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I agree. Soda and coffee both contain water, yes, but both also contain caffeine which is a powerful diuretic. So too is the alcohol in the beer. The more coffee and/or beer I drink the more water I drink to off set it. I drink 1-2 beers a day. I drink probably 3 pint size glasses of...

If they are drinking like that then lead is probably the least of their health concerns. Further, actionable levels of lead in drinking water don't necessarily correspond to health risks in individuals. It may for some people (i.e. Small children) while it may not for others. Like BMI it is...

You are over thinking this and over cleaning your equipment. The green is the copper which is the primary ingredient in brass. Small quantities will end up in your beer, it is considered safe as the yeast will use most or all of it. If you are feeling paranoid about it then just use stainless...

I did some googling on this a while back and came across a study (not just some dude posting on the internet) where they showed that pickling didn't help at all. I think brass is fine and use it willingly. I wouldn't use brass pipe but for the amount of brass we're dealing with (just the...

To follow up: search for "flash boiler" if you can do gas/propane. Otherwise 120v electric will do it for a 5 gal batch.

I think you would do better to sell the brewers harware kit separately. You could ship that, to me for example. Then sell the keg local to someone who wants a keggle. If you do split it up then I would take the brewers hardware kit shipped to 33569.

Sorry, didn't mean that to sound like you didn't know what the grounding bar is. I intended it more as "that's x, I need y, would you know where to find that or what it is called?" It also sounds like you think it would be better to solder it all together than use a terminal block type thing...

I was going to go to radio shack for something like that tomorrow. What you posted are ground terminals. What I'd like is something insulated on the bottom so I can use it to distribute my hot line around the box. Granted, I am using a heavy duty plastic toolbox for my control panel so I...

I like electric personally but you could use gas and make one of those amazing instant steam/hot water contraptions using a burner, stove pipe and copper coil. But if you are renting then it probably is an apartment isn't it? Which means no gas... Oh well. How big are your batches? A 1500w...

But did you get the concentrate on your clothes or the diluted form found mixed with the gas in the tank? I think you know what you're talking about but I think it's still worth a try. A good hot pbw soak and BKF scrub will remove anything but don't let the PBW sit overnight since the tank is...

They may make great kettles, I would not hesitate to use them for that purpose. Aluminum will make a fine kettle. From the sound of it I don't think he plans to keg in them since there are other very affordable options that would work without modification (ie cornies and sankes).

I haven't used them but the faucet covers/plugs are cheap and supposedly help reduce the sticky tap problem. I can't speak from experience because my chrome taps don't usually get sticky. The cover thingy you linked to looks like just a fancy faucet cover which can be had for just a dollar or...

Those are chrome shanks. I would avoid chrome shanks if you're going with perlick faucets. Do a search. There are a lot of people on this forum who have found that the perlick faucets will not mate with the chrome shanks (they leak/spray terribly). You want a shank like this (select...

I'm happy with the cheap chrome faucets but I pull a pint or two a night (we're talking American pints, not imperial). I have no problems with sticky taps. I'm also in Florida and perhaps the humidity helps prevent the beer from drying out and guming up the faucet. I've heard the new line of...

I personally can't taste the difference. It would also reduce ph, I think, not raise it since the gas creates carbonic acid. I won't deny the chemistry since I'm not a chemist, but I will say that I think what you're noticing is a placebo effect. I'll wager that with a 10 gal batch split into...

If she won't do it then drop the sponge in there with the bar keepers friend and use a broom stick to move it around. It shouldn't take much scrubbing at all with the BKF if the rust is as you describe. And whatever you do don't use steel wool.

I think you misunderstood what he is saying, maybe.. You send gas in through the beer dip tube to carbonate. The co2 bubbles up through the beer and dissolves a bit faster than it would just sitting in the headspace. I've done this and think it does help. But it is risky because the beer can...

It would in no way prevent a stuck sparge, that usually is caused by draining too rapidly. It is probably an effective filter but, frankly so too is the grainbed. Collect the first quart or so of the runnings and gently dump that back in the mash. Once the grain bed is set the wort should run...

Exactly! Once the grain bed settles there will be little if any grain particles in the wort coming out of the manifold.

That looks like a good start and I like chinook hops personally although english hops are usually used for the style (not that you could really tell anyway). I haven't plugged this in to check the OG and IBUs but keep the IBUs under 30 and the ABV can be whatever you like (depending on if...