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Looking to sell my chugger pump as I no longer use it. Retails for $159.99 from Morebeer. Asking $100 (shipping included). PM if interested. Venmo preferred payment method. Hoses available if interested.

Bench capper for sale. Never been used. Retails for $49.99. Asking $40 (shipping included). Venmo preferred method of payment. PM if interested.

Great beer! Wish I bottled this to enter for a competition!

Thanks all..I did tinker with BeerSmith a bit on this but wanted to see if there were other approaches people were using. Will stick with BeerSmith

Yes, more concerned with too much malt bitterness/bite, not so much color specifically . I've done what you suggested (scale back to make sure dark malts are in right percentage range to base malts). My concern comes back to the malt bitterness. Since I'm taking a recipe that was meant for 5...

Has anyone had good luck scaling recipes down from 5 gallon batch sizes, specifically stouts and imperial stouts. I entered a RIS recipe using the 5 gallon recipe quantities then entered the target OG on the Zymatic recipe crafter to get quantities for the Z. I adjusted IBUs accordingly, but...

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Being paranoid I suppose. 5 gallons arent a problem to obtain. Very cheap from AIH

Assumed too much head space, but i guess with co2 in keg itd be fine. Again only doing 2.5 gallon batches. Torpedoes are nice. AIH has some smaller kegs as well for $75

By boiling oak cubes to remove tannins, soaking in bourbon and limiting the quantity of oak cubes in a fermenter, you can limit the oak flavor.

Plan on doing some imperial stout and age on oak cubes for several months. Kegs are my preference but they are expensive (need 2.5 g kegs). How would the following work? http://m.ebay.com/itm/2-5-Gallon-AIRTIGHT-FOOD-GRADE-Wide-Mouth-Plastic-Storage-Container-Barrel-/231822716283?nav=SEARCH

Thanks! I'll check out Jaded. That was my original idea but couldn't find anyone who made one. Good to know about an ice bath...20 minutes isnt bad.

Still researching this unit to purchase. Final concern is over chilling wort. End of the day I want to use an immersion chiller. My thoughts are to purchase a modular keg in place of the pico provided one. Would that work? I'm assuming dimensions would be similar. When i transfer to keg. I...

Thanks! I always thought I've heard that yeast is present for up to a year but was sort of freaking out. I also bottled another case with wlp645 and one with 653 and they were fine. That was my cause for concern

hanks! I always thought I've heard that yeast is present for up to a year but was sort of freaking out. I also bottled another case with wlp645 and one with 653 and they were fine. That was my cause for concern