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I haven’t had any of the “fall out” issues. But I’d recommend trying some keg lube. I wouldn’t think you’d have to soak the whole thing, but strategically placed in a few places may help it stay in the groove (like gluing it) until the lid is put in place. Just a thought. Good luck!

Insecticide killed em off (the few I saw). Didn’t see any others and never got a chance to do the BT spray. Today SWMBO sent me a “there are like 100 caterpillars on the hops” message. I resolved to spray them with the BT just before sunset, which isn’t long after I get home from work. By the...

A little bit of local somethings...

Something tasty out at the park. Go Phils!

Sprayed some organic insecticide on the leaves. We’ll see if it helps. If not, I have some Bt spray coming from Amazon that allegedly will do the trick.

As soon as I finally get to use it I sure will!

Well before posting this I looked around and didn’t see obvious signs for the cause. In my head the little holes screamed “caterpillar”. Well today I went over the leaves again and found the culprit: An infestation.

Planted my hops rather late this year, but wanted to get the roots growing and maybe get a yield next year. They’re growing pretty much as I expected. The last few days I’m seeing some holes and browning on the leaves, but I don’t see any critters on them. Any idea what could be doing it, and if...

Got a new stainless CFC from stout. Excited to see how this thing works!

The recirculation with the HERMS definitely makes for clear wort, which is obvious to me during my transfer to the BK. Not necessarily the infussion specifically, but I would’ve never even attempted HERMS with the false bottom on my cooler. Edited for clarity.

I usually sparge, but I guess no sparge could be an option for smaller batches.

I bought a SS brewtech 20gal InfuSSion Mash Tun for doing 10 gal batches. Wasn’t really doing many “trial” recipes before buying. Now I have some trials I would like at 5 gal and am wondering if the MLT is too big for a 5 gal batch. Anyone use the 20gal for 5 gallon batches. Diameter is 19.75”...

Made 10 gal of pale ale with a bunch of trub from the boil and 4 oz of dry hops. I started with the racking arm up and as I transferred moved it down. It ended up fully down with little trub transfer. I also do a trub dump toward the end of fermentation. I also did an IPA previously with very...

TDS meter to check out my water pre- and post- treatment and see how worth it an RO is going to be.

Was totally expecting you to say you found something awesome/vintage/valuable. Made me laugh.

For what it’s worth, I learned a valuable lesson on Tavour about decision making.

Went from a cooler to the Ss mash tun- love it. I do HERMS with it and have had great success maintaining temps and getting very clear wort with high efficiencies (85-90%). Step mashing is another story, HERMS just isn’t the thing for steps because it is slow, but I’m talking 10 gallon batches...

My 2.5 year old wanted to play outside right as I walked through the door from work. I said “ok let me get a drink first”. As I walked over to the refrigerator intending to get some iced tea, she told me “Stop daddy. Stop. Out there for your drink. Daddy’s drink is out there.” Pointing to the...

Lil something after a long day

Keep us posted and let us know how it goes!