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OK so finally worked up the courage to take a sample from the keg... after I finished cleaning the floor and a few other surfaces due to a complete lack of judgement and thinking relieving a fully carbonated nearly full keg at room temperature through the PRV would be a good idea. Once my walls...

+1 to this as well. I have a 100gpd from Buckeye, reasonably priced and good service. 13.3 min/gal (4.5 gal/hr) on my plumbing and consistent enough to use a timer relay and motorized valve to fill kettles for brew day. And if you are looking for ways to have the RO system run on a regular...

I just use one of my kettles as the holding tank (HLT for me). Worst case come brew day, I don't need to collect as much water.

Ha! Well I’m a stubborn optimist at heart. I would recommend a tea as stated elsewhere here honestly. I would have never that that small amount would be so potent. My memory of the exact flavor profile is a bit hazy perhaps due to the utter domination of the bitterness at the end. I still have...

I brewed this 5 years 11 months ago and it is still as bitter as I remember day 1. I think I've finally resigned myself that I should dump the keg. It's an herb beer rather than Gruit as defined here in this thread. Forever Bitter - 5.5 gallon batch size 75 minute boil Ingredients: 5.5 lb...

Maybe you could make something similar to pulque? That uses agave historically. Zymurgy had an article on that a few years ago. I’d guess that cassava doesn’t have the enzymes necessary to self convert starches into sugars but you could maybe mix with some malt to provide that or add enzymes...

I would invest in either a blowoff tube or some fermcap. It also looks like you may have that up on a shelf near the ceiling. You may want to check the temperature up there. It’s likely warmer than lower in your kitchen. I wouldn’t be too worried about the beer since you caught it quickly...

You may have answered your own question here. You may be over carbonating to your personal preference for that beer.

A few years back I made a vacuum still to try and get a sub 0.5%abv beer (criteria to be considered NA). I ran it for 4 hours and wound up with still just under 2% beer. It takes much longer than 30 minutes. Would echo the others here to start with buying NA beer. But definitely encourage you...

By them I mean one (1). Got too excited for a second...

I'll take them! PM incoming.

For what it's worth, I also have this set up. Really like it and went with pull through solder connections. The tool that Brew Hardware sells makes it really simple. Pretty sure its the strongest point on my brew kettle. But if you have access to someone skilled at welding thin wall stainless at...

Another question. Are you sure you were still actually boiling? Did you see a drop in volume between pre-boil and post-boil? If not, or you saw an increase that might shed some light on if it was spraying back into the kettle.

That worked! It passes and went through a couple reboot cycles on the rPi and no issues. Thanks for the help!

If you have a tote or bin that is larger fill that with cool water and place your bucket in that. Then take a towel, wet it in the water and wrap around the bucket. If you have a small fan you can aim it at the bucket to increase evaporation. Swamp cooling works by evaporation so you’ll only be...

Hey Thorrak, I think I may have found the source of my problem, but not sure on how to fix. I ran the debug tool on the online interface and all 4 of my arduinos are failing the udev availability test. Should I just try re-flashing the controllers? Prefer connecting via udev is checked on...

Get a bin and fill it with hot water and PBW (this is typically available at homebrew shops). Then put all the bottles in it and make sure they fully submerge and are full of water. Let it soak overnight and then rinse the bottles thoroughly and scrub the difficult ones with a bottle brush...

I used 1/4" PET tubing to route the supply line to the lid. It's small, easy to route, and can be used with John Guest/Duotight fittings. Depending on your set-up/arrangement there's quite a few ways to route it over. I have mine tied into my RO system, but you could just as easily use one of...

I picked up one of these recently and plumbed it in with duotight fittings. Works great. It has a float valve built in so cuts off the flow once the keg is full. The keg never gets less than 7/8 full or so and stays cold and carbonated. Carbonator Keg Reactor Lid

Please don’t ever post a photo of all your fridges. I have the most majestic image in my head.:rock: Thanks for all the info. Really cool set up. I’ll likely adapt it to my set up. Will post back when I do.