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If you made a chiller comparable with the hydra it would definitely be on my shopping list (for a 65L). As for the brew stand, biggest issue for me indoors is that I need my rangehood up high to allow for the malt pipe to be lifted out. if you can make a brew stand with flexible/moveable steam...

+1 for corny keg. Thats what I age my belgians in. Why don't you want to use one?

nice one. Keen to see how it turns out with the sweetener.

Apologies in advance for not answering the question, as I dont know what they are actually rated to, but I carbonated mine to 3 volumes and like it at that level. 3.5 vol would probably be fine, 4 I think would be too high for my liking. MY guess would be a coopers longneck would easy hold 3 -...

If you have a small leak, then CO2 will flow through the regulator to keep at the set pressure. With the bottle turned off, you only have a very small volume of high pressure between the gas bottle and the regulator, so it wont take much flow through the reg to drop the pressure quickly on the...

I've added the hops to the wet hopsock without letting it to dry. I dont bother weighing it down, if you want to, I'd use a big stainless nut or washer etc.

Are you sure you are in past both O-rings? That's how they behave for me if they're not all the way in. I also don't think they work as well with other brands of tubing as they do with the EVABarrier. JG fittings work well with any brand of tubing I have tried.

I have a bit of a dogs breakfast of different brands on mine due to upsizing a bit at a time. the only ones I repeatedly had issues with are the unbranded stainless steel ones so I ditched them.

I've had a leaky QD that had a scratch on the inside of it before. Pretty sure that was letting gas past the O-ring. No idea if it was like that when I bought it or if I did it putting on a post. I just binned it. For the kegs, I have read many people say to first pressurise a keg to 30psi to...

He said earlier on that he'd tried disconnecting overnight and it still leaked, but I wouldn't rule it out yet. There's only so many places it can be leaking from. If you really want to find it then make up another soap solution, check that it is actually good for blowing bubbles, and make...

Well, it's a pretty strong flavour, both the ginger and the chilli , so I thought some people would hate it. But everyone that tried it went back for more, guess they're all chilli lovers.

Well I had some mates over last night and half the keg is gone. So not that divisive haha. Chilli beer works well for sitting around outside in the cold.

I wouldn't be doing this. A Pressurised vessel with no liquid in it is far more hazardous than one full of water. If something is cracked and about to go you might pop it with a lot of force behind it. I just realised you said fermzilla and not all rounder. Are you sure you don't have a leak...

Ok so fermentation stalled at ~1.007 for me which was a bit surprising. Luckily it tasted good at that FG, so rather than trying to sort that out and then back sweeten later, I just kegged as is. That clocks it in at 3.3% so lower then planned, but not really bothered. Fermentation was never...

Well if you can't find any leaks with soap or immersion tests, I'd just re-lube all the seals and try again. But as I said, if you've filled it right to the top then it still could be a tiny leak not even worth worrying about.

Take the spunding valve off overnight and put back on in the morning. If pressure hasn't changed then the problem is the spunding valve or post O ring. If it's dropped you know it's elsewhere. If it's full to the brim with water then 2psi per hour is still a slow leak

If you can see it with the soapy water, you can try pressurising and putting upside down in the bath or a bucket of water. How slow is the leak? A very slow leak in a fermenter isn't as big of a deal as in a keg. You're not going to lose a bottle of gas.

You should be able to pick up a stir bar at your local home brew shop, otherwise ebay or amazon for quick delivery. On the outside I have just used some neodymium rare earth magnets. I cant remember where they came from. but it looks like you can buy from bunnings.

You should have no issues being done by day 11 with that yeast. if you want to try dry hopping without opening the lid, you can put the hops in a hop sock with a coated magnet, such as a stir bar. Have a strong magnet on the outside to hold the bag above the beer, then just pull it when you want...

Many people keg-hop for far longer without grassiness so I wouldn't stress about that. What yeast are you using that you are worried about it not finishing in 12 days? If you are fermenting under pressure, then yeast expression isn't a big concern for you, so I'd just make sure to pick a yeast...