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Yep still loving mine too. Been working great. Such a huge improvement over the Milwaukee PH56 I used to own. Easy to calibrate, stabilizes nicely, easy to use, nice cap with storage solution fill line, etc. Glad I took a chance on it. Rev.

As mentioned, more shouldn't harm anything but isn't needed. One teaspoon is what I used in both my pilsner and amber and they both came out crystal clear. Here's the pilsner: Rev.

Yes, I've been using the NY State Water Report and even got a Ward Labs report recently. Been treating my water for years, since when I used to live in New Jersey. I've also been using a quarter campden tablet per 5 gallons of water for years, just happened to forget this one time. Rev.

Just to add, I have a very very hard time believing oxidizing might have anything to do with it for these reasons: 1. Both the pilsner and the amber were cold crashed and had gelatin added in exactly the same way. Only difference is I lowered the pilsner from fermenting temp of 55 to 42 one...

... and at the time figured maybe it will be OK since lager yeast is supposed to be very clean and not produce a lot of phenols (bound with chlorine turns into chlorophenols yes?). Just tapped up this Pilsner and it has a dominant solventy/rubbery taste to it. Not the beer lines as I just...

Then you would only do desired quarts per pound. Recirculating exposes the grain to all the available strike water. I couldn't determine from your initial post if you are indeed recirculating or not. Rev.

It's just a different system, you can still make excellent beer with it. And it's still all-grain brewing. Your experience with it might be great or it might be frustrating - no different that any other hobby with different tools to accomplish the same task. I had a couple of good experiences...

Yes, you should calculate to have all the grain contact the water, unless of course you have a recirculating system then no it would just be the quarts per pound x grain bill. If not recirculating then yeah it would be as you said 1.5 quarts x grain bill + space underneath. In my tun there's .39...

But see I never implied that, you assumed that is my reasoning. I don't want to share my recipes right now until I've used them in an established business. At that point I am happy to openly share them. I do very well understand that process is the most important, no argument there, and my...

Who said anything about getting rich? No need to be snarky. My brother owned a bar that I worked in for a couple of years. I know very well how difficult it is. Rev.

Thanks for the suggestion. I did think of that but the problem is I already threw away my EJ tubing and don't have any other smaller tubing like that to use. I just forked up the money and bought another Oetiker kit on Amazon that has the 8.7mm one's, and even has the smaller 7mm as well as...

$50 for 24 hour access just to be able to read the article? Am I missing something? Rev.

There's lots of writeups about hop deterioration over time and of course storage method and temperature make a big difference. But can I ask, are you just folding up the packing and sealing with tape for these hops or are they vacuum sealed? Could be the difference. Personally, I wouldn't even...

Gotta say this line is more involved to deal with than regular line. In searching it up nowhere did I find the information on what size clamps to use with it, I hadn't known the tubing wall was so thin. I have an Oetiker kit from Amazon that has various sizes but even the smallest was too big so...

What size Oetiker clamps would one use for the Accuflex on 3/16" 90° tower barbs? *EDIT - Disregard. I think to put on Oetiker clamps it will be a real pain since I already routed the cables down into the tower/kegerator. Guess I'll look at small worm clamps since they can be opened all the...

That's what I do too - press out the air, roll up the empty space a few folds till it's tight, then put a piece of tape across to seal it. As long as you use the hops within the next 2-3 months they should be fine. I wouldn't use them after a year though. Also note that hops do lose that alpha...

You'll likely get to a boil but it will be a very gentle boil, like that which you see in a Grainfather or RoboBrew. It will also take a long time to reach temps and add a lot of time to your brew day. I use a 10G Spike kettle on gas stovetop combined with a 1650w BrewHardware HotRod Heatstick...

I'm mainly curious if anyone else has the tubing mounted to their tower shank barbs without any clamps. Like I said I seriously don't think the tubing can come off without some serious force but of course clamps give piece of mind. Just that the tubing OD is so small. Rev.

Bueller?... :)

With all due respect, his question was already answered several times. And I beg to differ the discussion has gone off topic as someone posted bad advice to our newbie kegging friend and some of us that know science better have been correcting said individual. There's nothing wrong with trying...