bought a bunch of the tubing in bulk on Amazon and I just replace mine after each use. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0852J5JQJ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title $12 gets you 9 tubes Silicone can be boiled so you could go that route for ultimate sterilization...

I use the flotit in my fermzilla where I do all of my dry hopping. It really does leave no beer behind! For my receiving keg, I use the Clear Beer Draught system without a screen. I agree it would be a bad idea to have a screen on the receiving keg if dry hopping in the primary / fermenter...

This is how I do it: You kind of need to fudge it in Bru'n Water by making a new copy of your existing recipe Make the sparge volume zero and then set the mash volume to whatever your kettle volume reads prior to the kettle acid addition. Next get the PH in Bru'n Water to tie out to whatever...

Fwiw the ones I've been using from morebeer that I posted about above have been great Recently had a black ipa bottled for 6 weeks and zero oxidation

Kegland just dropped these Low2 seals on the market for swing tops. Coming soon to US Who knows if they are better than the morebeer ones I posted about above, but good to know these ones have been tested for permeability. If the price is comparable I may switch to these when I run out. I...

Recipe generally looks really good! Mashing a little higher can be nice in a juicy style IMO. It's personal preference though. I would personally cut out the honey malt and replace with something less intense like CaraHell if you are just looking to add body. Or add victory malt if you are...

Generally my kicked kegs stay in my keezer until I'm ready for em. I never really have more than 4 kegs going at once nowadays and my keezer holds 6 kegs. An kicked keg at 35F isn't a concern for me. I don't normally keep a kicked keg at room temp, but the inside of a kicked and previously...

I clean and sanitize my kegs right before use When I kick an old keg I just leave it sealed up with and under pressure until I'm ready to use it for my next beer. When I'm ready to use it, I clean the inside of the keg with PBW. After the PBW rinse, I fully disassemble the posts and o rings...

I may have posted a bad link. Here's the correct one. Don't think this one says silcone. I edited my last post with this link https://www.morebeer.com/products/rubber-washer-swing-tops.html

Seems like Buna-N is a TPE material, you're right! https://patents.google.com/patent/CN102453267A/en

Switching gears slightly to the topic of rubber seals for swing top bottles. It is ridiculous to me that most vendors use silicone. I tried searching for alternatives and I believe the seals morebeer uses are better than silicone. I raised a ticket with morebeer and this was the best...

Leave it open immediately after pitching / mixing the yeast. When you do close it make sure to remove the jar as there is no pressure relief valve and the yeast could still be actively fermenting. Only time to really close that butterfly valve is when removing the jar to pull out the yeast...

My general practice is always to have backup varieties of hops on hand to substitute in case a particular bag doesn't smell right on brew day. In my experience Morebeer.com is generally a very reliable source. They don't disclose the year, but all of their bags are nitrogen flushed and...

Welcome Mike!

think it'll be fine, but drink it quickly :-)

what style? If it was something hoppy it's not ideal. Something like a malty stout or belgian dubbel, won't matter as much. as long as you purged the headspace in the keg a few times shouldn't be too bad. closed transfers are great, but O2 in the headspace is a bigger culprit than O2 picked...

Nice! Do you have issues with getting a good seal on the posts with these?

Good find! Now where's O2 on that chart? 😜 Assuming we can look at the other gases for a good sense? 🤷 My understanding is that Buna-n doesn't spring back as well as EPDM and therefore isn't quite as reliable of a seal. So it's probably the best happy medium. Maybe go EPDM on dip tubes and...