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Spundit 2.0, worth every penny.

The one problem that I would see with this is that you won't ever be able to get the dry hops out of the beer unless you then do a pressure transfer to a different keg. If you are going to serve out of that same keg, your dry hops will remain in the beer for the life of the beer. You could...

If you are really into pressure fermenting, it is worth buying a Spundit 2.0 spunding valve although they may be hard to find now. This is the cadillac of spunding valves. It makes it easy to dial in the exact and consistent pressure. It is one of my best home brewing purchases.

The first step in my brew day is to use an old turkey fryer burner to heat up a couple gallons of water to 170 degrees or so to dump in my Igloo Cooler mash tun to warm it up. This usually takes 10 min or so. At the same time I am heating up my 5 gal of strike water with my good Blichmann...

I also shut off the valve on the propane tanks on my gas grill and on my home brewing propane burner after I use them although I don't think I have any leaks so I should be able to leave them on 24/7. I agree with you that if you meticulously check and maintain every single gasket, seal, valve...

Several years ago I had a leak and discovered my tank was empty (frustrating). It certainly isn't that difficult to prevent leaks but I also solved the problem by just not leaving the CO2 tank on all the time. Now after I keg, I pressurize the keg to the correct CO2 pressure once or twice a...

I do all of my 5 gal batches in a cheap 5 gal Igloo Cooler. It works perfect although I rarely do bigger beers > 7.0 % ABV's. I can't even remember the last time that I didn't hit my goal efficiencies and numbers right on the money now that I have my processes down. The $25 round Igloo cooler...

I still brew but probably only about half as much as prior. I bet there is a pretty high rate of dropout or at least decreased participation compared to many other hobbies. Here are some of the reasons that I brew less. It is time consuming. A high percentage of the task is cleaning. I...

When I still buy beer recipe kits (all grain for me), they almost always still include the directions to transfer to a secondary fermenter. They even have this on oxidation prone IPA's. These supply companies need to get rid of these directions that probably do more harm than good. They are...

The obvious choice would be John Palmer's book on water chemistry as a good place to start.

If you have a keg and you have a CO2 tank, why would you bother with priming sugar? After I transfer my beer to the keg, I simply apply 12 psi of CO2 (or slight adjustments depending on the beer style) to the keg and I end up with perfect carbonation every time. There is no advantage to...

It would be interesting to have some statistics on the hobby of homebrewing including how many people stick with the hobby, how many increase and decrease their brewing with time, how many gradually expand their production capacity, etc. etc.. From the volume of used brewing equipment for sale...

I suspect that the "Hop Bong" is a nice device but I have been reluctant to spend $150+ for the devise for the $80 All Rounder. I have had my All Rounder for a couple years now and had issues maintaining good seals on it. I have to be very careful tightening all the components to the exact...

I always brew my NEIPA's under pressure at 10-12 psi in my All Rounder. I initially use the released CO2 to push sanitizer out of my kegs to fill my kegs with CO2. I then dry hop with hop bags suspended with Sous Vide magnets on the inside of the fermenter and then carefully drop and later...

I don't know much about commercial leaf hops but I used them once in an IPA recipe and the hop debris was a real nuisance. I was plugging up my transfer hoses, siphon hoses, etc.. I have never used anything but hop pellets after that experience.

I think insulating the whole fermenter (or my kegs after fermentation) reduces the cycling of the refrigerator. It takes longer to cool the vessels down but then after the refrigerator shuts off and the temperature inside slowly drops, the vessels retain their temperature longer allowing the...

Agree with this. The probe works best with the one fermenter That I use with an internal thermal well so the probe is right inside the fermenting beer. The next best option is to tape it to the outside of the fermenter as mentioned above with insulation over the top of it. I even bought a...

It takes me 1 min to oxygenate my wort and 10 minutes to read through this thread discussing whether to do it or not. It seems like a no brainer to just oxygenate it.

For what it is worth, I finally spent a little more money to get this stainless auto siphon which I can manage easily with 2 hands. I clamp the stainless tube to the side of my boil kettle when transferring to my fermenters and then I even use a plastic tie wrap to secure the clamp to the lift...

That would be a no-brainer place to spend money next for me.