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I can't answer all but when I dry hop, I either put them in a nylon pain straining bag or a 300 micron SS dry hop cylinder I got of Amazon for around $20. At the start I used to zip tie them to the upper part of the dip tub but now I just put them in the bottom of the keg. I think the longest...

There are 100 different ways to carb in a keg if you ask 100 brews. I hit mine with 30 PSI and bleed the gas out 3-5 times, hit it with 30 one more time then drop the PSI to 5-10 and let it sit for a week.

So I've read hours worth of contradicting info on carbing and back sweetening cider that my head is spinning. I racked to a keg last night with plans to back sweeten while it was carbing then move from the keg to bottles in 2 weeks once its carbed up. I added 5 crushed campden tabs and 2.5 tsp...

It would most likely depend how fast you're drinking it. Even with purging CO2 and the O2 in the air are still mixing quite a bit so you'll always have residue oxygen. If you plan on drinking it slow or bulk aging it, you can check out CO2 transfer to keg if you use glass to ferment in.

I wonder why they chose those sizes. 4 gal is to small for most and 7.5 leaves a lot of head space for 5ish gal brews.

Well if you plan on back sweetening it you have to kill the yeast with potassium sorbate. But then there's no yeast to carb the bottles. So you can have a still cider that you're able to add sugar or concentrate back to or use an artificial sweetener. I'm not sure if lactose would be an option...

I have a thin piece of copper wire that is wrapped around my carboy handle, I pull it up and over the stopper then wrap the other end to the handle. I'm guessing we all have ways depending what we had on hand at the time.

It is an odd problem. The thing that comes to mind for me is that the brew may have fermented to warm. Did you measure temperature when you pitched the yeast or during fermentation?

Oncology Nurse 3 days a week, Pool installer 3-4 days a week April-Nov, father, occasional husband... dreams of being a part time brewery assistant in the fall and winter but my wife would kill me and part time and professional brewing don't mix.

I did manage to pop the bung off the top once. Scared the crap out of me. I was running at 1-2 psi. I think next time I'll have the carboy on a table with the keg on the floor so gravity can work for me.

My 1st attempt should happen tonight as long as Amazon shipping is on time and all my new parts match all the stuff I had on hand already. Hopefully all goes well :mug:

Adventures in homebrewing has 5 gal ball locks on sale for $75 that are new. Anyone have any idea on the quality? They are made in China but the site has great reviews on them. If anyone has them how do you like them? Any issues with seals or durability?

The directions say its all grain so I'm pretty sure its not meant to be steeped with extract. I have some pilsner, chocolate and I should have something similar to special roast to add what I need to to reach my normal efficiency. I'll email the company to see if this is normal in an attempt to...

I've never use a premade kit but I was lucky enough to win one in an online give away. I plugged the grain bill into my phones app and to get the expected 1.050 efficiency at 5 gal I need to be at 100%. The grain bill is for an Irish Red and consists of: 6 lbs Pilsner 0.75 lbs Special Roast...

I had a hard leak to find when I 1st set up my kegging system. I lost 10lbs of CO2 in a few days. I couldn't find it using water with dish soap or San Star spray. I submerged everything I could in a water bath and nothing. I actually ended up hearing it. It was from a nipple fitting on the...

20, 30, 40 years? I'd be happy to know how they did it before the internet.

You can try taking some plae malt out for some Munich and mashing at 152. My go to is 90% 20 row, 5% crystal 10 and 5% Munich.

Thirty strongman all grain, welcome back

Now do i wait to see what the relaunch sale is or pull the trigger through Spike for 15 gal kettle and get a shot at it free? If only someone could drop a hint at what type of promo will happen?...

I picked up grapefruit when i use Falconer's Flight