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Thanks for checking the recipe @VikeMan! At the time of the post, the gravity had been hovering at 1.022. Interesting to see BrewCipher predicting a different FG. Funny enough I was washing the dog over the weekend and got a YouTube notification the Genus Brewing live stream was starting up. I...

Spike states the wetting pressure of their carb stone is 4psi in their process guide. In my experience, it seems to be 1psi or less. If I set my regulator to 13psi, in about 10 minutes the gauge on the their pressure manifold will read 12.5psi. Is it accurate to think that what the gauge on the...

Still looking for one of these. FYI - Brewers Hardware says they will be back in stock in March. Glacier Tanks has them, but for three times the price of BH.

It doesn’t look awful. If you take a spoonful off the top, does it taste odd of feel oily? It could be a bunch of different things. The easy ones are under carbonation and glassware that isn’t very thoroughly rinsed. If not those, I would next guess low protein in the beer. The beer looks...

Thanks @VikeMan The recipe came from a pro who scaled it to 5g. I scaled it up to 12 in BeerSmith. BS, of course, has a terrible app or I’d paste it here but the gist is below. Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters) Brewhouse efficiency: 72% OG: 1.083 FG: 1.016 GRAIN BILL 11 lb (5 kg) Pilsner...

Oh man I wish I would have done this! I was worried about using a vice with how thin the tubes are and ended up just holding one end with a welding glove on. Worked fine but Bob Villa wouldn’t have approved.

I used a Dremel with the black cutting wheel for no other reason than my wife just got one and I wanted to play around with it. It’s neat little gadget! Then I used the red/orange cone shaped grinding bit to smooth the rough edges. I took more time to measure inside the keg than to cut the...

I just chopped down my gas in dip tubes to be able to get that last little bit of sanitizer out. It took a little trial and error so I wanted to pass along what I found and maybe save you some time. For the new kegs sold by Adventures in Homebrewing, just between 3/4” and 13/16” is perfect...

I have a painfully slow fermentation going in a unitank with a massive (9lb/Bbl) dryhop charge. The fermentation is slow due to an under pitch of Imperial Juice (The starter was doing its best impression of a volcano. There were significant losses). The hops have now been in the tank for 11...

I think the big take away is not making the tea with water. Alcohol, even in lowish beer concentrations, is a great solvent and is needed to get your money’s worth with hop extraction. The Genus Brewing Podcast covers this right near the end of this episode...

Converting my three vessel HERMS system to electric is without question the most worthwhile change I’ve ever made. I cannot imagine going back to propane. It’s pricey to make the switch initially but I think I was underestimating the cost in dollars and time of dealing with propane. I’m positive...

I find that it is indeed an issue with getting an accurate gravity reading. I have a beer currently in a CF10 that had an astounding amount of crud coming out of the sample port that impacted the gravity reading dramatically. It’s an absurdly dry hopped fermenting with Imperial Juice. The...

Thanks. I'd order one of those but they've been out of stock for awhile and used would be even better.

Looking for large bore like 1.375” or 35mm with 1.5” flange.

I use that same Kegland valve to purge kegs. It’s a nifty little unit. In fairness to spike, it was out of stock when I ordered it but I eventually got it. I may just be drinking the Duotight koolaid, but using a diaphragm valve instead of a spring valve seems to be a better way to go. Twice as...

The other manifold has a 15psi only prv while the new model is user adjustable from 5-15psi. I think the better question might be how is it different than just replacing the existing 1/4” threaded prv on the original manifold with an adjustable 1/4” prv like this one? Besides looking cool, I...

After great consternation and a pair of homebrews, I’ve decided to become the official unofficial North American Justman BRUSH Company retail 5L flask brush distributor to the HBT market. In classic HBT form, I spent hours discussing something that costs $14 and will last for years. I love this...

That would work if it was longer. But at 16” before bending it’s the ole throwing a hotdog down a hallway.

I found similar brushes on Amazon, but they are quite a bit smaller and the descriptions state they are for 1L flasks with a total length of 16”. That’s about the same height of the 5L flasks I use. The brush in the pic is 30” long with a 5 5/8" brush head. I’d love to have one of those. Just...

Funny enough, I went down the rabbit hole of lab blogs in search of the perfect brush. One poster said they don’t need brushes as they just fill their flasks with hexavalent chromium and a day later anything in them is obliterated. That’s the same nasty stuff the Erin Brockovich movie is about!