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I can explain my process a little further If it helps anyone… first off, no matter how much I’m bottling, I calculate how much priming sugar required per Liter of beer. I use regular table sugar and it’s usually ends up around 6-7g of sugar per Liter. (I use an online calc for that) Next, I...

I don’t use a bottling bucket anymore; mainly because I found that often the priming sugar didn’t always mix fully leaving uneven carbonation. Now what I do is boil a measured amount of water and add all the sugar to make a concentrate. I calculate it in such a way that I can dose each bottle...

I’m pretty sure that’s an early stage of a lady bug. I’m gonna say good bug!

Sounds like a fun and tasty venture! would you care to share the recipe that you used?

Oh and I’ll concrete them in but I ordered some sleeves that get heat shrunk on that are supposed to prevent the rot that occurs right at the soil line. I’ll post some pictures when I eventually get the posts in the ground.

I wish I could angle the posts out, that makes total sense. The truth is I’m trying to make a space work that’s pretty tight, there’s not a lot of areas in my yard that will get adequate sun. The garden bed I’m planting in is right in front of a fence that runs east-west on the south side of the...

Oh yeah, the price of building material is bananas right now! I'm fortunate that I have a connection at a local sawmill and was able to purchase them at more of a wholesale cost. Still expensive but probably half or less of what they'd cost at a big box store. I think I am going to use...

I'm finally getting around to building a trellis in my backyard so that I can grow some hops in the ground instead of the containers Ive been using the past few years. I purchased some really nice 4X4 cedar post that are 14' long with the intention of spacing two posts 12' apart connected at...

Oxy clean is what I use with great results. As I understand it oxyclean is mostly sodium percarbonate.

Here’s what I ended up deciding to go with. I’ll try to re-mount the pump and support the top of the pipe so I’m not putting strain on the pump head when turning the valves. I’ve tried it out to just pump water around and so far I like it.

wait, You’re saying that garden hose and pop bottle thread is the same?? How did I not know this? Thanks, that’s helpful!

@cayde1001 Im curious if you could explain how you attached the ball lock connectors to your pump? I assume they are the pop bottle thread right?

Yeah, I wondered about a three way valve. I think it could replace the first two ball valves in my diagram but I’m not sure if the 3 way valves allow throttling or just on/off. Anyways I’m playing around with trying it with a small dc pump in-line and it seems to work as intended. I am surprised...

Hey folks, I guess the title more or less says it; I'm wanting to add a section of hard plumbing that allows me to flip a couple valves and run my wort post boil through my counter flow chiller to cool and then bypass the chiller at the end for whirlpool. I find that my chiller is quite...

I’d hate to be one of those folks who never actually reports back... The wine has been in the bottles for about 6 months and is tasting great. Second batch is clearing in secondary. This recipe has been a winner.

I’ll take a stab at answering this one... first off it all comes down to your expectations; getting a perfectly smooth surface may not be feasible depending on the quality and condition of the base materials. My key points would be: use a “wood filler” from one of the big box stores. Make sure...

Yup, and then I repitched about 2/3 cup of the slurry into another saison and it was done in less than a week. Go figure.

I did my first saison with wy3724 this spring after trying a few other strains, I had a similar experience as you for the first days and then it petered out. I even went to keg it at week 7 assuming it was done but my pre transfer hydrometer reading reported still at 1.035! At this point I...

I believe Advance is right on the money With the fermenter dropping pressure making trub float up on the rising co2 bubbles. I made the exact mistake several times before coming to the same conclusion with my snub nose which is very similar. As a second method you can also pressurize the serving...

Believe me, I was pretty surprised. I recirculated for about 15-20 minutes. I don’t have a thermometer on my chiller output but I went until the temp probe at the bottom of my kettle read mid 70s. Then when I drained the wort into the fermenter the temp suddenly shot back up. My counterflow...