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I lay down my receiving keg on a 2x4 on edge so it sits at a slight angle but below the bottom of the fermenter.

Ordered ingredients for my next three beers: Scottish Light, Bourbon Barrel Oat Stout, and Ordinary Bitter.

😂 that electrician is long gone after 20+ yrs.

I think I got it from Home Depot. It was expensive but beats the crap out of moving the dryer, unplugging it, plugging in the brewery, moving the dryer back, brewing, moving the dryer, unplugging the brewery, plugging in the dryer, and moving the dryer back every time I want to brew. IMO, it...

Why use the term “bbl” (barrel)? Not many homebrewers brew 31 US gal. BTW, is that a US BBL (31 gal) or UK (36 gal)? 😂 Assuming US; 2-5 lb/bbl ≈ 32-80 oz/31 gal ≈ 1.03-2.58 oz per gal. just simplify it and say 1-2.5 oz/gal (US). Homebrewers understand that.

To use my dryer socket, I plugged in this switch, then plugged the dryer to one socket and my brewery to the other socket. I had to use an adapter between the brewery plug and this socket. now when I want to brew I just flip the switch. If I were in your shoes I’d call the electrician and...

I use a fridge I bought used over 30 yrs ago. If it ever fails I want one of those dorm size wine fridges with a glass door.

I closed transfer every beer to a CO2 purged keg fitted with a spunding valve with 1-2% of extract remaining, raise the temp to 5°F higher than fermentation temp to allow the beer to secondary there. The residual yeast transferred with the beer consumes any O2 I inadvertently introduce, finishes...

Closed xfer a Helles from fermenter to keg with a spunding valve attached. It’ll secondary at 5°F higher than fermentation temp to allow it to finish and clean up any O2 I inadvertently xferred as well as any byproducts. I’ll move it to cold crash under CO2 pressure after 7 days.

I ended up giving three pieces to my son and I kept one. I smoked it today

I maintain mash temp by running the wort thru a heat exchange coil in a hot water bath (aka HERMS). After the boil, I replace the hot water with cold water, and recirculate the wort thru it to chill. I’ve never timed it but I can imagine it takes 45 min to an hour to reach pitch temp. The return...

I use BeerSmith Mobile Version 3.1.9 on my iPad and iPhone

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Welcome. …also from N AL

Well, the taste test of the NEM Vienna Lager is less than stellar. It just tastes… weird. Kind of a soap flavor or something. I’m going to give it some more time but at this point it’s a dumper. It makes me wonder if the juice is worth the squeeze. My goal remains low(er) carb, full flavor...

Have you considered EVA tubing? “EVABarrier double wall tubing is an excellent choice for all draft dispensing applications. The inner barrier is an excellent gas barrier, keeping oxygen out and CO2 in. The inner wall is also extremely smooth to prevent bacteria and other microbes from...

I was in the same boat. I began to look at it this way: everything that uses water to clean with, wastes water. Washing the car, washing clothes, washing dishes, washing me. It all ‘wastes’ water. Just add this to the list. You could collect the waste to use elsewhere to reduce impact. “Yes -...

You say you have used RO water to brew all grain, and you use Brew’n Water as your water spreadsheet of choice. Can you give the salt additions you used in your strike and sparge? Where I am headed with this: My goal is to narrow the focus solely on mash pH. That means RO water with 1 tsp CaCl...

I got Pilsner and Munich for a ‘Country Helles’ featuring ’22 harvest year Edelweiss hops.

Actually, two gas port disconnects with a bit of tubing connecting them. Place one on the bottle and one on the keg.