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I currently have two plants, Nugget and Chinook. The Chinook is doing better by far. I ripped my Centennial plant out of the ground last year as it never did well getting full sun and grubs were decimating it. I have five to six lines per plant running up to the roof of our two story house...

Iodophor only stains if you leave it in the line. I use it all the time and my lines are not stained. The key is to hook it up to the keg and rinse the line clear with beer. I use oxyclean to clean the lines and taps. I have an extra keg that I keep oxyclean in that I hook up once a month...

I have a 15g aluminum pot that I have done 50+ batches on and I have never dented it even when dropping it from several feet off the ground. I bought my pot from Wares Direct three years ago for about $60. The wall thickness is 6mm (1/4") and is super durable. Aluminum pots are very durable...

This same thing happened to me with a big RIS. My final abv was ~12.5%. The FG was 1.040 and that was with adding champagne yeast three weeks into fermentation. IME the champagne yeast only ate the simple sugars and didnt touch anything else. I tried multiple things to get the bottles to...

Metallurgical Engineer. There are 5-6 guys at my company that brew. All engineers.

I would say from the very beginning of heating water to cleaning and putting everything away it takes me 4-5 hours. It depends on the day and the beer. I do AG with 5-6 gallon batches and mash in a round 10g cooler. The key is to spend your down time either prepping for the next steps or...

Make a 10 gallon batch of ~1.040 OG beer and pitch the yeast cake. That way you have beer and the yeast you need. Otherwise the best alternative would be to contact a local brewery and ask for a gallon or two of fresh yeast slurry from one of their fermentors.

The rust is likely from iron/steel particles that were ground into the surface during the post grinding of the weld. The particles were likely carryover from the grinding a steel weld previously. It happens when the grinding wheel is not cleaned or replaced between jobs. I'd start with the...

I order a ton from Rebel (near Nashville, TN) and the prices/shipping are very reasonable. Depending on the type of malt they are 20-50% cheaper than Seven Bridges for organic. Brewing Ingredients - Organic Ingredients - Rebel Brewer

This design is very similar to what I did. Same exact cooler from Home Depot. I took the really easy route and just used a spigot assembly from a hot water heater. It had all the flanges, interior nipple, and valve already built in. In total I bought 4 parts: The hot water heat spigot...

Rebel Brewing has Breiss and Muntons DME for $3.10 per pound. That's as cheap as I've seen it.