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The instructions are linked on the page you linked. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2239/2667/files/Oberon_Instructions_-_All_Grain.pdf?2175297120595778131

Be careful. I've accidentally cold-crash-suck-backed starsan into a carboy. They dont mix very well. Your last few points may be pure starsan.

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I had to use one of the portable units when my AC crapped out last summer. I live just south of Houston, so it was about 97 and 75%+ humidity. The portable unit could only cool the air about 10' around it. If you walked to the other side of the room, it was 95. And the thing never stops chugging...

I used a big green egg replacement gasket on my traeger. Nomex material, I believe it's called. You can get them pretty easily. Once I added the washers to the hinges so it sat flat, it decreased the smoke seepage by probably 75%.

If you're cold smoking (using a smoke gun), then yes, that seems right. But I do it at 180°F, so as the ice melts, the newly exposed water absorbs the smoke, and on it goes til i pull it out.

I have an ice cube tray in my freezer that gets filled by the automatic ice maker. Many refrigerators in America come with that feature. Why not just use the ice? Also, cold and wet absorbs smoke better than just wet, so the ice, theoretically, should absorb the most smoke.

I've done this. It's pretty amazing. But, a word of warning: if you don't drink your bourbon/scotch/etc quickly and the entire large ice cube/sphere melts, it become almost too smokey. Maybe it's because I use the large ice spheres that take up like 1/2 of my whiskey glass, but the one drink I...

Brewing, smoking ribs, smoking a Macanudo, and drinking a nice IPA.

Against the grain, pile of face IPA

Cool. Ss brewtech recommends using teflon tape on all threads to prevent leaks and galling. So, I'm likely to follow their recommendations. Thanks, though, for your anecdotes. Also, their guide specifically states use only one o-ring on the outside of the fermenter. The second is a spare. But...

From their website: https://ssbrewtech.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202239609-Should-I-use-Teflon-tape-for-threaded-fittings-

No bleach on my ss for me. But I did use alkaline brewery wash. All fittings and random pieces in one bucket. Then the fermenter itself with the spigot hole plugged. 1 hr soak each. All teflon tape replaced. I typically do this every other batch because I'm usually kegging and filling the...

Not 100% sure. I forgot ice on brew day for my pre chiller and living in TX, my ground water is around 85°F, so I transferred the wort at ~95° and let it cool over night to 65 before pitching. Maybe something fell in it I missed? Maybe it's time to tear apart and replace the teflon tape in the...

I finally got an infected batch. 50-60 5-gallon batches under my belt, 35-40 AG brews, and I got lacto'd. 10 days in the fermenter and the golden ale I brewed last weekend is still bubbling. So I took a sample to check gravity. Cloudy as hell and smelled like sour milk. (I use an ss brewtech...

Egg bake for breakfast and pizza for dinner. All on a traeger smoker.

Leave the blow-off tube. Just remember it if you cold crash. Not that I've forgotten, or anything...

Shipping from Austin Homebrew is overnight if you select the texas saver shipping (or whatever it's called) and live east of big bend, south of Lubbock. Throw a $1 ice pack in there and it's always still cool by the time I get it, about an hour south of Houston.

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The Amarillo for bittering is simply because I have it already in hand. But I can easily go with Columbus (was my original intent until I realized how much Amarillo I had on hand). I also meant to update that on Carafoam to 1lb (I was tinkering while at work, and forgot to update that). I'm new...