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Best way to keep the beer from showing signs of oxidising is to drink it fast. Good thing it is the weekend.

Not something like the wrong fittings for the wrong kegs? You are using ball lock fittings on a ball lock keg and not trying to put them on a pin lock keg right? If you lift the ring on the gas line disconnect and push it on the post it should hook up. It is not supper easy, however it is not...

No magic with needing to wait for the gas to be able to push out liquid from a keg. You are dealing with water so I would just test to see if you are getting gas in the keg. Vent the keg to make sure there is no gas in it and take the lid off. Hook up your gas in and you should have water...

Pushing StarSan with CO2 is not good as I recall. Causes some kind of reaction and it stinks. Possibly not goot to breath either. Just get a new squirt bottle like used to spray window cleaner and fill it with StarSan. Use it on anything you want to kill bugs on. I just pour enough StarSan...

I always rehydrate. I dump the yeast straight from the packet when the carboy is about half full of wort. That way it gets stirred up well and gets right to work. Have not had a bad beer sense changing to dry yeast. Costs a lot less then liquid and no worrying over if I got the little pack...

I also found out they should be storred standing up and not laying down. Not sure why or where I found this bit of information. I think it was a makers site. It is also important to make sure if you have a line to have it stuck in to the line. That is where they are designed to be used. A...

My experience with dial thermometers is they can be on in ice water, close at boiling and way off at mash temps. Or they have a correction curve that is unpredictable. My glass stick is also off, however it has a straight line correction that is well within the way it is marked. I will never...

I would have to go out and look at my cheepo torch that uses the same bottle, that is if it is the same here in the USA as in OZ. I seem to remember the O2 bottle has a reverse thread from the gas bottle.

Thanks for the ideas so far. Lots I would have never considered. To clarify I am looking for ideas on a gas grill in the back yard. My experience is gas grills are not as forgiving or fun as a fire. I will have to try the bananas and the potatoes and carrots wrapped in foil, they sound good.

This is about as off topic from home brewing as I have gotten. Trying to find foods young kids can cook on an outdoor grill. My experience has always been they play while the designated adult cooks. We are trying to come up with ideas that a kid 9 to 11 years old could or would cook in the...

Would a power strip like used to plug in many devices work? Just drill a hole so you can stick your finger in and trip the switch. Not sure what you have. They are common in the USA.

Get 3 or 4 fermenters and leave the beer set for 3 or 4 weeks. If you want to transfer to a keg to taste and give time to bottle great. This will work for most if not all your brews.

Can not follow your water. How much water did you use and how much beer did you want to make? Why sparge a BIAB brew?

They break? Have a hundred and something year old candy thermometer and it is still just as good as the day the glass blower made it. Looks just like a short hydrometer.

Not sure what BS dose. I use the spread sheet done up by Palmer as well as a few other programs and spells. I always treat my mash water, as the mash is what I am trying to modify for pH. I also do flavor additions and still treat my mash water. I am not sure how much the malt sucks up and...

You just want it to look black, or taste black? I fine grind carafa special if I can get it. I then added it slowly at mash out until I get the color I wanted. I got a nice dark porter color. Different recipe.

If you are not pulling the keg apart you are not cleaning it. Rinsing or flushing maybe, but no way are you cleaning it.

Good idea, bad idea. Except for a few beer styles it is always a good idea to let them set and age before drinking. How long depends on the style. Some beers should be drunk as soon as they are done fermenting. Others can benefit from aging a year or longer. Most if not all new brewers...

Just a reminder, unless you have good notes or a good mind. Don't forget to purge the keg with CO2 before you fill it. And burp it a few times after closing it. I forgot to do that one time and was all worried about the beer after I carbed it up and did the force carb routine. It all turned...

US-05 and S-04 for me.