Recent content by peters6278

Thanks all for the tips. I bled the pressure in the kegs and lowered the serving pressure to 5 PSI and that fixed my problem...for the short term anyway, so the kegs were not over carbonated. Good news since I like the higher CO2 volume in my beer. I'll try the 10 ft lines next and hopefully...

I lowered the pressure to 10 PSI and purged both kegs. Unfortunately, that didn't fix the issue.

Hi all. I spent quite a bit of time digging through other threads on this subject but couldn't find anything that answered my question, so I appologize for adding yet another 'Foamy Beer' thread. I am getting consistenty foamy pours out of my kegerator setup and must be doing something wrong...

I've never had any issues with WLP001 in my blonde recipes, and it's a pretty good all around strain. I have had issues though with WLP060, particularly with regard to clarity. This strain is a yeast blend that I believe has some lager yeast in it, and after two months of cold conditioning, I...

BigFloyd, that's pretty slick setup, and cheap too. Me likey. Do you have to manually switch between heating and cooling modes with this setup, or can you set it up so that the controller provides power to whichever connected device (fridge or heater) it needs to to maintain the set point...

The answer to your question depends entirely on what kind of beer your making, what your Original Gravity is, what yeast strain you're using, and what your fermentation temperature is. The minimum fermentation time can be as short as a few days (for average gravity ales fermented at 70+...

+2 on a fridge and heater combo with a dual stage controller. It's not the cheapest option, but you really can't go wrong with this setup and you certainly can't beat the accuracy in temperature control you can achieve. Just set it and forget it, and rest assured that your fermenter...

Bill, if your numbers are correct, then there may be an error in the equations behind the reicpe calculator at www.brewersfriend.com (or I'm doing something wrong). Anyone else use this tool? If I specify the brew method as 'Extract' with a 5.0 gallon boil volume and only enter in 6 lb of...

I definitely try and mix in my topoff water well before taking my reading. I always take my sample via the spigot at the bottom of my plastic bucket primary (after transferring from my boil pot through a strainer to the primary). Could it be possilbe that I'm getting a disproportionate amount...

Hello all, I'm a newbie to the board but have been following posts here for some time and have learned quite bit here. I'm currently only doing extract recipes (with specialty grains) and have less than a dozen batches under my belt, so bear with me. My question for the board: I get...