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I build a nice wooden brew bench and have been using it in the garage for a couple years. I’m playing with the idea of moving everything into the laundry room since I have a 30amp service in there. With my washer and dryer pushed all the way up against the wall, I gave 59” to spare. Just 1” shy...

Well look at that... I built that exact jig from the thread you linked. :) I've cut two perfect holes off of Sanke kegs with that jig. I've used enough angle grinders to know that without a solid jig...I'm going to get a horrible hole that I'm not going to be happy with. I'd rather settle...

I think we're talking about two different things. I built a jig that mounts in the sanke hole that allows me to cut a perfect circle for the opening. If I use that end for the bottom, then cutting a nice hole for the opening on the other end would be way harder. I may just stick with the...

I have, but then there's the challenge of cutting a perfect circle hole without anything to mount the cutting jig too.

I have a custom built E-HERMs system with two half barrel keggles (HLT and BK), but I'm still mashing in my 10 gallon Igloo cooler with a dome'd false bottom. The cooler is a little over 3 years old and with 20-30 batches on it, it's starting to show some age. A bunch of scratches on the...

I haven't tried a spunding valve. There's absolutely no way in the world this vessel would hold anything over 2-3psi. To be honest, I think I warped my lid when I soldered the TC ferule, because my lid has to be placed on exactly right for it to even seal. With only 4 clamps and a thin...

Right on. I'm quite pleased with my 82% mash efficiency. I'm sure I could tighten my mill gap and bring that to upper 80s, but I don't want the problems that will come with that -- especially since I'm constantly recirculating. My biggest hang up was wondering if a 10% drop from mash to...

I’d have to agree with this. I assume most ball valves would work for the kind of pressure you’d be using to push wort — especially since it will only be for a very short period of time.

Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah, you definitely need 2 hands for that mini ball valve. This one from home depot is rated to 200psi: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Apollo-1-2-in-Brass-PEX-Barb-Ball-Valve-with-Drain-and-Mounting-Pad-APXV12WD/305454532 and it has a nice little mounting pad built...

Absolutely they would work. Take a look: https://www.kegworks.com/inline-ball-valve-shut-off I have 1 tank that has a tee with 2 ball valves to go to each keg in my kegerator. They do the job just fine for shutting off co2 to one keg while I force carb the other at ~20-25psi. You could put...

After my BK empties, I cut the power to the pump. I then remove the hose from the BK outlet, and connect it to my oxygen tank/regular (that I use for oxygenating once everything is in the fermenter). I then add a small amount of pressure to push the remaining liquid in the lines clear. I...

While this information has always been known to me, for some reason when I read your reply you made me realize I'm at a "good enough" spot. Sure, I could get my mash efficiency into the 90s... but I already do a 60 min mash (most of the time with rice hulls because I brew with a lot of sticky...

Since upgrading my equipment to an electric HERMS setup, I've been getting 82% mash efficiencies on the nose every time. I'm pretty happy with that. My brewhouse efficiency on the other hand has been a little all over the place, and I believe that's because I've done a poor job of measuring my...

Ugh, I have to admit that while I do like my Anvil bucket fermenter, I wish I had sprung for the SS Brewtech. My anvil is totally fine, but the fit and finish is just "ok". The racking arm and valve are weird and constrictive and I have lid seal issues (although that could be my fault as I...

I'm not sure I follow this... I was using the default NEIPA water profile as a target and Brewfather calculated 10.2g of CaCl2. This is actually a bit more conservative than http://www.ezwatercalculator.com/ suggests. I believe they called for 12mg of CaCl2 to hit the required 2:1...

I'll consider the munich and scaling down the double dry hop to a single dry hop. I was trying to really pack as much citra aroma into this as possible -- I think overdid it and could have been fine with probably a single 2-3oz dry hop. The oats/wheat were an attempt to try and keep the...

I've been brewing for the past 2.5 years. Most of the batches I've brewed were recipes from homebrewsupply.com. I recently decided to take a stab at creating a clone recipe of one of my favorite beers. It's a simple dry hopped pale ale from a local brewery...

I see a lot of comments about racking canes. I ferment in an Anvil Fermentor, so I'm at the mercy of my dip tube and holding a siphon throughout the transfer. When transferring a heavily dry hopped beer, I always cold crash for a few days to compact the hops as much as possible. I think for...

Any reason why the bouncer brand might be superior to the one I linked? I noticed bouncer is about twice the price.

The other day I was kegging a beer that had 4oz of dry hops. I was doing a closed transfer to the keg and I picked up some hop material that collected in the tube right before the quick connect. It slowed the kegging process and ultimately killed my siphon which lost me probably 1/4-1/3...