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Every time I brew a beer I keg it in a 5 gallon keg. The first gallon or so is okay beer but then about half way through the beer gets spot on. It's a really good brew. What is going on with the first gallon? Why does it taste different and frankly slightly off. Is it that it needs to age...

Has anyone used an oil centrifuge to separate yeast before kegging? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLGX-RbKuQ It would need to be filled with CO2 first to avoid oxygenation. I would love to have a small centrifuge to clarify finished product.

And there it is. That's genius. :rockin: I did a similar experiment with a temperature probe that records the temp every 30 seconds. I ran it for 2 hours and my tun looses roughly .09 degrees F per minute. LOL, which isn't very efficient. Once equalized it seems to be a straight line for...

You would need to know what your tun is made of. What kind of plastic, what is the ratio of the different parts. Do you have a copper manifold or plastic? What temperature is the tun at when you put the strike water in? Is it the same as the grain temp? This website has the specific heat of...

MgCO3 is pretty insoluble in water. However, I bet under pressure it will dissolve like CaCO3. I did an experiment with atmospheric pressure. It will dissolve some but mostly just settles to the bottom. I bet it will act like CaCO3 in a mash. It doesn't dissolve easily either. Rock climbing...