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I'm wondering what the advantages and disadvantages are between the two different tools for bottling off a keg. I can pick up this counter flow filler for $30 today which sounds like a good deal to me. I'm wondering if it's possible to purge the bottles of CO2 with it first though, and if...

How did you mix the honey in? If you just stirred by hand you might not have fully mixed in for the first measurement. How much honey was in each batch?

Were you actively measuring the temperature during fermentation of just basing it off of ambient room temp?

Refractometers require a calculation to get an accurate values once alcohol is present. You must know the OG and current values, then plug them into a calculator like this one.

Started my first mead a little over two weeks ago. While continuing to read up I realized I should have added the bentonite when fermentation started. I've purchased some but it's at 1.003 now, could I just sprinkle some in and get a little benefit in primary, should I just wait until...

You said it's been aging in a closet since January but didn't mention if you racked it to a secondary vessel, or did you leave it in primary this whole time?

Definitely a lesson learned moment, I did soak it in some hot water, but clearly wasn't hot or long enough. A whip of some sort is for sure in my future too. How often after the 1/3 break should degassing be required? Still every day or should I switch to a every couple of days?

Started my first mead on Sunday. It’s a 1 gallon traditional. The honey I used ended up having a few “chunks” when I was mixing it up. SG showed 1.106 but over a several hour period appears to have went up to 1.122 before beginning to drop. Not sure if some small pieces slowly dissolved over...

I'm not a new brewer but I don't have a lot of beers under my belt. I've only been able to brew a couple over the last two years, all grain BIAB. To help force me into brewing more, and more often, I bought Yakima's Hop Box. Now, I have a lot of hops and wouldn't mind some help in creating a...

I purchased everything I would need to start my first mead, a 1 gallon traditional dry mead, a couple months ago, some stuff came up and it got pushed back. I started researching SNA again to refresh my memory and it's got to be one of the hardest things to research. Most articles seem to be...

I did about 10-12 burps, about one second or less each, when I kegged it. I can do that again just to be sure when I'm checking the lines for leaks. I would agree though CO2 would probably be empty if I had a decent leak, it was last time.

I'll check again but I soaked the keg in starsan looking for leaks when I kegged it. This keg had a leak the first time I used it, it was the PRV, which I replaced. I checked all the o-rings and used keg lube on all seals.

I kegged my beer nearly three weeks ago. It's been sitting at roughly 14psi, 42°. It's still pouring flat though, I get a small number of large bubbles when I pour that very quickly disappear and the beer feels flat when drank. I'm currently pouring from a picnic tap. I thought three weeks...

About to dry hop for the first time. Got my keg cleaned out, hop bag ready to be boiled, and plan on tying to the top of the keg and leaving it in until it kicks. From what I've read that all seems fine. My question is the weight I was planning on using in the bag. It's a bolt that is supposed...

I'm using EmDubeu's and I've got data populating from my Tilt to Shee1, but none of the other sheets show any data, so none of the graphs on the Dashboard work.

Nothing has shown up on the log or report sheet yet. How many entries have to be on Sheet1 before those will populate something?

Just put my Tilt in for the first time and had quick question, does my iPad need to be on the entire time to log data, or just the app running with the screen off? I'm using EmDubeu's spreadsheet.

I'm about to sign up for membership to AHA, I can't tell from the website though if I sign up for the paper magazine do I get access to all of the older digital ones, like with the digital only subscription? Also, anybody read Ray Daniels Designing Great Beers? I can get either it for free or...

Two Brothers 20th Anniversary DIPA Might be a little old as it's not very hoppy.

Well I was able to get the app running, unfortunately my fire stick is too old too, as it's only Bluetooth 3.0. Gen 2 fire sticks have 4.0.