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I'm intrigued. How do you ferment in the boil kettle? Do you have an airtight lid and airlock? Picture please.

Or you could siphon into the bottles with a wand and use a Domino Dots sugar cube to prime.

I put electrical tape around the connection.

Really? 1 cube per 12 ounces?

I soak a nylon bag and a zip tie in Starsan. I attach the bag to the siphon hose wand (The end you stick in the fermentation bucket). I've had no issues.

I pour it all in and filter later. I zip-tie a sanitized paint strainer on the fermenter side of the siphon hose and proceed to fill the bottling bucket (or keg). This is mostly to filter out the dry hops that clog my bottling wand.

From their website: ABV: 3.2% Beginning Gravity: 8.0 Plato Ending Gravity: 1.6 Plato Bitterness Units: 13 IBU Color: Pale Yellow Malt: Domestic 6-Row Hops: Apollo Yeast: North American Lager https://www.straubbeer.com/beers/straub-everyday.php

I'd say you are doing pretty well. I have tested my water, add chemicals as needed, dialed in my water volume and I consistently get around 62% efficiency.

I was thinking the same thing.

Dropped the chiller in and left. Came back 30 minutes later to find I had left the burner on :D (It did get down to 120' though). :drunk:

I've suffered through two infected batches. Hard liquor helps. I did dump one that was terribly infected.

I grabbed a few of these kits when they had free shipping. Now shipping is $7.95. You can certainly build a superior Pale Ale or "Session IPA," (The kit does not hit the IPA range as implied) for $27.94.

I buy DME in bulk and divide it up into gallon-sized ziplock bags. DME has a longer storage life.

I've used food safe trash bag liners for my last 6 beers. No problem. It is like a new fermenter every time. Clean up is so much easier on bottling day as well! http://fermware.com/fermentation-bucket-liners/

Have you considered an all-Chinook (Arrogant Bastard) beer? https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=176191 http://www.brew365.com/beer_stone_arrogant_bastard.php

Looks like a damn fine setup to me. I love the garbage can idea. How about installing a drip irrigation system? Is it okay to have different hops that close together? Will they cross-Pollenate? Maybe I can grow hops in Florida?

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I made a DIY shower cleaner with bleach and vinegar. There was an immediate fog, burning eyes, burning throat and coughing. I guess I am lucky to be alive.

Did you account for the additional water that is now in your wort? How fast did it get cooled under 90'?

Crank it up until you get to a boil, drop it down to rolling and then monitor it closely as you add hops. Boil overs happen quickly. I also use Fermcap-S.