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That's a good idea about leaving a small CO2 flow on when opening the keg. I will probably try that when dry-hopping in my corny keg fermenters too.

I thought conditioning with bottling sugar increased sediment?

That's the plan. This brew is in a bucket, so not really practical for any of the above, but I got three 10-gallon corny kegs in the keg stuff I picked up that I plan to start using for fermenters so I can purge with the fermenetation gas, cold crash, and closed transfers.

Thanks, I'll have to give it a shot ahead of time and open the lid just to see what's left. I'm spending a few evenings this week rebuilding the kegs with new o-rings and checking for leaks anyway. I suppose if it's full of StarSan I'll waste less gas doing leak checks.

I have enough stuff to start kegging this weekend, except my new kitchen fridge delivery was delayed so I don't have my kegerator yet (I'm getting the old kitchen fridge for a kegerator). I do have CO2, kegs, a DIY keg washer, and a beer that needs to come out of the fermenter because I've...

Just to keep up on the prices I just had a 20# bottle exchanged at Roberts in Frederick. The bottle was a craigslist special, so no owner stamps but also out of hydro. Roberts swapped me a new bottle for $40, but it does now say "ROBERTS" on the neck so I'm more or less stuck with them for...

Sold...

After some measurements I rolled the dice on one of the 13" baskets. It *juuust* fits into a 10 gallon PolarWare kettle I have here. It's flush with the top of the kettle so I may try to lower the feet some. I plan to set this up as a RIMS system so I don't care if it has any element...

I buy most of my grains from Atlantic, and before I got a mill I ordered their single crush and was pretty satisfied with it in my false bottom Igloo cooler.

NOS, never used. March 809-PL-HS wort pump, 12v DC brushed motor. Plastic housing with mounting pad. $125 +shipping from MD 21754

Doesn't look milled at all to me. I see some pieces, but that could just be from rough handling. If that's their idea of "milled" (and based on their response it is) I'd never buy milled grain from them again. For comparison I also have a cereal killer and here's a shot of my grain from my...

Polar Ware stainless 10 gallon kettle, brand new with ball valve and thermometer. Homemade copper immersion wort chiller. (5) pin lock kegs (ex Coke syrup dispensers). Kegs have previously been used for home brewing (no soda residue) and were rinsed before storage but should be...

Here's my attempt at this recipe so far. 7 days in the fermenter, color looks decent, 80% attenuation and 5.6% ABV (1.053 OG to 1.010 FG). I'd say it's time to fine and bottle it this coming weekend.

Picked up a bunch of kegging stuff tonight from an estate sale (more on that later). Enough to get into kegging and start building a single-level brew station (couple March pumps, a few more kettles, etc). Among the items was (3) big corny kegs that I think are 10 gallon. I'm thinking I want...

Well, I found a smack pack of 1056 in the fridge that was next to expire so I'm brewing this today with 1056 :)

Taking a tab at this one on Father's Day. Only difference is I'll be using Fuggle and EKG hops. Can't decide between US-05 and a English ESB yeast from Lallemand (can't get liquid yeast right now).

10 days in the primary and time for a reading. 1.011, which is about 80% attenuation and somewhere around 6.4% ABV. I guess I must have hit my mash temps fairly well. Great taste, but pretty cloudy (I completely forgot my whirlfloc tablet). Time for 5 days of citra dry-hop and then bottle...

I'm considering the 13" version for my winter time indoor BIAB. Can anyone comment on about how much grain the 13" will hold? I didn't see a height listed anywhere. Also, for anyone who bought one of these already, is it missing the fittings as well (i.e. no holes in the top and bottom)?

Catching back up with this post. The beer turned out great. This pic is from the first bottle I chilled and opened, which was the last one out of the bucket. Subsequent bottles have been clearer. I fixed my chiller issue with some compression fittings. I also added a valve at the...

Well, the first shot at all-grain was pretty successful this weekend. I must have underestimated my boil-off because I had 6.5 gallons when I started, but by the time I was finished I had under 5 gallons in the fermenter (4.75 gallons or so). The mash tun holds a gallon of wasted wort so I...