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I'd add just add a few wraps of Teflon tape to the fitting till it stops where you want it to.

You should be able to just trade them in.

Mine is in this thread. Post #12. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/best-bench-top-capper-410524/ Vintage but it still works pretty good. They are on ebay for usually less then $20. I've only broke one bottle when I was figuring out how to use it.

It's fine to move them back to the basement.

I was looking over filmore containers and I couldn't find any beer bottles.

I'd definitely give it some time to age. I still have a few of my first Oatmeal stouts I made and they are a lot better after a year and a half. I can't help much with the PH because I'm still learning about it. The one thing that makes me wonder is how long did you cold steep the...

So your saying you hooked the co2 tank to the regulator with the valve on the regulator closed and the pressure dropped form 10 to 5 psi. I tried that when I got my regulator and it was holding pressure for weeks. It sounds like a slow regulator leak. Have you tried a new tank gasket? I...

I was given a carboy with what looked like a smear in the bottom. I did the same things you said you tried. I couldn't get it out. I kind of thought it was a hard water deposit. Finally I decided it might just be in the glass. So I used it for a beer. When I was rinsing the yeast out of it...

I got all my bottles from friends. I got some pretty cool bottles. One guy dropped off 11 milk crates of grolsh bottles. It got to the point where I had to turn them away. There's a thread on here that you can ask for bottles. I can't really help with looking for new bottles. I'd probably...

There are so many different things it could have been. Are the bottles that didn't break over carbed? If they aren't ,I'd guess you didn't stir the bottling sugar enough. If they are. Either you have an infection or it wasn't done fermenting. Is there any chance you added to much bottling...

I'd guess either the beer wasn't done fermenting or you didn't stir the bottling sugar enough. You could have some sort of infection also.

Last winter I was putting it out for the birds and the deer. The birds ate a little. The deer would eat some but didn't seem to like it. The pile got about a foot and a half tall. I was beginning to think I'd have to move it in the spring. Then one day the Wild turkeys found it and it was...

Maybe so. Pappers never said to get the bottles to 140 for 30mins. He said 10mins and remove to slowly cool. With his directions the liquid in the 12 ounce bottles is hitting around 150 and your removing to cool.

I figured I should post my pasteurization results. I bottled 11 gallons. I allowed them to lightly carbonate. I did a mixture of 12oz,22oz,750ml. The 12 ounce bottles I did exactly like Pappers instructions said on the first page. The 22ounce bottles were a lot harder to nail down. I...

Very nice. The only issue I see is you really need to stir the grain into the water. Dough balls are going to mess with your efficiency.

The pressure relief valve threads in. I'd try tightening it a little bit. When I first got my kegs that was my first leak. I didn't even know the relief valve came out.

I second the brew cat. I'm a carpenter with piles and pile of lumber. The mice would move in and crap on everything. I have two cats now and the only time I see mice is after the carnage. Yesterday I found a dead mole on my second floor. Both my cats were feral before I got them so they...

I don't blame you. If you ever do let me know. I'd be interested to see how someone else's turns out.

Honestly I didn't know It was the same. I thought it might be, but wasn't sure.

Okay, that makes sense. I might just try 2 different yeasts so I can see what I end up with.