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I wound up positioning the washer bewteen the lock nut and the flange (not pictured). I don't think it's a necessary piece.

I bought a bunch of shanks and faucets from a restaurant that was closing about a year ago. Most of the shanks came with the shank itself, a shank sleeve and a coupling nut. However a few of them were a different style and also included a thin metal washer. When I bought them the washer was...

Any thoughts on my pressure canned starter wort? This was made to approximately 1.075 using 7.5 year old DME that had hardened into the consistency of peanut brittle. Also, is it normal for it to continue bubbling as it cools?

"Burping" might not have been the right term. I thought I'd allowed all the excess pressure to escape from the serving keg each time, but it's possible I hadn't as I was being excessively cautious as I didn't want oxygen ingress. I intended to get a height differential between the kegs, but...

After 23 days in primary, I finally got around to transferring my first batch of Pico Pale Ale from the 5 gallon brew/primary fermentation keg to a 3 gallon serving keg. During the last 3 days of primary, I dry hopped using 19 grams of Cascade pellets in a 300 micron stainless steel keg dry hop...

Thanks very much for the info.

I took my Zymatic on its maiden voyage on Monday, brewing the Pico Pale Ale kit that came with the unit. I have a couple of observations and questions about my experience. My one big mistake was accidentally loading and inserting the adjunct compartment into the step filter backwards, so when...

The keg that came with my Zymatic arrived with some damage and PicoBrew's support was absolutely top notch in getting the issue resolved quickly. I know it's been said on here many times, but I didn't want this to go unrecognized.

Brulosophy.com has done several DMS focused experiments that would suggest you don't have much to worry about on that front.

Does Picobrew publish release notes for the firmware release somewhere? Looking through their forums I'm not finding anything. Thanks! Edit - never mind I found it here: https://picobrew.com/members/software/zymatic/Firmware.cshtml

Thanks. I agree that it seems like they put in the generic instructions for connecting the hoses to a keg even though the gray doesn't connect in the rinse scenario.

The Initial Rinse section of the Zymatic manual states: Connecting your keg to the Zymatic: Connect the black ball lock to the keg post labeled OUT, and the gray ball lock to the keg post labeled IN. Lift the outer ring of the ball lock, place it on the appropriate keg post, let go of the...

Just sent an email. Thanks, Denny.

I just attempted to place an order using the coupon code and I'm getting "ZYMDENNY is not a valid coupon." I wonder if their server expired it at the end of 12/31/16 Greenwich Mean Time instead of Pacific Time. I contacted them on their website and asked them to honor the coupon still.

Thanks folks. I'll try reversing mine but from the looks of it, I think I'll likely wind up buying the side pickup.