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This has happened to me several times and I'm still wondering why . Last Sunday, in fact, I hit all of my numbers perfectly up until the OG. Volumes and specific gravities were spot on otherwise. I didn't take a reading the next day but that's an interesting bit. I figured maybe I mis-measured...

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It's amazing how many "beer bars" poorly treat their beers. I've received weird looks when asking for a glass too many times to count at places that are supposedly amazing beer bars.

Exactly. Drink your beer out of whatever you want but just know that, generally speaking, if you are drinking from a frosted mug, you are losing flavor. Yes, drinking an icy BMC on a hot day is refreshing but if you are drinking your IPAs at 33 degrees, you're wasting beer.

Genius!

What if you use one of those gaskets for an airlock hole on a bucket lid? I wonder if that would seal if you crammed one on your bottling wand. Otherwise, they make bungs meant for 12oz bottles that would likely work.

It may also help to completely submerge your keg and manifold (if you have one) in water. If you're losing a tank in a day, you might be able to see a pretty apparent stream of CO2 coming from the leak. Good luck!

That is weird. What about your beer lines? Is the line for the blueberry wheat longer than the other one? Are the beer lines the same diameter? Are the faucets similar? I don't know how extract affects the solubility of CO2 but I imagine it doesn't affect it at all.

^^^ This. Also, if you're losing a substantial amount to pulling off samples to measure, consider returning the sample to the batch. This is a point of contention among brewers at times so you make that call. The worry is that you'll introduce bacteria to the beer through the processes of...

Stop measuring? Why would that be helpful? If he's boiling off too much then paying closer attention to boil off rate and intensity of boil would be great next steps but to stop measuring is going the wrong way.

You can absolutely carbonate your beer at room temperature but you will use more CO2 that way. CO2 dissolves more readily in cold beverages so you'll need more CO2 in a room temperature beer. As for using gelatin, you shouldn't run into any problems. It can be added to a fermenter or the keg...

The part you missed is called the mash out and it's not a big deal that you missed it. The purpose of a mash out is to denature the enzymes responsible for converting sugars. After you denature them, you won't have to worry about further sugar conversion, messing with the ratio of fermentable...

Good point. Adding the powder into the secondary for a few days may allow the chocolate flavor to be imparted while letting all that chocolate powder settle out. A tincture also sounds like a great idea for this because you could add little by little until you get the character you want.

Sounds like you made the right decision. You may find more info on imparting chocolate using cocoa nibs in the future, though. I don't whether 1oz is too much or too little but personally, a chocolatey, oatmeal stout sounds delicious. Also, this is a late answer to your question but melting...

Yes and yes. Out of the three gases I originally considered after learning the intended purpose of my regulator, I ruled out Hydrogen as a possibility. At this point, I'm almost positive the previous owner used it for CO2. Also, whereas hydrogen is lighter than air, flammable, and non-odorous...

A whole line of beers carbed with obscure gases. I could get behind it. Helium Hefeweizen sounds particularly interesting. Hele hefe for short TM

haha good point. I had a leak in my last system so I don't have a great concept of how long tanks last.

I'll be up there in a couple of weeks actually. If I can't find a place to take it here, I'll bring it with me to Chicago. What's the place you're referring to?

Oh yeah I'm going use what I have first. I don't have money to be wasting good CO2

SOLD This is a Dual Gauge Taprite regulator in good working condition. It will come with an air disconnect for ball lock kegs. http://imgur.com/a/bzq9P SOLD :mug: edit: 500th post!