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Looking at the size of those jars I can't see how it would prevent air(o2) from entering fermenter during cold crashing. Unless that is not the purpose. I blow up a plastic bag with CO2 approx 1 cu ft volume and it is nearly collapsed at 50 f.

I have used the Co2 filled bag for all my brews I use one of the large bags availabe at Walmart etc that they have for placing fresh meat in, much larger that the produce bags which I started with. I am planning on switching to a 5 gal bucket that has a bag in it and I will collect the...

You can get the fittings at a welding supply house or just buy a cheap O2 flow meter setup from Amazon

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Starsan is only used as a solution with water per directions. I always keep a spray bottle with the mix near my beer distribution gear as well and when I'm brewing

This might help you https://www.kegoutlet.com/how-can-i-tell-what-type-of-posts-will-fit-on-my-corny-keg.html

A 20psi shot of CO2 and a spray with starsan should show you have a tight seal

Just make sure to slow the flow when you get to the point where you are relying on the siphon to drain the portion under the false bottom as you can break the siphon if its not slowed way down. I use the same method in my brew keggle but with a stainless mesh screen and I can drain all but a...

You can actually make a starter without a flask and stir plate, Shaken yeast starters

There is no way I would use liquid yeast without proofing it by making a starter as well as building it up. I have bought, more than once, yeast by mail order that has been in date but Dead on Arrival. And many times with Wyeast the smack pack capsule has been broken although the yeast was good...

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I believe a 5 gal fermentation will exceed the volume of 5 gallons maybe even 10. Its amazing the volume of co2 produced

If you put a plastic bag in the ferm. bucket capturing the open end in the lid seal it would fill with co2 then before crashing pull the airlock and plug the hole. This would allow only co2 to be pulled back as the bag collapsed, you would need to have a small hole in the bucket though to...

All is good as long as air can't get back in the fermenter when cold crashing. If you use the 5 gal pail as a source of co2 during cold crash air will get into it through the airlock.

The co2 filled bag allows co2 to enter the headspace during cold crashing rather that air. The idea being to keep oxygen from contacting your beer causing oxidation. If you cold crash, the the space above the liquid cools reducing pressure and pulls gas (air) into the fermenter unless some other...

I leave the tube on but remove the end from the starsan jar and attach to the CO2 filled bag to cold crash

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I have 9 ft on all my tap lines, serve at 12 psi....No unwanted foam

Keep the taps in Starsan, I have been doing this for years

I clean the lines and tap when the keg kicks. I just had one kick last week that was filled in April of last year. Visually no sign of debris or anything unwanted in the tap or QD. Take the valve out and soak in in PBW while I flush the QD and hose for 20 minutes then rinse and Stansan