Recent content by jermillion

Yes, that is a universal poppet.

Thanks everyone. The advice on the color solved the problem. I've had some issues in the past, but somehow got away with using a white disconnect for the liquid. Fortunately, I had a black disconnect to try. No leaks. Thanks again, you helped save a batch of brown ale and my wife's ears from...

Yes, it is a Corny keg and ball lock disconnect. I've uploaded a picture of both the post and the type of disconnect that I am using. The leak is coming from inside the disconnect and leaking down the post or possibly from the poppet area and down the post if there is a problem there.

When I kegged my latest brew I was disappointed with a leak and was losing beer. The post itself seemed fine because there weren't any leaks when the beer was under pressure. I tried several steps and can't seem to solve the problem. Here are the steps that I took one at a time - any advice for...

If you are interested in an incredible, unique, tap handle for your kegerator you should try to make one with lithophane, using a 3-D printer. Or, like me, have a very cool brother who can make some for you. He has provided instructions at printables.com (Printables) for anyone interested. As...

Free beer bottles for homebrewers. I have enough for three 5-gallon batches of beer. There are enough large bottles for one batch and enough small bottles for two batches (with a few flip-top bottles included).

MoreBeer's eastern distribution center will ship APO cheaply.

I'm the originator of this particular thread and must admit, I haven't been stirring. So I took the advice to heart. I added two teaspoons of gypsum instead of one and stirred real well before sparging. It did the trick. Now I feel silly for not doing it before. Gracias!!!!

My PH is often around 6 and I have been adding some gypsum but I didn't see any significant effects until heating up the mash.

After a long bout with poor efficiencies I finally solved the problem. Heat the entire mash up to about 160 and then sparge. I read everything that I could about low efficiency but nothing mentioned seemed to work. I milled correctly, ensuring that I used a gauge to set my mill correctly. I...

That did the trick. I appreciate the info. Cheers!

As you can tell from my question, I'm new to kegging. But I refuse to be embarassed and will go ahead and ask my newbee question. Do I have to remove the ball lock fitting from the end of my line to use a handpump cleaning system for my beer lines? I thought it would be easy. I poured in the...

After reading "Brewing Great Beers," I have come to the realization that my hop utilization has not been that great. So I planned to stop using hop bags but worried about the excess trub and resulting loss of beer. This sounds like a way to have my hops and drink them too! I'll give them a try.

That is odd. I use APO AE as well and it was almost $18 for about 13 lbs. I'll play around with addresses and see if it was just a glitch when I tried it.

Thanks cpl-american, Unfortunately Homebrewing.org is like the other suppliers and only ship USPS, which is $8 more than other shipping methods. Australia might work except I'm in Ghana. There aren't many direct flights so it would be long trip that way. Since it cost about $19 for...