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Hi, I've been trying to reduce my oxygen exposure over the past year or so. Stopped using a secondary, added a CO2 collector to pull CO2 back in during cold crash, went to a closed loop transfer, and purging my kegs by forcing liquid out with CO2 before filling the keg. I'm not sure how much...

Yeah, I consider it as much a toy as a tool, but it has been pretty accurate for the year I've had it. I brewed a Golden Ale with it that showed a f.g. of 1.009 and my hydrometer said 1.008. I brewed a double IPA that finished at 1.010; the Tilt said 1.012. It's had krausen on it every time...

Been using my Tilt for a year now. I really like it, and I'm used to having some krausen stuck to it when I pull it out, but this was a new one. 21 grams (yep, I weighed it) of krausen stuck to one side. It must have been in the right place to make the Tilt float more vertical. I was brewing a...

40 years in IT, and I can't even suggest a reboot! :rolleyes:

My Tilt gets pretty gunked up with krausen, which would make it harder to see. I have a stainless steel fermenter, so no way I can look at mine when it's in use. Hopefully that's why you can't see it. The only other explanation I could think of for it to stop working AND not be floating would be...

I kind of have the CO2 collector in an odd spot right now. When it's collecting, I have it sitting on top of the fermenter because the refrigerator door is closed to keep everything at a certain temp. Right now I have it finishing at room temp (70 degrees), so I just moved everything out of the...

Yes, it's got a silicone o-ring right under the fitting, on the outside of the lid. The edge of the hole that the fitting sits in has been rolled inside the lid, to prevent a sharp edge. Because of that protrusion on the inside, the hex nut is actually recessed in the middle, so there is less...

Hi, I ferment in an SS Brewtech Brew Bucket, which has a 90-degree fitting on the lid for a blow-off tube. I've used it for years and have always hand tightened the blow-off fitting with no issues. Recently I added a CO2 collector to try and reduce oxygen exposure. That worked well; almost too...

Nothing like (almost) simultaneous posting to mess up a running total! :D

I can get most yeasts pretty suspended with some aggressive swirling, but as I said at the start, WPL002 is one of those yeasts that forms a "rubbery" chunk. I'm just happy to pitch a few hundred small chunks instead of several large ones!

I have a strong magnet, with a piece of felt on it to reduce impact against my flasks. I give it a quick dip in Starsan and use it to pull the stir bar out, but I've never thought about using it to break up the yeast cake!

Had to look back at BeerSmith - easy to find since I name my beers YYYY-MM-DD - Beer Name. I try to avoid brewing in the summer - nailed it in 2021: January 6 - Double IPA February 23 - Oatmeal Stout March 31 - Irish Red Ale (my 10th brewing anniversary beer) September 6 - Golden Ale October...

I wish I'd taken a picture before I pitched, but since I was brewing yesterday I didn't see these posts until I was done for the day. I only had a 1.5 liter starter, so results may vary, but the stir plate worked pretty well. After I decanted all but about 0.5 liter of the wort, I swirled it a...

Hi, I'm brewing my latest batch with White Labs WLP002 (English Ale Yeast). When this yeast drops out, it really compacts into an almost rubber like cake. In the past I've just shaken the hell out of it in the flask, before pitching. This time I was wondering if it would work better to toss it...

Count me in. Thanks!

Got a quick reply from Coloma: "The plum concentrate has been pasteurized, but there is always a chance there could be some wild yeast that has gotten into the product. I always try to err on the side of caution. I have not heard of any problems, but…. So sorry this is not much of an answer."...

I sent them an email. I'll update the post if I hear back from them. Obviously it's not quite the simple math I thought it was. Thanks for confirming the numbers; good to know BeerSmith is on track. Sounds like it could be a fairly potent cider! Thank you for all that information. I believe...

Hi, I've only made one cider (apple), and that was years ago. It was ok, but nothing great. My wife is the cider drinker, and she had a plum cider a few years ago that she raves about. I keep meaning to try another one, so I thought I'd make a plum cider this winter. I was not having much luck...

This would be great in a cold Nebraska winter! I'm in!

I recently converted my pin lock kegs to ball locks. I ordered a mix of ball lock posts with 19/32 x 18 and 9/16 x 18 threads. One or the other worked great on all of my kegs but one. On that one, both types of ball lock fittings just slide right on, no screwing required. The mark on that keg...