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Calculate boiling for your elevation. From your location tag looks like it should be around 210F You can insulate your vessel to make it more efficient.

I have a big walk in cooler with a coolbot. I can look inside the ac unit and see spots of mold etc. I spray it periodically with some bleach water but getting it all killed is not going to happen. Here is a good thread that address a ton of issue for open fermentation...

I would get enough whisky back in the keg to keep any bad guys from growing. A good roll to coat the internals and dilute any of the sugar down so it is more alcohol than sugar will help.

Dry hopping in primary works great. Just wait until the beer is finished fermenting. Edit. Just realized how old this post is. You probably figured it out by now.

This might help make up your mind.

That will work fine. Wrap the bucket in towels for insulation and the ice or ice bottles will last longer.

I like to use gelatin and find that putting it in the primary after the fermentation is complete works well. Give it a small stir and Let it sit overnight or longer. You can then rack to the bottling bucket (or keg) and proceed as normal. From my experience It will not effect the yeast that...

Have you checked your local water profile? Are the darker malts overwhelming your darker beers?

So what did you end up doing?

Depends on your taste. I've seen them put all kinds of style on nitro.

Very nice job on the soldering. Glad I started this thread!

They make them for 55 gallon drums. I have not seen one for the typical kettle or keg though.

Sounds like you have a plan in place and lots of projects in the make. Welcome to homebrewtalk!

Sorry got busy. I'm at shop today welding on a grill. On a side note I got no notifications of replies for this thread. I need to check my settings on here.

I might be interested. Where did you get the saline tanks? The ones with the sensors?

1/2" outer diameter tube is 12.7 mm

Mead is the long game of brewing. Patience is key. The staggered nutrient additions and removal of the co2 does help speed it along. PH balance is important as well. Lots of great guides out there nowadays.

Yes this is important. I had a keg of home made wine that I thought had turned. Big slime mass in the picnic tap. The wine was great.

Don't think I have seen anything like this. I've looked as well. What are you trying to achieve with the cap?

Very cool. It is a tough one to win anything in. Sounds like you are brewing solid beer.