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That swaen pilsner is a great malt. It produced an award winning Helles for me.

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What do you mean "purge the co2 with fresh gas"? Is this a new thing? Is the low oxygen thing so serious now that we have to purge our purge gas? Maybe the problem is the o2 part? That's it, the carbon got oxidized.

What you're gonna want to do is lager it at ale temperatures. This is a new thing. There's threads about. You still have to call it a lager if you do this though, it's not the same if you call it an ale.

You can use a dremel, but it will be hard to keep it perfectly round. I found a dremel bit at HD that eats through stainless like nothing. Problem is, it tends to take bites out and can get carried away quickly.

Yeah, that's where the Hallertau comes into play. I think Magnum is just too high of an aa for a decent flavor or aroma addition.

Another vote for Magnum. I've used it for bittering (all styles) for a few years now. Cheap and easy to buy by the lb (or kg), and very versatile.

Awesome work! I'd like to have a micro cheese factory.

Got a 2010 Tundra back in March because 1. It's a Toyota and 2. My (98 ) Tacoma had 230k + miles on it and showed no signs of stopping after 10 years of owning it, so I was feeling good about a bigger Toyota truck. However, with my proven track record of buying odd-ball problemed everything, 3...

Or just use 20 ft of beer line and keep it at serving pressure

I think the OP was talking about OG, not FG.

Helles is great beer. If they don't like that, they're not worth wasting your time on.

That sounds like the worst arrangement I could possibly imagine.... (inherited farmhouse, France, self serve bar with snacks and local wine/beer) You're probably stuck driving a Porsche or Range Rover or something too. /obvious sarcasm/ Sounds amazing!

I'm in.

I agree with both of these statements. I only have experience with Swaen Pilsner malt, it makes a great Helles. Never used the honey biscuit, but if I didn't like honey malt I probably wouldn't.

"4way with shut offs" I put up with a slow leak for over a year and finally just got tired of it. I couldn't find it spraying everything down, but had a suspicion that it was my cheap "Chinese made" shut off/check valves. I just ordered and installed some nice check valves with hose barbs...

What are you using for regulators? Do you have a splitter? Do you have shut-off valves?

Cool. I couldn't take NOVA for too long so I'm back down by the beach now.

Welcome. What part of Virginia?

I want to say it might be a little too "fruity" for my particular taste. I've made this beer with fresh s04, and now make it as a lager (with wlp830 or 833). I have it on tap right now (833), and it's so clean and malty that I don't think I ever want to go back(to an ale yeast). I personally...