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Has anyone done comparisons among the following dry-hopping methods? I'm curious what experiences people have had. 1) Dry-hop in fermentation vessel ((not using a hop bag), then transfer to serving keg (with potential clogging in the keg from transferred hops). 2) Dry-hop in serving keg (in...

Hi, I would like to brew the "Pious Traditional" (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=147815) and need some help in understanding the decoction steps. My setup is a 10-gal electric BIAB with recirculating PID temperature control. Here are the decoction steps from the recipe...

Hi all, I would like to be able to store IPAs for a while (2 months or so) before drinking them. I have read that the hop aroma will fade over time (esp if O2 is not purged). I was thinking that I could pressure-transfer from the FV into a Star-san-filled keg (I use Sankey sixtels) and put...

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Hi all, I have a small fermentation chamber, with room for only one vessel at a time. I would like to be able to transfer to a secondary to make room for the next batch. My thought was to transfer the beer into a CO2-purged (but not pressurized) 1/6 bbl Sanke keg, and seal it up and keep it...

So I brewed my first batch yesterday, and took measurements of my gravities at various times throughout the process. I used a hydrometer and a refractometer (an ATC model with specific gravity markings directly on the readout). I noticed that the readings were very different between the two...

I am getting ready to start using liquid yeast, and I have been doing a lot of reading about starters and yeast storage methods. I am a bacteriologist by training, but I am discovering that yeasts grow quite differently than bacteria… I’d appreciate it if folks would comment on what I am...

Hi, I am almost finished building my electric kettle control panel, and I can’t figure out where (or if) I should put a fuse. I am attaching a diagram of my panel. Several posts on this forum suggest putting fuses in various places, but I can’t decide which is correct. I emailed Auber, and...