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I’m an idiot. Adjusted my inkbird to cold crash my fermenter and I must have been distracted by a shiny object. I forgot to put the gas manifold on and add some CO2. Came back from vacation and ugh. How much starsan, if any really, is ok to drink. I have probably a quart in 9 gallons of IPA. I...

Hello all. Have always fermented in plastic buckets kept in my 67 degree pantry. Hubby and I just got a large pole barn and I'll be brewing and fermenting out there. Its metal and basically uninsulated. I'm upgrading to the Spike cf15 with the tc100. We live in NJ, so we do get pretty cold...

Has anyone here smoked salt? I've had it before and really enjoyed it. I'm thinking about doing it next time I plug in the smoker

This is my first attempt at making bacon. I got a 3.75lb piece of pork belly. Put it in a zip lock with 1/4c maple syrup, 4.5tsp kosher salt, 4.5tsp black pepper, 1/3c water. Been in the fridge 5 days. I'm reading conflicting reports on if I need to use the Prague powder. Some say it could have...

I know, you guys want to give me a head slap for even thinking of not sanitizing. We all know its paramount. My question arises because I just got an 8 gallon barrel that first had whiskey, then maple syrup. Popped the bung plug off and it smells like heaven. Shined a light in it and it's still...

I've been brewing for about 18 years. Keg 80% of my beer. Recently a friend won a new 3 gallon corny keg and gave it to me. I've used it twice. Both times it was a split batch. 5 gallons in one and 3 in the new keg. Both cleaned and sanitized the same way. PBW then starsan. Filled twice with 10...

I am currently cellaring 5 gallons for what will be a total of 8 months. When I put it in the secondary, I added bourbon and oak chunks. Do I need to add more yeast at bottling or will the yeast still be ok? It's about 7 percent

I, I made a nice KBS clone. I measured the starting and final gravity and it is 6.3 percent ( a little low for KBS I know). I added a cup of bourbon and oak chunks to it when it went into the secondary. How do I measure what alcohol percent of the beer now?