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8016 + 5 gallons of my IPA = 8021

I think the difference is about 20 lbs empty vs almost 40 when full. The propane inside is liquid so you should hear it slosh a bit if you move it around.

Shake it a bit. If it foams up then CO2 is leaving the solution which means it's working. Otherwise, you may be out of luck.

What volume of beer went into the fermenter? 5 gallons? If so, what was your priming sugar? Corn sugar, table sugar, dme, etc. Depending on which calculator and sugar you use, 5 oz. could be a lot. I usually bottle 4.75-5 gallons and have usually used 4.5 oz of table sugar at most and that's...

One more thing to note with any propane setup is that everything should be closed when being connected. Open the tank first, slowly. Then open the needle valve on the regulator second while you light the burner. If it's not working quite right, disconnect it all and open/close the needle valve...

This is the same burner I have and I haven't had any issues with it. Can you hear gas flowing when you open the valves? If so, do you have the air shutter open when trying to light it? It's hard to know how to help without seeing it. Could you post a couple pictures showing the way you've...

I've been planning on trying a round 2 brew for the group 2 quad but, as others have said, life happened. I don't feel that I have the time at this point to plan/brew/age a new brew to have it be ready and good by Christmas. I did save the first batch from February. My brew buddies all tell me...

It was a kit I got for Christmas. Not my favorite but I think the hops we're bad. The packaging from the manufacturer wasn't sealed well. It's been a couple months so I'll taste again soon.

Tasting the quad again today and it has cleared significantly in the refrigerator over the past few weeks. I'll brew round 2 soon but this gives me hope that I'm not as far off as I thought in terms of flavor balance. I'd like a darker color but it's rather tasty now.

I bottled my quad with EC-1118 yeast. I just rehydrated it and added it to my bottling bucket with my priming solution. At 10.5%, it's in the same range as yours. Preliminary tastings are quite good, although the color and flavor from the candi sugar aren't where I'd like. It is fully...

Ice freezes at 32F, yes. It can get much colder than that though. I feel like the ice was stored in a deep freezer before the event.

I haven't brewed a coffee stout but in my stout I brewed last November, the roasted barley imparted a bitter almost astringent flavor. After 3ish months in the bottle, the bitterness from that is gone. I vote let it ride a couple months at room temp in the bottle then try another. I think...

When you say "between 149 and 155," that's almost the full target range for most home brews. 155+ will get you a less fermentable wort which can end high like yours did. Additionally, if you let it climb high enough, the enzymes could have been neutralized causing conversion to be incomplete.

Can you be specific about what you actually fermented? What did the recipe you made end up being?

3314.5 + 5 gallons of APA = 3319.5

My only experience is adding EC-1118 to my bottling bucket with the priming sugar. It carbed just fine. I feel like your sugar is still there so I'd recommend only adding the yeast. Before doing so, rehydrate some of it and test a few bottles first by adding a mL or 2 and re-capping. My gut...

We should meet up then! I'm not sure where your brew shop is but I use Listermann's in Cinci. We can grab ingredients and a pint! And trade a brew or 2 :) It still needs some aging but I'll do it if I have enough boxes saved up. All I ask for is an honest beer review. PM me at some point with...

Update of the Group 2 Caramel Quad: I popped open a test bottle today and am pleasantly surprised with the taste right now. Its a good quad. With that said, I don't think it met the recipe requirements. I don't get a toffee flavor and the color is too light so I'll be taking another crack...

It's up to you, honestly. I probably had something skewed in the spreadsheet because my pH was way low. It seemed to cooperate for my last brew but who knows. In the end, it is your beer and you know your system and processes best. As long as the additions are close, I'm sure it will turn out...

It's hard to say but plugging your salt additions in for my equipment profile and batch size skews it by a lot. Is that the amount added to the batch or just the mash? It seems like way too much. See below. I'm too lazy to get a real screen grab. I am still figuring out this spreadsheet...