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My buddy actually ferments this yeast that hot---somewhere between 74 and 78 F. The first time he did it by accident, and laziness, but was so happy with the result that he only ferments his kolsch this way. I remember it being a bit sweeter but people seemed to enjoy it. Personally, I like my...

I've always stuck to Pils, Pale and candi syrup for my Belgian style recipes but have always come up short in the Belgian phenolics even though I'm pitching at 68 and bringing it up to 84 within 7-9 days. I've even open fermented for the first 2-3 days of this. My go to strain is either Wyeast...

I'm not too familiar with colmatori, but I know with standard 3-piece airlocks, oxygen will pass back through the water in the airlock when you cold crash. These looks like they fuction similarly, but I couldn't say for sure that it can allow air back in with a pressure drop. Someone correct me...

I use a similar device to this, from Bobby and Brewhardware: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/ccguardianv3.htm Their cold crash guardian is great if you don't have time to DIY. This is set up to work with a gas post.

Yep, I ran to the store that day and bought new yeast. Dumped the vinegary stuff down the drain. @RM-MN after fermenting hot---upwards of 84 (gradual rise)---I lager the beer after terminal gravity for 4-6 weeks. Aside from most of the yeast being dropped out of suspension via lagering, I'd...

Hahaha, I try to do it every batch because I make a lot of small tweaks here and there. And my hop amounts change every batch due to AA% of the inventory at my LHBS. Since my water is from scratch, hypothetically once I dial everything in, I may not need to do it every batch. But had I not...

Maybe I should rinse my sample vessels with distilled water a couple times to be on the safe side, moving forward.

Yeah this is basically the process I use, except I made the mistake of using cleaning solution instead of distilled water on this particular brew day.

It's low---can't take a reading now but it's definitely below 3 and close to 2. This would make sense as to why it was 10.02 in the first reading, but the batch smells fine and subsequent readings have been lower. But again, I couldn't say the brewery wash got into the sample vessel or the pots...

The probe is maybe a year and a half old. I don't believe it's ever dried out---there's always some storage solution in the cap when I take the probe out. So I spoke with Milwaukee Instruments to troubleshoot any potential issues with the meter and it appears that my recalibration method raises...

Yeah the first sample was around 77 at gravity reading. The small portion I poured for pH reading probably was slightly lower than that. The subsequence readings were definitely around 70. They were brand new and just opened them on brew day. Storage, Cleaning, 7.01 and 4.01 solutions. Still...

Appreciate the response @HopSing I did not sample pH directly in the fermentation vessel. I took it from my gravity sample tube---which I poured in a shot glass for pH testing. It's possible my shot glass was contaminated. The subsequent readings were all in different shot glasses. Maybe the...

So I've done 3 readings in addition to my mash reading: Mash reading with recalibration was 5.2 First post-boil reading was 10.02----smelled like fish food and cleaner Second post-boil reading was 6.80---smelled closer to what I expected Third post-boil reading with recalibration was...

Thanks for the quick reply @day_trippr ! That would be a disaster. No, I added 1 tsp of Fermax. And I also added 1 (maybe 3/4) of a whirlfloc tablet. Both of these were with 5 minutes left in the boil. Whirlfloc might explain the fish food smell, but I'm not sure. I've used the Fermax before...

Brewed a Kolsch-style beer today and ran into an interesting problem. All seemed to go well by the time I took my gravity reading post boil. When I went to check my pH, the sample had a pH of 10.02! I calibrated my meter when I took my mash pH so there shouldn't have been any issues. My mash pH...

I remember looking into this but there was a reason. I can't remember, but it might have been because my perlicks are older (525?) than the 630. But looks like @t^3 has the same faucets you do so hypothetically they can use your suggestion.

I ended up buying a whole set of clamps that included the clamping pliers on Amazon. I don't have it in front of me, but after flaring EVA onto the elbows, I might have used 7-8.7mm or 8.8-10.5mm clamps (it was likely this). Here is what I bought but it says it's currently unavailable...

The FRP sheets seem like they'll look nicer too. And I can fill in gaps behind with spray foam. This is what I'm seeing: https://www.menards.com/main/paint/paneling-planking/paneling/4-x-8-frp-wall-panel/frpm090wtt4809c/p-1444450799332-c-8168.htm?exp=false Clear silicone caulk shouldn't melt...

Are you suggesting to use this instead of Reflectix to place over the foam board/spray foam? Or to stack these in the door in place of everything I mentioned? And to be clear, you're talking about the wall boards and not the pink fiberglass sheets?

Another vote for Dovetail. Mandatory you stop there. Off Color and Maplewood are also good.