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Flying in from Katy, TX (west houston) Friday morning. Members only session for me and lots of brewery tours and site seeing!

Thermometers are a nice add on to have on your BK, but not necessary. I have one installed on my keggle and it's nice to have while i'm cooling down my wort with my immersion chiller. other than that, if you ever plan on using your BK as a HLT down the road, it comes in handy.

how'd this turn out?

Thanks guys! :tank: Rockn M....that beer looks awesome!:rockin:

I have an Oktoberfest fermenting in the low 50's right now. After it has finished and i've done my necessary d-rest, i was going to transfer it into a keg and lager it in my keezer. My question is, do i need to hook co2 or a blow off up to it, or can i just seal it up in the keg and lager...

Am i the only one who caught that he's using distilled water? I thought that was a big no-no

I live in West Houston and know all to well the temps coming out of our house faucets. I built this 50' 3/8" copper chiller and just used it on my last batch. I use straight tap water to get down to about 90* and then hook up my pre-chiller in an ice bath. It took me about 8 minutes to hit...

Cacao Nibs - 8oz

Its gonna suck....like you travis

Brewers best scottish ale kit is for a 5 gallon batch and comes out around 3.5% (not including the extra extract OP added)

Its completely up to you. I mounted mine off center to allow a bottle opener on the other.

Good to have ya back Gus! I myself brew up to 3 times a month with a full time job and 5 year old. It is work, but i guess we chalk it up to a labor of love. Sorry about the hops, i know all to well what "Texas Heat" can do (west houston myself).

Karbach brewing company looks like it's only about 6 mi. from where you're staying....they make really good beer! Saint Arnold Brewery is Texas' oldest craft brewery and they are about 10mi. from your hotel. Hope that helps and enjoy your stay!

I live in katy and get off work from Texas Homebrewers at 6....be there at 7!

Thanks for the info!

Wanting to use rose hips in my next APA. I hear they will add a citrus flavor along with a little darkening. Anyone try this yet?

Ive direct pitched Lavlin K1-v and didnt have any problems. Some guys in my homebrew club just keep passing the yeast cake from it. Have about 3 batches out of it now.

standard silicone tubing isn't food grade/safe like the BevLine LHBS carry.

it seems that even at half of a tsp would be quite much for any size batch. For a 5 gallon batch, you wouldn't want more than 3.75 oz for the entire batch.

On the 5th day, you could very well be done with fermentation, but you probably want it to sit for a few more days. Even though the fermentation may appear complete, the yeasties are actually going back through and cleaning up after themselves. This can change the taste big time. I would...