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Basically just have to have your pump in a spot that allows wort to make it to it on it's own. Technically the inlet of the pump needs to be below the level of the wort, but most people have the pump under or even with bottom of the mash tun or kettle or cooler or whatever. Just have to open...

Gravity is your friend.

For what it's worth, I recently did in my basement what you're trying to do now and I went with a plastic sink. I saw what my stainless utensils did to the inside of my kettle I didn't want the outside to look like that too. If I'm resting the edge of my kettle on a plastic sink I saw way less...

Erring on the side of caution wont hurt anything here. if you learn anything over time when brewing it's that beer usually gets better with time (to a reasonable extent) might as well wait another week.

I agree with @JohnSand in that pry off bottles are WAY better than twist off at making sure you have a good seal when capping. As far as exploding goes, I wouldn't worry too much as long as you're using the correct amount of priming sugar and you make sure primary fermentation is complete...

Not sure if you've ever used it, but WLP029 Kolsch strain throws these flavors big time if you ferment at the high end of the temp range. I've brewed a kolsch twice and this yeast nails that "white grape" flavor. Give it a shot!

I think fermenting NOT under pressure will be fine, just before you go to dry hop, remove your Air Lock from top of fermentor and replace with a solid cap that won't let any air in OR if you have the capability put a ball lock connector on it and pressurize to like 1-3 PSI. Then do as you said...

Firstly I hope it's ok to post this here. It isn't exactly electric brewing related, but I think it's close enough. If not, I will have no hard feelings if it's moved/removed by the mods. That being said, just wanted to post an experience I had over Christmas with my 15g Spike Solo+ system...

Perfect this is almost identical to what I'm doing. Thanks for the reply!

Awesome, thanks so much! I'm pretty much doing all this already so I can breath a sigh of relief. I do the immediate rinse out after pouring a beer and then store upside down until bottling day. Bottling day I'll do another quick rinse with hot water and hit it with the bottle brush, then I...

This would be an awesome addition. Count me in for sure!

Would you care to elaborate on or point me in the direction of a thread/article/website that explains how to "process" the fliptops? I recently started using them and now I'm concerned there's something I should be doing that I'm not. Any guidance would be extremely appreciated!

If you just turn the power off after circulation and let it sit for 8-12 hours you won't have to do any scrubbing.

I end my brew day with 3-4 gallons of water with PBW, recirculate around 170 for 25-30 minutes (I go through my counter flow chiller as well) then I turn the power of and let it sit over night. Next day everything looks brand spanking new.

Oh yeah that'll definitely do it. Where do you have you exit hose draining to?

I have the 15 gallon lid and use the pump that came with it and have no issues with steam leaking. Are you sure you have a good flow rate from the water pump and nozzle? Also what do you have you your PID set at during boil? You dont really need it any higher than 40-50% for a good boil and...

F. Sorry for you loss my friend. I'll drink tonight for ya.

how long is it taking you chill your wort with the Exhillerator? This is my pump (though in triclamp version: Home Brewing 815-SS-C Magnetic Drive Beer Pump ) and I can still get a pretty good whirlpool in my Spike 15G solo system. Comparing it to your Mk2 it's about 50% more powerful than...

Just bit of history I read, but it's called a bitter because back in the day BEFORE hops were regularly added to beer, most if not all beers were very malt forward. One day a small amount of hops were added to the beer and the bitter was born! So compared to the beers everyone was used to back...

Yeah I think you'll be just fine then. If you don't normally do it, I would consider using some kind of fining agent on the keg. Plain ol' gelatin works fantastic. If you're worried about oxygenation, check out this post for a way to inject gelatin without too much if any oxygen: Fining with...