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So I brewed up an Irish Red the other day and it’s my first batch not bottling but going in to the keg. My question is...after primary and secondary fermentation is complete, and I rack to the keg, do I put it on CO2 right away or do I let it sit in the keg for a few weeks, then put it on CO2?

So I took a final gravity reading tonight before I bottled my Bourbon Vanilla Porter with both a refractometer and a hydrometer. I got vastly different results... OG 1.085 FG with refractometer 1.037 FG with hydrometer 1.023 The refractometer has ATC and I compensated the hydrometer...

Thank you brother! Cheers!

Is that back flush with just a hose and ground temp water or heated? Ok, to recap.... 1. Bake Therminator in oven at 340 for an hour, let cool in oven overnight 2. Flush wort side with 130-150 degree water for (?) minutes. 3. Flush wort side with hot water and PBW both front and back flush...

How does one flush it both ways?

Ok so ran some hot water through it and just a little bit of flecked particles came out. I removed the Therminator plate chiller from the rig. Can you walk me through this process of baking it?

Now you're talkin'! Do you do this process for both the wort AND water side of the plate or just the wort? I may have to just bite the bullet and bake it as well.

Not sure if you are familiar with how these are set up but breaking down the unit to remove the plate chiller to bake it would be quite extensive. I'm planning on flushing a bit of hot water through the whole unit front and back, then some StarSan, then another hot water flush.

Does anyone have experience with one of these? I got one from a buddy for a steal but it’s one of their older versions. I’m in the process of swapping out the older nylon threaded screw on hoses for the wort with silicone hoses and tri clamp fittings. The wort inputs are simple enough (hose from...

Last night brewed up a batch of Bourbon Vanilla Porter with the following grain bill..... 9.5lbs Pale Maris Otter 1.0lbs English chocolate malt 1.0lbs Crystal 120L 2.5lbs Munich malt 10L 1.5lbs Brown malt 8oz Crystal 40L Target OG was 1.065. I ended up with an OG of 1.085. Mash in was supposed...

So would you recommend corse ground beans or whole beans?

And? What were your results?

I’m looking to do a coffee stout and would like a little advice on getting the coffee flavor in the beer. Is it better to blend in cold brew coffee or to put fresh grinds in to the secondary? I’ve heard the cold brew method could have the effect of watering down the beer. I have a friend who...

Anyone have any experience with one of these? I’m thinking of pulling the trigger on one but my only concern is a means of temp control. Thoughts?

Yea threads are fine, brand new O-ring. Used teflon tape as well. The problem as I see it is trying to get a flat fitting flush against a curved wall.