I love my 7 gal brew bucket with the "legacy" temp control system. Solid product. Hopefully the parts stay functional for a while now that they are calling it quits!

Just tapped the keg. Way overcarbed initially (I can see the wisdom of doing 75% of what the calculators say when doing a single keg), but things should even out eventually. Slight clove, more banana. I was worried I over did it with the hops since I dropped the OG, but the bitterness is perfect...

Just got signed in. I'm down for whenevs for drafting, but I do like later in the preseason personally... nothing like seeing a #1 or #2 go down with a season ending injury from a practice!

Might use this next time I make an order and need another $20 for "free" shipping :p

Thanks. I was actually planning to just open the gas line when serving and then close it when not... I figure that will retain some of the CO2 level as least. Bottling would have been easier, but I wasn't sure I had enough that were rated >3.0.

I have a single regulator for three beer lines, so I can't really set two at 2.0 and the other at 4.0. I was figuring to prime with sugar to get the desired carbonation level, then dispense with the usual setting (although the other two kegs might blow by then and none of this makes a...

We've hit FG, so I'm about to keg it. I've only one regulator and the other lines are closer to 2.0 vol, so I thought I might just prime with corn sugar since I have some on hand. I've bottled a zillion times, but not with a keg. Seems like it would work like one big ol' bottle, but I've seen...

I'm down for any format. Mostly familiar with ESPN, but how different can others be? $20 is good... I'm happy to play for bragging rights or a little payday (although both tend to go elsewhere by season's end).

Finally caught a break with work and weather to brew, so went with Donoroto's hefe. I dropped the grain bill a bit to get an OG closer to 1.050, opted for the melanoidin over decoction (I was tight on time), and went with Lallelmand Munich Classic Wheat. Chilled overnight, pitched this morning...

Flounder Pounder? That was one of my college roommate's nickname, lol.

If you need another to guarantee bye weeks, I'd be happy to join. I've very talented at missing the playoffs by one game :)

After a few (mindless) boil overs, I started using FermCap and have not had any issues with out of control hot break. Cheap insurance, but it also allows one to stretch their capacity.

Sounds easy enough. So if the recipe says initial rest for 20 min and then a second rest for 25, what's the best way to handle the timing of bringing that "scoop" to a boil? Do you do the initial 20 min, pull the mash and boil (guessing that's about 15-20 minutes), add back in, then go the full...

Thanks. I'm trying to figure out how to do the decoction bit with my setup. I do batch sparge with a cooler normally, but I'm thinking of dropping my mesh bag in the brew kettle so I can add heat according to the schedule (according to their site, as long as the brew bag isn't sitting on the...

I've not made a wheat-based beer in a while, so I'm excited to give this a go. Any input on Lallemand Munich Classic as a dry yeast option? It supposedly has a balance between banana and clove if the temperature is mid- to upper- 60s (which might be a challenge this time of year!).