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My son turns 9 today. On Saturday we will have 25ppl here. I am smoking two Boston butts, a whole brisket that I will turn the point into burnt ends, a 'quick' pastrami and 4 dozen wings on 2 WSMs. Over the last 2 months I've put up 2 Pale Ales, a Red Rye IPA and a Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter...

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Great to meet and speak with you today! Best of luck in your future brewing endeavors! Message me if you want to join a brew day in SC! Cheers!

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Ditto to the silicone going inside. Use the nut and washer you show on the inside of your pic on the outside. My old set up was exactly this with 3 flat washers stacked on the outside. I mention old because it was before I found Bobby's amazing Weldless bulkheads.

Heavy Duty brew kettle with all the trimmings. Site glass, thermometer, whirlpool port, bazooka tube and True Weldless Bulkheads from Bobby at Brew Hardware. All you need is a ball valve or two and you can brew 10g batches or do single vessel full volume brew in a bag. I have brewed 250 gallons...

Did you come here for the 'ManUp' or 'c'mon man' comments? What the hell are you attempting to save? Seriously. Move on and find a real woman because a real woman wound NEVER put her man in the position you are in. I'd be embarrassed too but you are most likely ashamed...

I have never rehydrated dry yeast for wine as it is not necessary. For beer, always. If you insist, I would add the nutrient to the must not the rehydration solution.

IMHO: You may see a slight efficiency increase and your pre boil wort will be clearer. However, clear pre boil wort has negligible impact on finished clarity and quality unless you are boiling grain husks. Cold side tweaks are proven to impact clarity and quality. Control temperatures during...

I'd be very weary of putting that in a plastic better bottle. I'd also be weary of putting "a couple ounces" in there as you will get very little utilization. Bags are the way to go in the keg and IMHO just toss them in the primary for the best utilization. Cheers!

205 + 10g Hoppy Pale ale= 215g

That's a HERMS not RIMS design. That said you should be fine here as a stepping stone. I did the same thing years ago.

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Don't buy a keg washer, make one that's better. I love mine! If this link is broken, lookup 'homebrew keg and carboy washer' for a video how-to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPwP-qIxNsk Welcome to the keg club; prepare for friends that won't leave and wasted days cause you "walked by...

That's about double the recommended dilution I believe. Still should not impact your brew unless you did not train prior to filling...IMHO