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The gauge that reads the tank pressure, the high pressure gauge, will vary with the temperature. The low pressure shouldn't be affected. What that pressure should be depends on your setup. You have to take into account line length, inner diameter and material. There's a good calculator for that...

I've never been a "club" person that much either and had some negative experiences. I retired and we moved here in January. I figured it would be a good way to meet some people with a common interest. So far it's been a positive experience with a couple of bus trips to Tucson and Scottsdale to...

The wort turned out to be more highly hopped than expected and due to that and time constraints I ended up just treating it as a APA. I just dry hopped it with some Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe. Turned out really good but nothing spectacular. I see you're in Cave Creek are you an ASH member?

Years ago when I used to bottle I used those labels. I didn't have the fancy graphics because of having a mono printer but they do work great. You can get them in a variety of colors to easily identify different batches.

Recently at a small brewery in Flagstaff AZ that evidently specializes in sours (or maybe infected beers) I had a Gose that tasted like a glass of vinegar.

I would think 85K will be more than enough. I'm redoing my system and in a moment of stupidity ordered 2 200K burners and if I were to run them wide open I'd probably melt the ball valves, sight glass and thermometers off my 10 gallon pots.

Count me in!

Thanks Gnef I'll check those out.

Good idea. I just put QDs on my plate chiller and like to have spares for just about everything like that on hand. Where did you get them?

You can't silver solder aluminum. I agree with BrunDog, there are several enclosures available that would make it safer.

The first time I used gelatin for some reason I used an entire packet or about 10 times the amount I should have and I didn't notice any problem with foaming.

Are you sure it's not a solid state relay (SSR) that you're looking for? It would make a lot more sense. Unless you're running off of solar panels or something similar why would you want a DC freezer?

I'm finishing up upgrading my system which will include a plate chiller also. Obviously there's two schools of thought on this on this. Here's some more info: https://homebrewacademy.com/plate-chiller-methods/

I use the disposable O2 tank setup. The extra cost of a 20 cubic foot rig just wasn't worth it for as much as I brew. The larger tank is supposed to be good for "400-500 5 gal. batches" and would be about 50 years worth of brewing for me. But to answer you question yes all you need is a tank...

I makes more sense to me to add it to the fermenter anyway.

Definitely replace it. I don't think they can be disassembled.

I saw a couple of posts about adding it to the mash so the enzyme was denatured in the boil. I think the idea was to have more control over how much conversion takes place. I don't really think it would be an issue but I thought I'd ask.

Anyone know if using these enzymes can contaminate your equipment and affect future brews? I realize it doesn't multiple like a bacterial infection but could enough remain in the nooks and crannies of a MT to cause over conversion in following batches? I'm really looking forward to brewing one...

I wouldn't worry they're in good company: "2,500 aphids per 10 grams of hops are allowed by the FDA"

YES DRY HOPPING IS DANGEROUS! DON'T EVER DO IT. YOU'LL POKE YOUR EYE OUT! Seriously, I agree with the above posts. Forget the secondary & use pellet hops. I used to do it the way you are and it's a waste of time not to mention some of the beers I made with whole hops had off flavors probably...