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EDITED TO ADD: Found the code myself. THANKS for the heads-up! Scored myself one more 5gal slimline. I believe/hope/pray that's the last one I'll need for a while, good to get it 10% off! FURTHER EDIT: I guess I should mention it's only good for today 12/20/16, but the code is LASTCHANCE10...

To the OP: this. I've made some AWESOME hop-forward but not-too-bitter brews with hop teas lately. I went down the same road as you: being disappointed by my hop recovery, adjusting water, trying dry hopping, trying hopstands... it all helped but the results from the tea addition at...

Rather than starting a new thread, I'll just veer this one wildly off-topic. Ain't I a great guy? ;) QUESTION: for those already in the thread, what do you consider to be an "adequate" fill of CO2 in, say, a 5# tank? Why I ask: the nearest place to get a fill charges $25 for a 5# tank, ugh...

I just bookmarked the HELL out of that post, because that is one SEXY setup for the lines! My current kegerator is a bit ghetto, but someday (cue up Judy Garland singing Over the Rainbow) when we finally have more square footage, I'll be upgrading to a keezer and will DEFINITELY put that into...

I did something similar, named it "Yer M.O.M." It turned out FANTASTIC. One important difference: instead of a dry hop I went with a hop tea. One ounce of pellets steeped in a liter of water in my French Press, 160 degrees for 30 minutes. After that, I pressed the hops down just like I was...

@day_trippr : Did you mount a ball lock keg post to the back of the lid to plumb the CO2? If so, how?

Definitely not made of money, but found a batch of 100 for under a sawbuck on Amazon, with good reviews from homebrewers. SO, if I do decide to swap them out, the $0.20 shouldn't hurt too bad!

Hey all, while breaking down and cleaning one of the Torpedos for the first time (actually the first time I've EVER used a keg) I noticed the O-rings on the dip tubes had taken a beating. The gas-in is ok, but I feel like the beer-out is bad enough that I'll probably have to replace it before...

It's an option. I have a 2.75gal carboy that I'm going to use for a test batch of RIS because it's going to be sitting around for at least six months and I want to be POSITIVE I'm controlling the headspace. But, for most stuff, I'm just done with dealing with the cleaning issues that carboys...

OK. SO, first, don't be afraid to take a stab at water chemistry. It really doesn't take rocket science, there is a sticky in the chemistry section that explains a very back-of-the-envelope way to prepare a decent water with (IIRC) only two mineral additions. I buy distilled from the store...

Yep. They know they're not winning you over with Michelin Star-worthy cuisine. Tex-Mex is comfort food and cheap food, so people want a LOT. OTOH, the best TRUE Mexican food I've ever had is at Cafe Poca Cosa in downtown Tucson, AZ. Simply the best. I have a few regrets about leaving Tucson...

The GOOD: I kegged my second ever keg of beer. I'm STILL smiling about how much better than bottling it is. It's purged and in the kegerator, bedded down for a couple weeks of carbing and conditioning. The BAD: when pulling a celebratory quaff from my FIRST ever keg, it made a dreadful...

I kept my TAD bottles in plastic planter-pots big enough to hold them. You know...those disposable black plastic pots that plants come in. I got mine at the big box store for about a buck each in the gardening/potting section.

SO, I'm really excited by some of the posts I've seen lately showing how some folks are using CO2 pressure to move your hooch from primary to secondary/keg. I know head pressure usually does the job on this one, but I like how people are doing this to keep their finished product oxygen-free...

Awright... ya got me. 4oz on the way, should be enough to do a nice little SMASH to see what it's all about. I actually enjoyed the Columbus SMASH I did over the summer, so I'm expecting I'll dig this one as well, if the description fits.

I'm always bothered by opening a fermenter to check an SG or flavor-test once fermentation is complete, figuring I was introducing oxygen into the headspace. BUT, we also know there is always CO2 dissolved in the beer/cider/mead/wine/whatever, and it's a pretty decent amount although I can't...

I can't decide, is it: 1.) I like my homebrew because I've gotten good enough that I can really make the beer I've looked for all this time on the shelves; OR 2.) I just THINK I've gotten good enough, and I just overrate my beer because I have "skin in the game." Either way, I'm a...

Reurrecting an old thread to post an additional solution: head to Harbor Freight and score one of these sets. It made short work of a #10 stopper that needed another hole. Like others above, I'm looking to try counterpressure filling a keg through a filter...

Bummer. I had a 1.5 that arrived in the mail without pressure in it (all my others came pressurized, so I knew they held pressure even before I cleaned and lubed them), but cleaning and lubing the offending keg solved the problem. Good news is: you know where it is leaking. If you haven't...

Pretty much this, although I'm still getting mine dialed in. Using http://seanterrill.com/2012/01/06/refractometer-calculator/ and the default 1.04 correction factor, my numbers are close but not ideal. I'm currently collecting my own data to calculate the factor specific to my refractometer...