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Another problem I've had, I was getting some cloudy pours for the last 3 or 4 pints before the keg emptied. I think it was from having too long of a hose and part of it was brushing the bottom of the keg when the volume got low enough. I cut the hose so that the end would hang just above the...

I had a similar problem, adding the nut as a weight did the trick for me. Since then I've switched to the plastic filter ends, and haven't needed a weight. I can't remember where I got them, but this is what I'm talking about - Floating Dip Tube Filter

I've used a stainless steel nut like burtom said earlier, but a 5/8 slid over the metal tube between the hose and the ring that attaches to the float. Since switching to the plastic filtered ends I haven't needed the weights.

Pectic enzyme has been enough for me using similar unfiltered juice from HEB (both their Central Market brand and Lewisburg cider). You can always add pectic enzyme when you pitch and see how much it clears on its own before adding a clarifier.

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I've fermented a few batches under pressure with a similar setup. In my experience, you still need to cold crash and lager (or fine) beers brewed with German lager yeasts. The pressure ferment at ale temps finishes the fermentation faster, but does not eliminate the need to lager or fine for...

I did something similar with a vintage shop PET carboy with one of the orange carboy caps, two barbed carbonation caps (Amazon.com: FERRODAY Stainless Steel Carbonation Cap Counter Pressure Bottle Filling 5/16 Barb CO2 Coupling to Carbonate Soda Beer Water Stainless Steel PET Bottle Filling...

I say pull the bag, hopefully with the bugs still in it, and proceed. The boil should kill off any bad stuff. I've read they come from eggs on or with the grain, it happens. Part of the reason I just buy grain for each batch and don't store, since I live in Houston along with every bug known to...

I usually remove it once my wort is chilled, then let it sit for a while with the lid on to let the trub settle out.

Agree 100% on crud spitting out of the spunding valve. I've used fermcap to help, but always put a rag underneath the output of the spunding valve just in case, and thankfully the blowtie can be taken apart to clean. I have used gelatin to clear, it works well to clear cold break and suspended...

I cut mine long enough so that if it hangs straight down it touches the bottom, it's definitely trial and error. The drawback I've seen with the floating diptubes is that at some point when you get close to the bottom part of the apparatus brushes some of the sediment and pulls some cloudy beer...

This is one of the drawbacks of this method, and I haven't totally eliminated it, but reduced it some. I recommend a few things: Cold condition a few days or even longer to compact the trub. This will depend on how much trub you have and how well your yeast flocculates. As an aside you can try...

I've read anecdotally that having some trub can help make the finished beer more clear, which is why I asked. Since I've never made a trub free beer I'm curious what I'll see.

I hear you, that first pull with the floating diptube is pretty rowdy. I recently got a steel mesh hop spider, next batch I'm going to try to recirculate through it to see if that can clear up the wort similar to your bucket strainer. Other than the occasional hazy I brew stuff that I want to be...

Not entirely on topic, but I'm curious if you've noticed any differences in your finished beer with such lengths to have clear wort. I ferment in a keg and have thought about doing this to reduce trub, but wanted to know isyour finished beer is more or less clear?

I'm in Houston so I have the same problem. I tried a pre-chiller coil and it was a waste. What I do is run the first 10 gallons or so from the tap through my immersion chiller, while stirring the wort and moving the chiller around some. I save that water in buckets for cleaning, putting some PBW...

Brilliant. I don't know why I never bothered doing the math on 2 oz vs 1 lb, but that is totally worth it.

Maybe some others can chime in on the other products, I've only used their pellet hops, which are outstanding. I'd like to try lupmax in particular.

YVH hops come in a ziplock mylar bag, per their recommendation you can reseal that bag and keep them in the freezer. I've done that and they've kept well. I had a 1 pound bag of tettnanger keep for two years and the last batch I used them on turned out great. Just make sure you squeeze out as...

Cool! Let us know how it turns out. The YouTube channel for the video ThenDragon linked to has some good examples. I hear you on the siphon, the big plus is your beer has less oxygen exposure.