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Took a sample today. Mine on the right, Oskar Blues "Little Yella Pils" on the left (it isn't supposed to be a clone or anything). The commercial one is definitely more clear especially when cold, but I think it is closer than this pic indicates. It is still very young of course... I imagine...

One more suggestion.... when you replace that beer line, spend the little bit more money on the top shelf stuff. It won't leech bad flavors into your beer when it sits for a few days like the bargain basement stuff will.

My probe storage solution is here now too... should have everything. I called Milwaukee to ask about the liquid level in the probe (it has since dropped further) and they indicated that it is temporary storage solution designed for shipping/transport, and what I'm seeing is normal. My next...

CO2 line length doesn't matter. Beer line length to the tap does matter. You should be able to find a thorough description of why, and calculators for how much line you need with a search, but, to high level summarize: If you want to pour at normal serving pressure without losing a bunch of...

Also, you want to purge the oxygen (air) in the head space immediately. Don't wait 24 hours. You can do this by running CO2 into the gas in side and just popping the valve a few times.

I never attach the gas to the "out" side. Yeah I think you need more time and pressure. In my experience trying to carbonate at serving pressure is a very long process. What I do now is set it to a little over 30 psi for 48 hours, then turn it down to serving pressure and let it sit five more...

Yeah they haven't made Nicads in years and current Lithium Ion will have between three and twelve times more capacity than the Nicads had when they were new. And they've probably degraded over the course of 6 or 7 years. My advice would be get some modern batteries, it will be well worth it if...

Kegged the other one today... almost three weeks in; I don't think it is going any lower. 1.011. I've had various batches of this finish at right around 1.007 OR, 1.011... now I know what is different even if I still don't know why. It will be drinkable, not a dumper, but I like the drier...

Heh no, I'm doing 5 or 10 gallons, going off memory my biggest grain bill that I've fit in my tun is ~23 lb or so. Milling that hardly puts a dent in a midsize Ryobi battery for me. Not sure what the disconnect is, but if your drill can't mill a few grains, I'm not sure how it is going to do...

You guys milling 300lb commercial batches or something?🤣

As long as your pressure differential is only a couple psi, you should be good to transfer fully carbed beer... at least, I've never had any problems with it; transferring from one serving keg to another in my case. I'm in process on my first pressure fermentation now actually. Also a "room...

I can only speak for myself, but my drill is a 12 year old (blue) Ryobi that wasn't exactly top of the line when it was new, and hasn't burnt up yet. If it does I'll just get a modern drill to replace it. It does't seem like a very demanding application to me, so if my drill burnt up from...

If it can be run by a cordless drill I'd just do that, unless you really just want to spend some extra money.

Besides the heat retention... My 10gal cooler with false bottom has a measured deadspace of 2.5 qt. There isn't really a good way to recover that. If you are going for a 1 gallon batch and have over half a gallon of mashtun deadspace, your extract efficiency is going to be horrible. You could...

Took sample today.... it's at 1.010.5ish right where the calculators predict. It is cold crashing now. The pressure drifted slightly high and was at about 17psi through most of the fermentation according to the gauge on my spunding valve. I left the temp set at 67 throughout. Sample tasted...

Hmmm... ok will do, thanks.

The liquid level is currently at the arrow. I think it was a little higher when I first took it out of the box, but not sure.

I'm talking about the liquid in the shaft rather than the head... (wait, what?)

One more question... I'm not sure if it's my imagination, but I think the liquid level inside the probe has dropped just in the time I've been messing around with it (checking my tap water, starsan, etc) haven't even calibrated it yet, just wondering... is that normal? The documentation that...