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Lol I forgot to test it with a white towel after cleaning. Why you gotta get me all paranoid about my beer now?

It's from here: https://www.siliconehose.com/silicone-heater-hose/ I saw it recommended either earlier in this thread or another one, that it was insulated and wouldnt sweat. Well... it still does, lol. Less so than just regular silicon tubing though. Might be able to get some radiator hose...

Broke mine in last night.

Went to Great Notion for the first time last weekend. Have had one of their IPAs somewhere before and it was good, but man their whole lineup was solid. Juice Jr wet hop was fantastic. They had a Blueberry Muffins sour that was insane. Legit smelled and tasted exactly like a blueberry muffin...

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Yeah I bought a TC to .75" or 1" hose barb adapter, cant remember which. Guess I'll just use that for now. Would much rather have it high enough to throw a container under. I have some large casters (not the threaded kind), maybe need to just make a little wood base.

How much height do the casters ad? I wish these were taller (and the legs a little wider out, a bit cramped with all of the fittings!) so you could put a bucket underneath the dump. Ive got a spare small end table I might just set mine on. Might buy some tall casters for it though, not sure.

I don't really see what the foot valve would solve if you're breaking suction from air intake at the top there. You really should just try and tape the threads and go again. Or for more fun bust out an air compressor and try to get some venturi action going, heh.

Have you looked into that Red-X malt? It makes really deep-red beers. Apparently a bit on the malty side, but you could probably mix with some pils or 2row to thin it out a bit and still keep a really red beer that you could tailor to your tastes. I tried blending beets up and throwing it in...

I mean the main thing is youre brewing an IPA with a pathetic amount of hops -- not even four oz? My sensibilities are offended by the thought. A big one people forget about with IPAs is just... stick to the lower end of the ABV scale. I'm too lazy to look up what your OG comes out to, but a...

It looks like the thermowell port is about at the 4gal mark or so by the way. I filled up a 5gal bucket but comically spilled a bunch pouring it in, lol, so not exactly sure. So if doing a 5 gal batch maybe swap it to one of the lower ports. I'll take some actually precise measurements in the...

Some yeast just turns into cement. Do a dump after a couple days to get rid of some trub, seemed to help me. Any reason you don't want to just keep pushing it out with CO2?

Browse craigslist and see what you can get. There are always fridge/freezer deals. If you expect to have more than one beer fermenting at a time then sure, get a chest freezer or large fridge. If you only will have one going, do whatever is a deal. I dont see the point in rewiring the fridge...

I think it'd be sweet. Ive long considered doing that. There's a thread on Kal's side where a guy built his control panel into a big SS rolling bench that the kettles also sit on. A bit more blingy and all that but it got me thinking. Ended up going a different route for my last build though.

I don't think there's a good, easy answer here. It's entirely dependent on coil vs fermenter size, probe placement etc. One thing Ive found with heating vs cooling is you have to be more weary of stratification, so don't go overboard with the setpoint or you might wind up with a hot top section.

Beer wont even be losing carbonation in the 10sec it takes to dryhop, it's just the tank headpressure that'll be dropping mainly. Even if it did, don't think there's any harm?

I thought about the T setup too. I think I'll just purge a couple times after dry hopping though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGwq09E17kY

The reasoning is because of the coil, yeah. It says on the website somewhere that the very bottom of the coil is about 2.5G mark and 5.5G has half of the coil submerged. I'll take some measurements soon™. Waiting on some other stuff to come in so it might be a tad.

Oooooh somethin shiny just showed up...