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It seems to me that it’s not just about sugar. I did an experiment with my last batch, bottling some plain, some with added corn sugar which is used for carbonating beer. I found no difference between those bottles. However, some I added some hibiscus petals and/or dried chrysanthemum flowers...

I think the main thing is to order from a store that ships from a location near you to minimize the time in transit. Ideally, the store also has an option for shipping on Monday to avoid the chance that it languishes in a hot truck or warehouse over a weekend. And of course, pay for ice packs...

I had signed up for a kilo of their Crystal hops as part of an AHA promo last May, just before the pandemic hit. Sadly, the hops were shipped via USPS, which was in shambles at the time. The hops spent something like a week in transit. The whole package arrived wet and warm. I stuck it in the...

I already had a couple of the 1/4" flare quick connectors. My transfer hose has a 1/4" flare swivel connector.

I really like this idea. While my Spike sampling valves are called “sanitary”, I don’t feel like spraying StarSan into the hose barb before and after pulling samples seems all that sanitary. Maybe the part that stays in contact with the beer stays sanitary. The valve itself looks like their...

I have tried it and like it very much. My review is in the Bootleg Biology website. Unlike some reviewers who had slow fermentations, mine was very fast to start, cleared quickly, and seemed to need only a very short lagering period. The beer reached final gravity in five days (1.054 to 1.011...

I have a had a pre-order pending since December for the Nukatap FC faucets with KegFactory. I wrote to KegFactory a week or so ago and was told that manufacturing was being moved to the USA and that they had no further information on availability. Sounds improbable to me, actually. A couple...

Yep. Dalton's Law is a bit of a mind-bender. I searched and searched, trying to find a single mention of oxygen ingress through CO² lines being a significant concern. This website was the only place I could find mention of it and it appeared that links to articles are replaced with asterisks by...

The industry's Draft Beer Quality Manual talks at length about oxygen and the importance of barrier tubing for liquid lines for protecting the beer from oxygen. There is absolutely no mention of using barrier tubing for the gas line.

PBW and other percarbonate-based cleaners are even more damaging than StarSan to certain plastics, especially clear polycarbonate. I have no knowledge, though, regarding its effects upon the the type of plastic used in Duotight fittings. I have been using Duotight for a couple years and the...

If it gives you peace of mind, then no, you're not going overboard. For my serving kegs, I use a keg washer which pushes cleanser through the posts, so I generally think that's sufficient. However, if I were to dry hop in my kegs, I might consider removing the posts for a more thorough...

Yes, I understood that. My point is only that the line from your gas cylinder to the manifold need not be the same style as those used from the outlets to the kegs. Just trying to save you some time and effort. I understand the desire to swap the gas lines to the kegs. The EVABarrier tubing is...

In my experience, some universal poppets have been much more prone to causing damage due to the end of the spring not being flat. In the first keg I ever bought, it bent the flange on the gas dip tube and I ended up losing all of my CO2. The official Cornelius, Spartanburg, and Firestone poppets...

Why not keep the existing hose to the manifold and change just the lines in your keezer with EVABarrier?

One thing I might do if attempting to make a sour with acidulated malt is to initially add only enough to get the mash down to a pH of 5.2. Once the sacch rest is complete, add the remaining acidulated malt and mash for another 30-60 minutes before mashing out. This way, the majority of the mash...

That stuck out for me too, although I expect it was just the coup de gras. Just about everything was aligned to create maximum oxidation. NEIPA, the beer most notorious for its ability to oxidize. Keg not purged with CO2. Half the batch stored in what was most likely a plastic bucket fermenter...

That's a strange approach, indeed. By using acidulated malt as the souring agent, they're lowering the pH of their mash, probably well below the typical 5.2-5.6. I expect that predicting efficiency will be difficult and that it will be relatively low. I think you'd be better off replicating...

Big Ritebrew.com fan here. This is due, in part, to the fact the they are only a couple hundred miles north of me. In the Midwest, you can ship using SpeeDee, which is markedly cheaper than the alternatives, especially for heavier shipments. In my experience, if I order in the morning, there's a...

I use small, 1.75-to-3 gallon kegs almost exclusively since moving most of my brewing to a Picobrew Z1. Since I end up drinking most of the beer I brew myself, I find these smaller batch sizes allow me to brew more often, not get bored drinking the same beers endlessly, and reduces the chances...

Good article here on harvesting yeast from commercial bottles. http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Commercial_Beer_Dregs_Inoculation