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Any idea where you buy food grade, or as I've read recommended elsewhere, aviation grade, oxygen?

Looks good. I'm sorry I didn't go by the old saying, "you get what you pay for." I went with the less expensive 2 roller Cereal Killer and it's junk as far as I'm concerned.

I once reassembled mine with it in back of the propeller instead of the front. It didn't work fine and the pump kept stopping throughout brew day. Was cursing the pump and later was curing myself!

I just bottled my first stout. OG was 1.080 and I rehydrated and pitched 2 packs of SF-04. FG ended-up being 1.020. I was worried and thought maybe the yeast didn't finish its' job, but some research on this forum indicated that 1.020 for stout seems typical? It did seem to have a pretty...

I'll try that. Do you throw them in loose or in a bag?

Out of concern for introducing oxygen, I've been reluctant to dry hop so far, even though some recipes have called for it. I have believed the beers to be very good and hoppy enough, but I guess I don't know what I could be missing as far as additional aroma. Is dry hopping even necessary? If...

Thanks! I have one of those types also and will do that. Do you happen to know what size tubing I will need? Also, is a clamp necessary where it connects to the stem?

I used an airlock on a plastic bucket and yes, I am very concerned about that. I have it in a mini-fridge in the basement and every time I go down there I'm pleased that the fridge door isn't blown open! I haven't gone to the much preferred blow-off tube yet because I didn't want to have to...

Thanks!

I brewed my first stout yesterday and ended-up with an OG of 1.080. I re-hydrated two 11.5g packages of SF-04, aerated with oxygen tank for 60 seconds, and pitched. I had vigorous airlock bubbles in 3 hours. Now I'm worried if I over pitched, and if so, what impact that could have?

Thank you so much for your informative response!

Wow, I pay $25 to refill a 5# tank. Curious what others are paying for a 5# refill? I'm new to kegging and still learning. Unfortunately, despite leak tests with soapy water, it suddenly developed a leak where the regulator screws into the tank and I was only able to dispense one 5 gallon keg...

P65 reminds me of a construction site that I live next to. It's constant, beep, beep, beep all day long from trucks and equipment backing-up. I've often wondered if the folks working there pay any attention to it at all since they must just tune it out after a while. Same for P65, I would bet.

It's a risk to our sanity that four days later we are still talking about it.

I used an Anvil Foundry to brew a Session IPA with a recipe that called for 9.5 pounds of grains. So far, I've been going by the Foundry's user manual chart for the "5 gallon Sparge method at 240 volts." The chart says when using 9.5 lbs of grain to use 6.2 gallons of strike water and 1 gallon...

I brewed a Session IPA yesterday with a recipe that called for 9.5 pounds of grains. So far, I've been going by the Foundry's user manual's chart for the "5 gallon Sparge method at 240 volts." The chart for 9.5 lbs of grain, calls for 6.2 gallons of strike water and 1 gallon sparge. This just...

I use I use an Anvil Foundry which calls for a 1 gallon sparge. I heat the sparge water to 170 degrees. So, you would say to dial-up the Foundry temp to 170 at about 45 minutes in the mash? Or, just forget about mash-out altogether?

If a recipe calls for a 10 minute mash-out at 170 degrees and it takes 20 minutes to get from 152 to 170, do you then start the 10 minute mash-out countdown once it reaches 170? Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't 30 minutes before sparging too long?

Not that I'm a litigious person, but since there likely are some who are, there is no doubt that it is a safety issue since 170 degree wort splashing on someone's groin area is likely as serious as someone spilling hot McDonald's coffee in their lap. They are obviously aware it is an issue...

I believe you but, curious why many folks, including even those who have written books, say to put the immersion chiller into the wort during the last 10 minutes of the boil if .01 seconds will do it?