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Do you take steps to deoxygenate your star san?

Brewing's an adventure. The worse things go, the more you'll laugh about it in a year. Good luck! ps, can't go worse than this? https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/100-malted-corn-lager-double-decoction-mash.700550/

I cannot swear that they are related, but I find that my clear beers taste better. It might be aging solves both, or maybe some of proteins/etc affect flavor. I'm more sure of the connection with dark beers.

If you get the beer cold, you can shake it under 30psi for a few minutes to carb it. But to drop the temperature, you have to worry about a vacuum forming - might need to top off pressure now and then. (Shaking depends on vastly increasing beer-gas surface area from bubbles, as well as rapid...

Hmm, I have one of these* https://www.morebeer.com/products/co2-regulator-taprite-dual-gauge.html and put one of these in it without issue. https://www.morebeer.com/products/shutoff-valve-14-mpt-mfl.html Maybe they improved their setup? *it was part of a Komos kit I got as a gift via morebeer a...

A bag won't save you if the whole mash turns to goo. If you don't want to use rice hulls, moving to 45% barley like hungupdown said will help a ton.

If you fill the keg all the way, I recommend drawing a pint before leaving gas connected to keg. This drops the liquid level below the gas dip tube, reducing chance of backflow into the gas tubing. If it's not already pressurized, you might need to put the gas on to pull a pint. (You likely...

They may noy be cross theeaded. The issue if they have the same thread pitch (TPI etc) is that tapered threads are usually tapered on both ends so you get a large plane (cone?) of contact. Standard threads into a tapered part will have the tightest seal up front, and will be progressively looser...

FWIW a flare fitting should not need any tape/doping. Unlike tapered threads, the threads in a flare fitting are not where the seal happens. edit: Oh, that's a tapered thread part. Are you putting it on a flare fitting on the regulator?

If you want an off the shelf solution with a welded post, Bobby sells one: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/cornylidfloating.htm

If you're purging with fermentation gas, you generally don't need to fill with star san first.

Nothing beats the feeling when you need a very specific tool, and realize you bought one 10 years ago and it's in the big box o' tools. edit: E.g. every time I need to pull a faucet cartridge I do a little dance.

Is that a 1 pc threaded dip tube? Strange.

You don't cut the top off; you need the flare. Cut the bottom of the dip tube. edit: Oh, I thought you were getting ready to cut the wrong end lol. Mac meant pull the dip tube out without the coupling on to get the lid on.

I think your idea that the tailgate frunk kegerator will save the homebrew hobby is fair fodder here. We were all thinking it.

I don't suppose you have a pH meter? What was the recipe?

Do you get electricity for under $0.10/kwh, and >4mi/kwh with conversion losses? Or maybe you're calling your solar $0? Also, it sounds like you skip the recommended maintenance. E.g. do you not rotate your tires? Replace brake fluid, coolant, etc? (Or are you not counting stuff you do at...

Yeah, at $4/gal, 30mpg, $0.15/kwh, and 3mi/kwh, you're saving $0.083 per mile, or $833 per 10,000 miles. Not nothing, but not huge. A $30,000 car you keep for 10 years costs you $8.22 per day before counting fuel and maintenance. If you drive 25mi/day, you're saving $2.08 a day going electric...

At least 15 months ago, they were still selling RAV4 prime as fast as they could make them. My impression was that they were out of a bunch of other stuff, too, e.g. Sienna, RAV4 hybrid. For PHEV, they're supposedly in a different reliability league from everything else, although I think that...

I just wish Toyota would get in the game. If I were buying today, I'd be looking hard at the Mazdas, but it'll be a few years before my Prius reaches retirement age. edit: hmm, I thought Mazda had a little electric hatchback. Am I wrong? Maybe I was looking at their hybrids when we bought our...