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My friend built an outdoor kitchen and put in a kegerator, so I decided to make him a tap handle. He's a Cardinals fan, so that's what I went with. It's my first one, so I ran into a few snags, but I'm happy with how it turned out. It's walnut with maple inlay for the beak and feathers. The...

Awesome! Thanks for the help!

So ground from the outlet connects to the box, element ground, and keg?

I'm working on an electric keggle build using one 5500watt ultra low density element. I'm essentially making my own spa panel using a 240 30amp GFCI breaker since I already have the breaker. I don't want to put the GFCI breaker in the main panel because I'd like my kettle to be portable. The box...

Definitely an infection. No way 001 brought that down to 1.002. Even if you mashed super low, I doubt you'd get below 1.008. Underpitching gives any bacteria or wild yeast a better chance of talking hold.

If it's really at 1.002, it's probably got some actual funk going on.

Holy crap. That's some serious talent.

Pitch on the low end of the temp range. Once it's near fg, raise temp to 72 for a quicker cleanup. Cold crash to 31. As soon as it hits 31, give it gelatin in the keg. For me, it tends to be day 1-5 primary temp, 6-8 at 72, cold crash and carb in the keg with gelatin for a few days. I've had...

Why would you do this?

If they were sensitive enough for brewing to set them off, you'd be screwed if you had a 90f day in the summer.

#1, but instead of it being a reality show, make it about reality.

Just dump the airlocks and refill with starsan. You're fine. Be careful not to pick it up if it's a bucket. That might suck in the infected airlock liquid.

Acetaldehyde will get cleaned up by the yeast. Strong fruity esters will not.

You probably underpitched. Acetaldehyde and lots of fruity esters is definitely the norm for underpitching WLP001. Give it time to clear up the acetaldehyde. Maybe consider raising the temp to low 70's for a couple days after you hit FG.

That's a matter of preference. I have a propane burner, but prefer to use the stove and do a light non violent boil. I've done it both ways and I like the final product better with the light boil. Less energy, less boil off. Just my opinion. Obviously for a 10 gallon batch the stove won't work...