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Avantco 3500W induction burner and a 44 QT Bayou Classic. Still need to mount a pulley, I hoist out by hand and let it rest in a strainer over a smaller pot.

I haven't tried it, but it's reported that it could lead to foaming. Some have used the bottling wand with the head removed to allow a free flow. Others, IIRC, have used a bottling wand intact with no issues.

Never! I drink before I drive. J/k.

Ha! Looking forward to this season. 8 less teams will make a huge difference.

Good work getting this together. I'll be on auto draft to start. Or drafting while driving. Whichever.

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I'd taste taste a cold beer you bottled next to one right from the keg after a few hours. If the carbonation tastes different, ie: the bottle taste under carbed by comparison then you are losing carbonation during the bottling. If it tastes the same, then test another bottle at a longer interval...

Great interview, looking forward to the interview series as well!

Great interview, looking forward to the interview series as well!

Have you tried testing the bottles at intervals after bottling? Like immediately after, an hour after, then 3 hours after, next day? If they taste fine just after being capped, then maybe it's a cap/capping issue and you are leaking co2 out.

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Is there anything we need to do on the league site to confirm we are in for this season? I like the new roster changes as well, should make it interesting.

There isn't much of a debate. I believe most refractometer users (myself included) use both. The refractometer doesn't work very well in the presence of alcohol so not very useful for getting a SG/FG reading. There are calculations you can use to correct for the alcohol, but a hydrometer reading...

Thanks for helping me load the car.

Thanks to everyone that made this happen. My little girl is still talking about it :) Next buy I'll try to plan better and be there to help out on sorting. Thanks!

Thanks 1MadScientist. So for BIAB should I use 4% less water than the recommended Total Water Needed? Assuming I measure it at ambient?

My issue is that I am trying to dial in a new system for boil off, grain absorption, etc. So if I am unintentionally increasing my volume by 4% but not my grain bill, due to misunderstanding the cooling loss vis-a-vis BIAB then I would love to correct it. As I mentioned above, I could be...

What doesn't make sense to me, is if the volumes are in fact all ambient measurements then why have the 4% cooling loss? If the pre mash and into fermenter volumes are measured at ambient, then there is no cooling loss. A cooling loss is an adjustment to the volume due to thermal...

Beersmith tells me I need to "Add 7.91 gal of Water at 161.3F" for my mash. Is it assuming the 7.91 gal of volume is measure at 161.3F? Because if I have 4% shrinkage figured into my volume loss, and measure my strike water at room temp then I will be off by 4% correct? :drunk: Edit to Add...

UPDATE: No longer available, thanks! I have about 8 cases of amber pry-top bottles to give away. Some are de-labeled but most are not. They were all rinsed after use. I moved to kegging and kept about 7 cases, this is what was left over. Let me know if you are interested and we can arrange...