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I'm thinking of putting my star san is a bottling bucket - which I don't need anymore since I kegging. Use it to sanitize a couple bottles at a time when I want make a couple bottles for friends to take with them. Also, to sanitize my theif when I want to take sample, and any other time I need...

Thanks Both of you.

I just mixed up a batch of star san. Suppose I put it in a bucket with a lid and keep it at room temperature- how long can I keep using it and expect it to work as a sanitizer?

Un. Freakin. Believable. Never dreamed such a thing would exist. I thought I had to weld that thing in there. Does it actually hold up to the heat of a banjo burner? For real? LOVE your avatar by the way. I feel the same way. Molon Labe.

Has anyone ever been able to siphon wort through a counterflow wort chiller? All the videos I see show the wort being pumped through or drained through via a valve at the bottom of a brew kettle. I'm on a budget and because I am not set up for either option, I was wondering if it can be...

Bleeder valve is a great idea. Thanks. Love your avatar. Hop Head. That's me, too!

I'm looking at getting a wort pump to transfer from boil kettle through a counterflow wort chiller. I'm reading that you must prime the pump. I gather that that means you must have liquid all the way to the inlet of the pump - not air. Essentially, the pump can move liquid but not air. Is...

I live in Dauphin county. Near Stony Creek. I come through Schuylkill ALL the time. Scotzin Bros. in Lemoyne is a great place. If you ever get down this way check them out. Welcome aboard.

Well, then maybe I'm not so far off. Airlock is really settling down over the last couple days (largely stopped 13 days in). And this is going to be a monster. I expect to be above 8.5 - 9% ABV. I'm calling it "Christmas Ale" Loaded with piney Chinook hops so it smells like a Christmas...

I'm currently fermenting my first batch with WLP001. it's a DIPA OG 1.078. I pitched the yeast Friday of the week before last. (sept 4). Fermometer said I was steady at 68F. Over the weekend I blew into the air lock. Last week, I popped the lid off my fermenter (Sept 10). I was amazed to...

Thanks, guys. I thought that was the case. I just wasn't sure. :mug:

Folks talk about pitching a 1 liter starter into a batch of lager. Does that 1 liter refer to the amount of wort made - and they are pitching the yeast that came from that starter or are they actually saying they pitched 1 liter of yeast?

Thanks everybody. Looks like I should shell out a little of my moldy money and go for the flask. :mug:

Why do all the videos I see for making yeast starters have erlenmeyer flasks? Is there anything wrong with using a mason jar?

You've answered one of the questions I have about using gelatin. You can let it work while caring the keg. Thanks for that. My other question is... how long do you have to cold crash before you drop in the gelatin? Once you get the temp down can you just drop it in or do you have to wait a...

I want to grow hops with a piney aroma. I can find both Northern Brewer and Chinook hops rhizomes. Quick survey - Which is better Northern Brewer or Chinook?

What part of PA are you from?

I'm getting ready to put together a kegging system and I have a safety concern. I know that CO2 displaces oxygen. My concern is putting a 20 lb bottle of CO2 in my basement (which is pretty large) getting a leak, displacing oxygen and suffocating for lack of oxygen. I don't know if there's...

Thanks. I'm just amazed that active fermentation is so quick. I thought it would be alot longer than beer but, I guess not. After active fermentation is over, will I get good results if I keep the wine in a basement that's around 54-66 degrees ambient temperature?

I'm looking at getting 1 or 2 keezers primarily for homebrew beer. (1 for kegs / tap system, the other for a fermentation chamber) BUT, I also want to have room for fermenting white wines. I just want to be sure - because it doesn't seem right to me- that white wines typically finish primary...