Recent content by slidingmike

I see that SS Brewtech has just announced their updated FTSs "Touch" fermentation temp controller. It looks like it goes a long way to address some quality and appearance issues, but I think they really missed an opportunity here. As a user, I appreciate what they've done, but it's mostly...

And heavy dry hopping, hop burn can be an issue in that first week after kegging, so there's another good reason to just wait it out a few days.

Well, I thought I would, but since my floating dip tubes have screens on them, I was worried that I'd plug them during the transfer. So I skipped them altogether for the first batch, and didn't have any issues at all with trub pickup. So I never ended up trying them, and have been really happy...

In my experience, it is generally that easy, even with pellets. But even though you cold crashed, after keg transfer you may want to wait a few days for any hop matter that made it over to fully settle. I've done this many times and have never clogged poppets or lines. I do find a little...

My understanding is that even the best pros have this hop burn on their NEIPAs until they've conditioned for a week or so. If I can get great Galaxy, or any other prize hops, I don't mind sitting on a keg for a week and reaping the rewards -- in fact I would expect it. Why swear off a hop that...

Thank you! I am using the Tilt, and you are absolutely right. I gently rocked the fermenter, and now I'm getting a 1.013 reading -- perfect! I didn't realize that they could get stuck against the cooling coils and throw off the reading. Thanks for this!

I decided to give kveik yeasts a try in a double NEIPA I was planning. I pitched a whole pack of Imperial A44 Kveiking at 75 degrees F into a 1.073 gravity wort (6 gallons). Yeah, I probably should have only pitched half of it... I slowly raised the temp up to 92F, and saw airlock activity...

Thanks, Drew, good to know. I appreciate the response! Cheers, Mike

Thank you, all -- I'll give it a go. I think my first time I ended up getting a pretty bad blockage, and had to open the butterfly valve too much to clear it. I didn't quite paint a shadow of myself on the wall behind me, but it was not pretty!

Rob, no, I really appreciate your suggestions and will give it a shot! (The tubing I'd used was probably too wide, and my vessel was too shallow.)

I'd tried using a 3' section of silicon hose that I bent & kinked, but still had a blowout. I am a bit hesitant in accepting that a 90 degree bend will somehow reduce 15psi to an easy flow. 😬 But I'll give it a shot!

Yes, when I spund I end up at a pretty decent pressure (depending on style & temperature, from .8 to 1.4 Bar). If I opened up the dump valve at that pressure, there would be an explosive dump -- and probably a lot of beer lost.

Does anyone dump trub after spunding up to pressure in the unitank? Since we start spunding before fermentation has completed (and since I like to do a 2nd dry hop after fermentation & soft crashing to 58F), I'd really love to be able to do another trub dump before racking to my keg. But I...

Is there a good formula I could use to calculate the correct gravity to start spunding, given the variance of headspace vs beer volume (and of course target volumes)? I've been mostly guessing, and have both pulled the trigger a bit early and stunted my fermentation, or waited to late and then...

Amazon just delivered me some StarSan today in NorCal. Is there something about your specific address?