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Ditto for me on time/pressure, Marc. Skimping on processing parameters seems dubious at best. What I like best is I can measure in a stock pot and tune the SG exactly, then ladle into jars. No guessing or approximations (for some reason I can never seem to hit the SG exactly just doing...

Couple of canned wort questions. I am assuming employing proper pressure canning techniques, using non-chlorinated water, the whole proper operation list... 1. Is there a downside, other than using more jars, to canning a 1.035 SG solution of DME for direct pitching vs the more common 1.080 SG...

@Bobby_M, can you elaborate on the spigot? It is short like a garden hose bib. An NPT fitting I tried threaded only a turn or so, so I won't be forcing NPT on it. Your BSP-BLQD adapter threads smoothly, but the spigot only reaches into about the middle of the female BSPP. (I didn't want to...

@Indian_villager, how has this rig worked out for you? Have you had any problems with the heating element affecting the insulation? I see there is insulation fill-in where the drain tube exits at the side of the tun, and hence close to the element. Has the insulation been...

Interesting note, Whiskey. I'm thinking I will allow the entire bag to dry completely before hooking the apparatus up. Ethanol would probably better evaporate, even in a resting bag. Timing the setup with the bag's drying might prove difficult, though. There's always risk of the open...

The bag was dumped--trust me! Tubing, check valve, bladder valve as well. Everclear comes in 95% and 75% strengths; I have the 95%. Optimal ethanol dilution for sanitization is about 70%. (There are a number of references out there that talk about the reasons for this, mainly regarding...

Recently got an infection of the CCG bladder (Serratia marcescens ?). I used Star San to do a pre-sanitize, but I did not dry the bladder out completely, hence a moist environment in the bag. I'm planning on running this again, but I would appreciate comments on using a 70% ethanol solution...

Second. He is ethical, honest, runs a well-stocked shop, and is more generous with his time and talent than most of us could ever be.

Bobby, is your time/temp based on Pasteurization protocol? (I see there are several time vs. temp procedures to choose from.) I've been looking for "how to sanitize recirc tubing post-boil" guildlines/best practices, to no avail. I believe I read (from you?) that pumps don't like boiling fluid...

What I had in mind was a formal (as in formula) derivation of values seen in charts such as this one found on this page. When I see tables like this: I start thinking about an equation to fit pitch rate to gravity, but if it's all based on experimentation and best-practices (thanks...

Where do the "standard" pitching rates for lagers vs ales come from? General consensus over time and trials? Or, Is there a definitive spec (published study) "out there" for the rates (.75M cells/ml-°P for ales, vs. 1M for 1.060 ales vs. 1.5M for lagers)? Finally, for a given style...

I would like to see that, Doug, if only to know the parameters that would go into the calculation. Offhand, I would think such items as percent moisture in DME and a quantification of the molecular interaction between solute (DME) and solvent (water) would be of interest. It's been 50 years...

I would like to know, definitively, if concentration of wort affects the stability and safety of a "sweet liquid" processed via pressure canning. Does a higher osmotic concentration affect the anti-spore quality of the medium? Wish I knew. C'mon graduate assistants, get cracking! I wrote the...

I picked 42 PPG because that's the value morebeer's DME calculator assumes. So many sources to play with out there (I love it....)

I hear you, @mac_1103, and and the worry goes away after a fine IPA. My interest was mainly in understanding the relationship between PPG and SG, and the notion of number of (points/moles/molecules) of sugar in a volume (concentration) vs gravity. I love my theory--yes, but there's some...

A follow-on question: should starter wort be considered, and prepared as, a standard solution? A standard solution is made by weighing the calculated solute, dissolving in a small amount of solvent, and topping up. Seems a more accurate way to create 1 gallon of 1.042 wort from 42.0 PPG DME: 1...

How should the typical formula for DME addition to starter wort deal with the volume contribution of the DME itself? Assume a PPG for the DME is 42 points/lb/gal. To make 1 gallon of wort with SG=1.042, I would (per common practice) mix 1 gallon water with 1 lb of DME. Please ignore the high...

I've seen comments that the Clawhammer can be propane-boiled/heated. That claim always gives me pause. I don't think the smell of bakelite and neoprene in the morning smells like Victory at all...

The Brewbuilt X3 Flex Chamber holds 20oz of material and sits below the butterfly valve. A 3 inch sight glass could be used instead, with the valve below the glass, and adding a 3" 90deg elbow and extension would aid in trub dumping (without having to remove the container, as with the Flex...