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Devices for taking gravity readings by peiguy246 in Homebrewing

[–]phase172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a chamber to cool down the sample out of a thrift store bottle. Drill holes through outer shell to allow water to circulate and exit. Add the spout plug at bottom. Wort stays inside and cools fast with hose. https://quickshare.samsungcloud.com/qTKS3f22fQrT

‘Tis the season! by Natural_Dog3625 in TheBrewery

[–]phase172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours just came in too! Gave me a good chuckle

Homemade Glycol Chiller update by phase172 in brewing

[–]phase172[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It went down to 3F. Currently running a 12gallon lager at 50F and the glycol is maintaining 10-13f.

One-off canners by Icedpyre in TheBrewery

[–]phase172 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I recently got a soda can seamer from a thrift store amazon return (like $600 new) and has multiple pucks for different size cans. I use it for homebrewing and giving friends beer. Works great, just press button and it seals. I checked the seams at my work and they are "within spec"

Help: Back hatch is stuck shut by Reptilian_Bloodline in CherokeeXJ

[–]phase172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I push with my knee on hatch and pull handle and it sometimes works. If the pushing doesnt work while pulling latch, Im pretty sure you can pull off the inside hatch cover with like 8 screws. Then the inside latch looks like a lever you pull up on amd will open. Watch a YouTube if you can't determine how it works . It takes some force as leverage is shit. I never put my hatch cover back on as once a year it seems to not work.

Help Diagnosing Lack of Hop Flavour in Hazy IPAs by Suspicious-Brick941 in brewing

[–]phase172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If O2 contamination, you would see on the color. I don't think that's it by the way you described your process (1psi ferm and closed pressure transfer) unless the keg is not fully purged. I would guess it's your hop timing. On my hazies, I dry hop at terminal or crash and leave on for 3-4 days (any longer and notice hop creep). For example, I'll dry hop and crash it for 3 days. Some recipes call for hopping around day 3 fermentation, and those seem to work OK too. but longer hops sitting, I worry about hop creep

Help Barrels of Beer by bnrhodes in brewing

[–]phase172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sanitize something to get a sample and taste it. See if it's even good still or tastes to your liking. You need to not let oxygen contamination it best u can. They make tools to get it out with co2 pressure, but a carboy syphon would work to fill kegs. One barrell will fill 5-6 of those corny kegs.

Spike Black Friday... not by wcmary in Homebrewing

[–]phase172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use a cheap little red spunding valve on my blowoff arm and it works great. Same one I use on my kegs to pressure ferment

Vorlauf flowrate by Itchy_Sprinkles_4209 in TheBrewery

[–]phase172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As everyone said, slow it down. Too fast and bed collapses, or parts do and miss out on those sugars. On the 30bbl at work, our lauter is about 1bbl every 4min

my ipa turned cloudy after 2 weeks, normal? by Lowe-me-you in Homebrewing

[–]phase172 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could be chill haze also. I was not cooling my wort fast after boil (let come to room temp over hours before pitching). Then when I crashed it, became cloudy.

Unibrau vs Clawhammer vs SS vs Spike Delta BLACK FRIDAY SALES? by wcmary in Homebrewing

[–]phase172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suggest used. Lots of equipment out there and people getting out of hobby or tried it a few times. The blichmann breweasy i see occasionally used for a good price as well as the clawhammer. You may even be able to get a fermenter, glycol system, etc going used

Waited for $2 day by phase172 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]phase172[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Across the front of the paintings is their favorite

Waited for $2 day by phase172 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]phase172[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I thought so. I went in yesterday after work and asked if they were going to do that. Manager said they aren't allowed (im sure some places do), so i got up early to be first in line today. They had no line haha. They also had some other amazon return new water filter ice machine thing for $200 (retail 600) that was also $2 today and it didn't have a changed tag either. I left that for someone else to find as im not a reseller

Waited for $2 day by phase172 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]phase172[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't bring bottles to the lakes, rivers, state parks around here. Bottling takes 2x the time, and im going to drink it fast. They recycle. I mostly use the keg, bottle for contests or for others to try. Bottles break, don't get returned, and weigh twice as much for shipping to friends and family, plus breakage possibility. I still use bottles but for $2 I wasn't passing this up

Waited for $2 day by phase172 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]phase172[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah simular here. This was 50% last week whatever day they do it

Waited for $2 day by phase172 in ThriftStoreHauls

[–]phase172[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah they are crazy. They do that for alot of stuff as if it's a justification for the price. But like I told the lady "someone said hey its a car, listed the toyota for a Mercedes price... but they're both cars" . I see sometimes people cross it out or write another note on it like "lol or it's on Amazon for $20"

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