How to Brew is the book I pull out most often to look something up. Radical Brewing is my current favourite. Brew Like a Monk and Farmhouse Ales are great books if you like those styles.
Agree with others:
Ditch the secondary- you can leave beer in primary for the whole ferment.
Bottle conditioning is easy, I rarely fill bottles from a keg.
Don't brew based on time - take a gravity measurement to see if your beer is done.
Cool setup. I do a lot of hop heavy beers, and there always seems to be a lot of crud at the bottom of my boil kettle after I transfer to my fermenter. Not sure this setup would work for me. But I'm the idea of an all in one is pretty neat.
On my last hef, I pulled a hydrometer sample early on to watch the gravity drop. While sitting on the counter, it ended up with some wild yeast and tasted delicious. I seriously considered how to harvest that yeast and use it. So infection could be delicious. Time will tell.
I bought one from Miir a few years ago. Having it insulated and leak proof is key for me. I used to stop at a brewery on the way home from a project site (5 hours away from home). When I got home, the beer was still cold and ready for enjoyment. It's a swingtop design. Only downside is that it...
What is your recommendation on filling 330 ml bottles with your counter pressure bottle filler? Just received one, but the stem is too long (hits the bottom of the bottle) and there's not enough play to slide down the stopper. Cut the stem a couple cm?
They just didn't make their chances count. Couldn't get the ball in the net. Good game, but disappointing outcome. Will have a think on an appropriate consolation brew. Red Revenge... Store for 4 years and enjoy.
There are high pressure hoses you can run from the sodastream bottle to the reg. But I would change the reg output to a barb fitting, and run hose (under low pressure) to a barbed gas in disconnect