Been a rough season but I think this might finally have been the game where the Sabres get back on track

Season 2 of Loki was even better than season 1. Love how they brought a decade plus of storylines full circle. Also finished season 2 of Shoresy and season 4 of Star Trek Lower Decks both were great. Lower Decks is incredible with how it blends comedy with real Star Trek stories. The crossover...

Starsan has a ph of 3 if mixed in the correct ratio to water. That's like in the neighborhood of like orange or grapefruit juice. Should be fine for use with most plastics but yeah long-term exposure could be a problem

So I think most of them are carbed now... Must have happened in the last 2 weeks since I decided to try and open them and then got the yeast. I guess I should have opened a couple before getting setup to do this

So just started the project and the first one I open is a gusher (it's stopped after about 30 seconds). Wasn't sure if it magically finished in the last 2 weeks since I last touched it. But second bottle wasn't carbed. The open bottle tastes fine. No off flavors or anything that would indicate...

Just recently discovered the Peter Tosh version of Johnny B. Goode. It's really something

What everyone else said. Also it's technically a grommet. But yeah never dump until you have a final product. If it looks and smells normal then taste it. If it tastes good you're fine. But eliminating unnecessary steps from your process is a good way to eliminate chances to ruin your beer. I...

That would have been my thought and I always have it on hand as a backup but I believe it's tolerance is similar to the BE 256 so I worry it might not be up to the job. I might need to look into CBC 1 as @Mark Farrall suggested

Any recommendations on yeast to use? Went to a LHBS today and the guy wasn't very knowledgeable (think he's more into wine making) said the owner would know but he has a day job and is only there like 5-6 weekdays. Anyways I'm just looking for something that'll tolerate the alcohol without...

This is the first time it's taken more than 2 weeks for me but I've never used this yeast before or had a beer with such high alcohol. I think I'll give it a few more weeks and then try adding more yeast

I'm just worried about oxygenation doing that

I bottled my Belgian tripel 2 weeks ago and it doesn't seem to be carbonating at all. Tried a bottle a week ago and no go. I've had plenty of beers carbonate in 1 week but figured that it would be silly to get nervous before waiting 2 weeks but now it's 2 weeks and still no signs of carb...

Same here. I used it in a Dunkleweizen though. But used the full pouch for 5 gallons at 68F and got some nice banana that really balanced well with the flavor of the malt

I've done 4 gallons in a 7 gallon kettle a few times successfully. The overflow I had was doing a porter. But the first 3-4 BIAB I did before getting my current kettle I wanted to do 5 gallons but didn't have the capacity so I'd do 4 gallons and then top it off with clean water extract style...

Twice your desired batch size should be the minimum kettle size for BIAB. I tried to stretch and do 4 gallons in a 7 gallon kettle before upgrading and I had overflow. That's where I learned another lesson for BIAB that I hadn't figured out before. Don't fill your bag and then dunk it in the...

Performing nicely so far

Oh and the weather is actually super amenable today

So I actually had insulation around and I had jumped the gun on buying aluminum tape. Was going to return it but my dad actually had velcro laying around so I made an easily removable insulation jacket.took 1 afternoon after work and one peach sour to get it done

Amenable weather isn't really a thing in WNY

Yeah I guess I was worried about the wind or it sliding off. Bungee is a good idea