Transporting a fermenting batch, does trub affect your hydrometer reading, calibrating an electric system, & using a clean but unsanitized keg – Ep. 245

Howdy, Homebrewer! Welcome back to another jam-packed episode of our Homebrew Happy Hour podcast… the podcast where we answer all of your home brewing questions and discuss anything related to craft beer! A SUBTLE REMINDER: If you appreciate the things we do here at Homebrew Happy Hour, consider joining our Trub Club! Not only will you be supporting our efforts, but you’ll also receive exclusive perks such as HUGE discounts on HomebrewSupply.com and Kegconnection.com, welcome packs with our merch, discounts to BrewersFriend.com, and lots more! Click the link and join today  —  https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=21132635 On Today’s Show: Sorry about taking last week off! I was actually out sick and I’m still recovering from it but I’m ‘normal’ enough to crank out a new episode for y’all and I’m thankful that Todd was able to join me as well. In this week’s episode, we help a listener who is brewing off-site and wants to take their portion of a batch home with them immediately after brewing so they’re curious if anything might get ‘messed up’ in transit.    Then, we take a question from a new brewer who wants some advice on taking hydrometer readings. Should the test tube be only clear liquid or is it OK if some floaties make their way into the tube?   After that, we have a listener write in who is looking to switch to electric brewing but they want to know how often they should expect to calibrate the temperature controllers on an e-brewing system.    Finally, we wrap up with a question from someone who accidentally transferred beer into a clean but unsanitized keg. Is his batch going to get infected or is he over thinking it? We want to hear from you! If you have a question that you’d like us to discuss on a future episode, please click on the “Submit a Question” link at the top of our website or you can now call in your questions via our questions hotline @ 325-305-6107 and leave your message after the beep. This is a friendly reminder that, if we choose your question for a future episode, we give you a $25 gift card to that episode’s sponsor! Let us know what you think and enjoy the show! cheers, joshua Todd’s taplist: https://taplist.io/burnsbarnbrewery ————————– Today’s show is brought to you by Taplist.io – Create beautiful, professional looking digital taplist menu boards with ease by using Taplist.io. Check it out for free at the link below. https://taplist.io/ ————————– BRAUTAG.COMhttps://brautag.com/ On today’s episode, we had a blast taking your questions and also talking shop about our sweet new Brautag HERMS Premium Brewing System. The website for the Brautag is live (https://brautag.com/) and our retail partners all are offering a special introductory bonus which includes: $500 off the MSRP, making it $4495.95 Free 15 gallon recipe kit of your choice 3 packs of Imperial Yeast with your recipe kit Free 1-year membership to BrewersFriend.com Free premium refractometer with a hard case Free premium pH meter and testing strips Free 16oz bottle of San Step sanitizer Free 1lb bag of Brew Clean powdered cleanerFree metal tintacker bar sign for the BrautagFree Brautag baseball cap https://brautag.com/ ————————– Thank you to our show’s sponsor, Imperial Yeast, for supporting us and the homebrewing community. Learn more about why we LOVE Imperial Yeast by checking out their entire line, available at HomebrewSupply.com: https://homebrewsupply.com/ingredients/yeast/imperial-yeast/ ————————– Become a Patron!  Reminder that these episodes are ultimately made possible because of YOUR support. Consider becoming a member of our TRUB CLUB via our Patreon page and receive perks such as merch, exclusive group access and content, recipes, and some tiers even get monthly recipe kits mailed to you! https://www.patreon.com/HomebrewHappyHour ————————– Are you a member of the American Homebrewers Association yet?  — CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/support-the-aha/?promo=Homebrew-Happy-Hour