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  1. Firerat

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    Setting up my new table for a double header tomorrow
  2. Firerat

    What are you drinking right now?

    Don't judge me
  3. Firerat

    Propane Burner To Boil Wort

    What size kettle are you using? 5 gallons of wort in a 7 gallon kettle is going to be anxiety inducing madness. You really have to babysit it. Having a lot of extra head space is nice. Also, don't cover it. For all the reasons listed above. Alnd boil overs really suck and can sneak up on you...
  4. Firerat

    Strategies for locking beer faucet tap handles?

    I was going to suggest maybe putting wood or something behind the taps to build them out from the door a bit for more clearance, but your idea seemed easier.
  5. Firerat

    What are you doing with homebrew today?

    Renewed my AHA membership and unboxing and reorganizing my garage / brewery after a too long hiatus.
  6. Firerat

    What are you drinking right now?

    Coffee. This weekend I'm breaking my 2 year brewing hiatus and making a kveik IPA and a dunkleweisen so hopefully in the next few weeks i can post something nice.
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    Late to the Tilt party

    I do like being to see where i'm at in fermentation without taking a sample though I've been doing this long enough to tell when it's done without one anyways. Still makes it easy. It gave me something to put on my Christmas a few years ago and the was nice instead of socks or something I won't...
  8. Firerat

    Wort chilling

    I'm going to try this next go round. I can use my aeration whip.
  9. Firerat

    What's your next brew

    Cascade citra ipa.
  10. Firerat

    Mystery Keg

    Well it's beer. But it's pretty rank. Kind of hardto describe. It was a mocktoberfest I had brewed in late summer 2016!! It went in that hot storage unit August 2016. Shudder It tasted sour kind of. Not like infection sour. Just skunky and meh. Oh well. I didn't expect much and that's what I...
  11. Firerat

    Split a brew day

    Could it really start to sour that fast? That's an honest questions as I have no idea, but it's good info if I ever go the sour route.
  12. Firerat

    Mystery Keg

    Yeah I'm not expecting much. If it's at least meh, I can make marinate or something with it. We'll see...
  13. Firerat

    Mystery Keg

    Yeah....maybe....lol
  14. Firerat

    Mystery Keg

    I recently got back into this wonderful hobby after a year long hiatus. For the last year all of my equipment was in a non air conditioned storage unit in South Florida. Well the other day I'm digging around the last of the equipment and I came across a full corny keg!! And I have absolutely...
  15. Firerat

    Wort aeration

    I use the micro stone an pure O2 if I make something big or something special. But for most of my ales I use a wine degasser on a drill for a few minutes. Seems to get the job done.
  16. Firerat

    What are your local beer trends?

    Yeah the sour / gose trend is still going strong here.
  17. Firerat

    Flow Control Tap and Foam

    I feel your pain. But honestly, I can live with it so meh.
  18. Firerat

    From Florida With Love

    Hi. I've been brewing on and off for about 10 years now. Recently had our first child so I went on a year long hiatus. I acquired a Brewers Edge from a friend as a gift and have recently been trying to learnt he system and make it work as my time and space have become incredible limited. So...
  19. Firerat

    You know you did it wrong when...

    When you miscalculate your priming sugar and at 2 AM hear what sounds like a gun battle going on down the hall. Who here knows a good way to get beer off of drywall? Now I remember why I usually keg.

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