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Since someone asked in the past and others will come to this thread, I ordered 11mm ID x 3mm silicone o-rings for my pin-lock kegs and they work great. The fit is slightly tighter than the original o-rings. I switch to silicone on some my kegs so I can boil o-rings after having mixed ferment...

I think this kit can be bumped up to 1.075 with additional DME. Go darker and maybe add more dark grains for partial mash.

I brew all grain, but my neighbor gifted me the extract kit of this beer a few years ago and after oaking with kit cubes for 6 days the tannins were overwhelming. Waited 4 months and it was incredible. Decided to make the all grain version in Sept. 2016. Made ten gallons, primaried in glass...

That is a really sweet build. I am impressed with the results with minimal woodworking tools.

I like this beer with wy1968, but I just love that yeast. Doesn't finish as dry as some, but the flavor is great and the beer goes bright in under 2 weeks. I can't stand wy1098(s-04).

Sounds like pedio. Anyone have any updates on the St. bretta dregs for a brew. I cultured mine last night.

Not that I am aware. Rice hulls are essential for me. I mill my barley finer than most people in a flour mill and always use rice hulls. (I am king of stuck sparges). I had 8 stuck sparges on a wit once and added an extra hour+ to my brew day.

Planning to start a sanke solera in the next few months. I am thinking of primary fermenting in carboys with Melange and then moving to sanke keg. I can see treating the topoff beer the same way. This may help prevent the trub buildup over time. Can the top off batch be a clean fermented...

Why not just use flaked wheat? Then you can do a straight infusion mash, no need to precook wheat. I actually do a protein rest at 122F and then do boiling water infusion to get to 150F. I have burnt 10lbs of wheat on multiple occasions and just moved to flaked.

I am getting about 46 with Beersmith's 13% chinook and the EKG I have on hand. Probably going to go straight Goldings sub centennial for chinook.

Brewed the extract kit last year and it kicked butt. Got a sack of Maris Otter and trying to do the all grain version. What are the IBU's supposed to be on this kit?

Still slowly chugging along. I told myself not to take a hydrometer pull again until 6 weeks, but you know how that goes. 1.015 after keeping it at 86 F for last 2 weeks. It is determined to only drop 10 points a week. Thinking about adding a quart(almost a liter) of R.W. Knudsen's Tart...

Acetone will NOT remove paint from Rogue Ceramic bottles. Any one ever get the paint off these suckers?

You did the starter at 86 F or you fermented the actual beer at 86 F? Maybe I should ramp the temp up to 86 F. Probably kept that starter going for 16 days total at 85 F. Was that not big enough? I drank the decanted portion of the 800 ml starter and it was super bretty. Tasted more like...

What temps did you hold it at? 1 week later(3 weeks) it's at 1.034. Kept it 77-81 the past week. I just don't see 85% attenuation happening in another week. Should I have aerated? This is what I expected

100% Brett L. (WY5526) is moving real slow. Brewed 2 weeks ago 40/25/25/10, 2-row/flaked wheat/vienna/oats Kettle soured 1/5 of the wort with goodbelly for 48 hrs at 85 F(no ph reading, tasted pretty sour), boiled and then added to already fermenting beer. At 2 weeks the gravity has drop to...

Hpr89, you got a recipe for this?

Not all champagne/sparkling wine bottles are created equal. I collect empties for beers. I had some that seemed light so I weighed several. Mass ranged from 560 grams to over 900 grams. The better French brands were on the higher side. Be careful with lighter bottles.

Male threaded Capper bell arrived from F.H. Steinbart and it fit my old capper perfectly. They must have had these for a while, there was a little tarnish on the finish, but it is still fully functional. Thanks for the help tracking it down.

Thanks, I had found that Annapolis Home Brew picture before and phoned them and they didn't really have a male thread one. Today I phoned fhsteinbart and they have male threaded bells and are shipping me one. I will let you know if it fits.