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When I put the beer dip tube into the keg, the end of it does not line up in the little dimple at the bottom of the keg. Looks like the "centering notches" (for lack of a better term) inside the post are slightly skewed, causing this. I was wondering if I could swap in and out, but are the...

From my understanding, you're supposed to whirlpool and then let the wort sit until everything settles into a cone, then transfer to the fermenter. I use a hop spider so I really only have the break material to deal with, which I know some say to transfer, others say to not (that's not the...

I've been trying to track down what I think is that flavor. No clue where it comes from. Only happened in my one gallon brews. Bigger batches seems to be okay. I'm thinking it's from tap water with starsan perhaps. And not having fermentation temp control with those didn't help.

Cool! That's what I figured but this is the first temp-controlled brew so I also figured I might as well cover all the bases.

As the title suggests, what's an appropriate temperature for beer to sit in the primary after the fermentation is complete? I brewed a porter a two weeks ago. Fermented at around 64F using S-04. After a week or so, I bumped up the temperature to 70F as a diacetyl rest (not sure I did it at...

It was definitely the pizza thread. Mmmm, pizza. That's pretty cool you've been making your own malts. I usually go down those types of rabbit holes of "well I'm making my own beer, might as well make my own malts, grow my own hops, forge my own kettle" sorta thing. But I haven't done that...

This thread took a turn for a bit (I think there's a pun in there...). Anyway, some good stuff in here. I sprayed Starsan and put soapy water on all the connections that I could think of. Nothing showed signs of bubbles. Only places that I think it could be is the gas disconnect (which...

Nothing screams "this is real science" than looking through a refractometer. Hydrometers just don't cut it. I always tell my girlfriend I'm trying one of the homebrews for "science". Works every time...

I definitely have tried to use that to my advantage when I'm convincing myself I'm close to my expected OG. I think I've heard the reading will be skewed lower with warmer temps, but I'm not certain on that...

@bracconiere You're hard to forget on here, especially with that Homer avatar (among other things). I THINK remember you saying that you modified your oven to maintain pretty low temps. Is that how you're making your own malt??

Aaand just read the rest of your post... If you are truly worried about that, you can just drain a half an ounce (or more than the few drops you've been doing) just to start pulling from the bulk of the beer to get a more uniform sugar/alcohol distribution for your measurements. Sure it's more...

Ignore the attached figure. That's a plot of FG vs. final brix using that equation (wasn't supposed to stay attached....)

That will definitely throw off a standalone Brix to SG reading, but I doubt it the more alcohol will cause an increase of brix/SG. To get the true story, you've got to convert your final brix reading to your FG, which takes into account your OG (and I guess the alcohol). I got a function to...

I keep mine simple, sit my kettle on folded up flannel sheets, wrap it in the other sheet, and a wool blanket on the lid. And then try to tie rope around it all to keep it nice and snug. Lifting the kettle is a pain, but if you've got someone to help, it's a lot easier (assuming you're doing a...

I'm fairly certain the leak is coming from somewhere in the regulator or the regulator connections (not to say there isn't a leak in the gas disconnect to the keg...). While the starsan/soap trick didn't show any bubbles, the high pressure gage dropped to zero after a minute with the...

The only flare nut connection is the connection from the tube to the gas disconnect, everything else is a barbed connection (and the main threaded connection to the tank). I did find a small leak in the flare nut, but that might have just been trapped air when I submerged it into water. The...

Okay, so I looked a little more into this. I have a dual regulator, only using one currently. Shut off both regulator valves, opened the tank, Set the regulator I've been using to around 15 psi, and then shut off the tank. Wouldn't ya know it, the tank gage was slowly going down, so maybe...

Thanks for the tip. I've got it on a bathroom scale. Doesn't stay on, but I was checking it every few hours. Definitely leaking. Didn't see anything at the PRV, lid o-ring, or base of the posts. So my guess is it's at the post o-ring with the QD attached. I did dunk the gas QD in water and...

Kinda what I figured but not what I wanted to hear. Yeah I sprayed starsan all around and looked for bubbles. Didn't see anything but could have missed it. Just a pain if it is running out since the gas store has terrible hours...

This is my first time kegging, so it's probably just lack of understanding or just being a bit paranoid. I kegged about 3 gallons of beer and it's been sitting in the kegerator at around 13 psi for about 2 weeks. The 20lb CO2 tank sits outside the fridge, in about 65-68F ambient temperature...