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So in my effort to keep things cheap, I stopped by a bakery today to grab some free buckets for storage and a bottling bucket. I was expecting the buckets to be #1 or #2, but they were #5 plastic. Is this type of plastic still safe for use as grain storage or as a bottling bucket? I don't plan...

I also use a rectangular cooler and preheat. Since I use a 48 qt cooler I have extra head space that would cause me to loose a lot of heat over an hour. After reading some other threads on the forum I've since cut out pieces of 2 in thick closed cell foam and float that on top of the grains to...

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I'm going to place an order with mcmaster carr for various kegging supplies. Anybody know the part number for a tap handle insert like these? TAPHANDLE THREADED INSERT @ Williams Brewing I tried looking it up but I don't know the specs of the inserts, so I'm not sure which is the right one...

Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Utility: Honolulu Board of Water Supplies Water Source: Palolo groundwater well Interannual/Intra-annual variability: ? Disinfectant: none Date: ? All results in mg/L- Calcium 11 Magnesium 9.5 Sodium 21 Chloride 23 Sulfate 4.4 Nitrate 2.1 pH 8.15...

put in at 15 mins before end of boil How to Brew - By John Palmer - Appendix C - Chillers

From Fourteen Essential Questions About Yeast Starters "When making starter wort, keep the starting gravity between 1.030 and 1.040 (7 - 10°P). You do not want to make a high gravity starter to grow yeast. As a ballpark measurement, use about 6 ounces (by weight) of DME to 2 quarts of water...

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Ok so I added a packet of us-05 8 days ago, and have warmed the carboy up to the 68-70F range. Took a reading today and FG is at 1.024. I'm thinking of just swirling it some more and leaving it for another week, unless you guys suggest I just go ahead and bottle. It's been in the carboy for 42...

Warmed the carboy up to the 65-68F range. It's slowly bubbling again. I'll report back in a week.

No, this was freshly bottle harvested from 2 bombers of Shakespeare Stout. Made a starter that was stepped up to 2L.

I know this topic has been asked a bunch of times already, I just want to ask the experts what's the best option for my situation. I brewed Yoopers Dead Guy clone on 1/10/09. I followed her directions exactly and used bottle harvested Pacman yeast. It has been in the carboy for 25 days now...