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Longer than you think. Time flies. But it's a really cheap pump. And while I do generally like free stuff, I don't particularly need anybody's trash. I've got plenty of my own.

I got better.

Just so you know, I do in fact have electricity in my home. And I already own a pump and several ball valves. And I was born in New Jersey.

Yes, but (there's always a but). Both methods depend on the surface area exposed to the air. So if you want to de-chlorinate enough to brew a 5 gallon batch of beer, you're going to have to either do it in small batches or get a very wide and very shallow pot. I've been using a ZeroWater fliter...

Depending on where you live it is quite possible that shipping will be prohibitive on heavy and/or bulky items. But it's easy enough to check first and then decide. The overall point however, is that paying actual shipping costs often can be a better deal than paying inflated prices to get...

Sorry but it didn't seem lighthearted. At all. Really. Still a bit too early for me. A beer, or an electric brewery?

No I won't. Really. I just told you why. And frankly it's kind of obnoxious to act like you know me better than I know myself. I know the costs and I know the benefits. And my cost/benefit analysis is my own, not anyone else's. I have a cheap, simple system that works well enough for what I want...

I see what you did there.

If you're going to buy distilled or RO water, you might want to take a look at Bru'n Water and Mash Made Easy. Both from well-known and highly knowledgeable HBT members. No rabbit holes required.

Or who knows, maybe someone will read through the thread and think "electric brewing sounds great but I'm not going to spend that kind of money for something I do three or four times a year"? I mean, I think I would absolutely love one of your recirculating eBIAB systems, but that plus putting...

We're going to need some details to be able to help. Maybe a link to the kit for starters?

I used a half a pound in a partial mash Belgian Dark Strong Ale that is probably the best beer I've ever brewed, for whatever that's worth.

Why wouldn't they still be carried off through a spunding valve, whether it's on the FV or a keg connected to the FV? A 40 gravity point ferment of 20 liters of wort produces over 400 liters of CO2, and it only takes 50 liters of CO2 to carbonate 20 liters of beer to 2.5 volumes, right? So...

This also assumes the minimum cell count of 6B/gram in the manufacturers' specifications, which is an underestimate by definition. Problem is that it's very hard to know how much of an underestimate. OTOH you probably shouldn't use the minimum pitch rate for a high gravity wort like this, and...

And no longer on sale. A widerr neck would be nice, but I'm not sure about making them squatter - it's already the same diameter as a sixtel; making them much wider could cause more problems than making them shorter would solve.

I wouldn't call those people friends.

I seriously considered that Hisense model the last time it was on sale. Went to the store and measured the interior, but of course I didn't save the measurements. IIRC, it would not fit two of my converted ball locks. Finally decided to just bite the bullet and get a proper three tap kegerator...

First of all, plenty of beginners brew their first few kit batches with their tap water and make drinkable beer. Second, chlorine is not good for beer but fortunately is easy to remove from tap water with sodium metabisulfite, also known as campden tablets. Third, the starting pH of your water...

If you're using dry yeast you really don't need to oxygenate the wort. There are a few different ways to pitch dry yeast, which you can find described at the manufacturers' websites. The two most common are sprinkling on top of the wort once it is in the fermenter and at the appropriate...

Quadrophenia.