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There's only so much *completely* purge of oxygen I can do without a brink to inject my hops into the keg I'm dry hopping in. I had that one, with my empty hops tube, filled with Star San, then used fermentation CO2 to push the Star San from that keg into another one. I've just drained the...

Yes, I'm aware.

So, this is my first time EVER dry hopping. My first time ever doing secondary in corny keg. My hops will in a mesh tube, I'll leave it dry hopping for five days, then transfer to another corny keg. I'll be using a floating dip tube for serving.

Hopefully people are still paying attention to this build. All the wood is stained and polyurethaned, and dry. I'm just carving my pink foam boards (I hate this stuff). Looking for a recommendation - glue the back half of the collar to the freezer, THEN glue the pink insulation in, or glue...

I've got my first batch in one of these modded fermonsters, now, too. However, I'm racking to secondary and dry hop in a corny keg, and spunding in that.

Going for the shipwrecked/Beachcomber look to go with the theme of my eventually tiki patio, first coat of varathane weathered wood accelerator applied to the front section. I've learned a lot in this project - this time, stain before assembly: my glue mistakes are showing.

Front section unclamped, back section clamped, unclamped, glued, and quadruple clamped (prototype sides pointed in, so I put a second piece, same size as back wall, up front between the ends of the side boards), and glued. Set the front section in place to take measurements, I'm just 1/8" too...

So, I'm going with the full width front, and the side pieces covering the ends of the back wall as suggested. Had some issues where even though I measured twice and cut once, I was off, because of blade kerf - specifically on the intersection of the 45° cuts and the board width - twice, I cut...

So, in a prior post, I said " I don't really have the option of doing pocket screws, and I'm looking for simplicity." I also don't care as much about screw heads showing, as I'm aiming for a rustic look - sort of weather and ship beaten to fit with my beachcomber tiki bar theme. If I ever...

Actually, your first response DOESN'T say that, and NONE of what you've posted addresses screw directions. I'm trying to be polite, and I chose not to respond to your first comment, but day trippr said what I would have. Good day.

I don't really have the option of doing pocket screws, and I'm looking for simplicity. I'm going to be using corner clamps, and of course predrilling before putting the screws in, as well as using glue and probably corner gussets. The way I foresee things, there will be some torsion on the...

And that doesn't answer my question, thank you.

I'm revisiting this. Not doing the box on the side. Now what I'm trying to figure out is the best way to connect the four faces. I'm doing butt joints for simplicity. My issue is - do I keep my woodscrews parallel - screwing through both front and back boards into the ends of the side board...

Finally got around to putting my Victoria mill together and figuring out how I was going to mount it. Did it pretty much like DBhomebrew did his, with a few minor differences: I used a homer bucket for the main body,and I cut out two rectangular holes in the side to side the board I'm using to...

Has anyone tried this using the standard fermonster lid, which can take a #10 stopper? That hole is supposedly 43mm, and the hole requirement for this port is 41mm - is that 2mm difference enough to make this no longer air tight, or is there a way of gasketing the connection?

I'm going to use campden tablets for the chlorine - which is actually chloramine (I know the MWRA has used chloamination for years) and charcoal won't get rid of that, not at a useful rate.

Here's everything they list in the test reports - what do I really need to look for for brewing purposes? The ones I already listed were based on what the various calculators ask for, as well as I what I know about chloramination. Alkalinity Aluminum Ammonia-N Antimony Arsenic Barium Beryllium...

Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Calcium (mg/l) 5.630 5.930 5.650 5.520 4.920 4.690 4.670 5.000 4.820 4.880 4.770 5.360 Magnesium (mg/l) 1.120 1.060 1.050 1.040 0.953 0.927 0.914 0.912 0.888 0.851 0.926 0.966 Alkalinity as CaCO3 (mg/l)...

Multiple sources (Quabbin and Wachusetts reservoirs) single treatment plant, where the outflow is tested monthly. As VikeMan stated - yes, 9.7 is correct. "MWRA adjusts the alkalinity and pH of Wachusett water at CWTP to reduce its corrosivity, which minimizes the leaching of lead and copper...

I do BIAB (no sparge), mostly 1.5-2 gallon batches, but before the new brewing assistant arrives in late November (and they won't be much use for a number of years), I'm planning on getting a couple of 4 gallon batches (I'm choosing to ferment in cornys) completed. My state publishes a monthly...