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Agreed! I have been doing that for about 6 months or so and am very happy with the results. Cheers!

Might be the lighting, but compare to your other photo it looks oxidized! Lots of folks are complaining about oxidation when bottling IPAs. How does it taste/smell?

@thehaze - I never bottled other than from my keg taps on rare occasion so cannot offer much guidance in that area. As far as oxidation goes, I highly recommend that you consider building a closed fermentation system and keg. I have done this and my IPAs are SOOOOOO much better and last so much...

Absolutely. Many folks do exactly that! Best of luck!

I like the choice of yeasts...sounds like you have been reading isomerization's thread on Tree House yeasts? Only change I would suggest is to get rid of the 5-10-15 minute additions and whirlpool them instead. I think you will like the results better. I stopped doing them and only do a...

How much water was in the keg to start with? Always check the areas mentioned in the above posts for blockage or gunk. Doesn't take much to throw the machine off. Also, I check pressure during the brew by putting the syringe on the sampling port...if it pushes out the plunger part (keep your...

I have found that if I use the Advanced Editor and do a multistep mash for longer than an hour that I get the efficiency calculated by BeerSmith for a 1 hour mash. I regularly do a 1.064 beer in the Z with 40 minutes at 148 and 40 at 156. Get great head retention and thick Belgian lacing on...

@Tobor_8thMan : Sorta...each buy is unique. People always want specialties and usually over half of them close and we order them. Feel free to open any you want and see what happens. Also the next buy is open, so check out the #21 thread and post in there if you want something. Helps to...

Buy is cleared and open for business. Please feel free to start new splits and order full sacks. Cheers all!

I cut off 1/2" from the bottom of a 5G keg and that works pretty well. I ferment in the keg and I dry hop with free floating pellets. I take the extra step of a stainless steel screen over the end of the dip tube to help keep the hops from getting sucked into the dip tube and clogging it. Remedy...

You also need to take into account location. If you are starting a brewery in Seattle, you have so much competition that your prices have to be lower due to supply and demand ($3-4 pints for instance). Here in DC, the landscape is changing, but breweries are charging a premium for craft because...

Roberts will swap up to a larger tank. I took them 2 5lb tanks and swapped them for 20lb tanks. I think there was a charge, but I remember it being very reasonable. Biggest benefits are not having to swap tanks that often AND the 20#'s of gas is insignificantly more $ that the 5#! Last time they...

Add corn sugar...

S04 can produce esters that smell/taste like bubblegum.

I take apart all 15 of my kegs every time (well almost every time...) I use them, check the springs and seals, and put them back together after soaking them. If I had a new one, I would definitely be concerned about manufacturing oils that need to be removed before putting beer in it. I would...

+1 to the too much headspace theory. This is why I went to fermenting in 5G kegs that I spund and keep under pressure. The yeast will utilize all the oxygen and you are left with an anaerobic state in which your beer will not oxidize. Push to a serving keg that has been water flushed of all...

I had something similar happen a couple of brews back. I left a yeast starter on the stir plate for well over a week as I had a business trip and forgot about it. Pitched it and then smelled it...WRONG order! Anyhow, it smelled sour so I quickly brewed another batch and let this one ferment...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=8095897#post8095897 New thread is up for splits and group buy conversations. I will clear the old buy next weekend after the last two sacks come in. Fill free to start discussing desired splits, but the buy website is write locked until next...

Note: - As of Buy #19, we have changed how we do things, so read (re-read!) this to make sure you understand the process! This group buy is open to HBT members who are local to the DC metro area, including MD and VA as well as the district. A limited number of folks in the...

Thanks for sharing those pix of your brewery. Really impressive electric setup! Welcome to the group...hope you have more time next time to sip a sample or two. Cheers!