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I'm in! :D

put me in!!!

Put me in!

Hobby Brewing and Hobby Welding :mug:

you will be able to get new or used pin lock posts that fit the threads on your ball lock keg. CHI, CornyKeg, KegConnection, etc... Most likely your ball lock keg will have: 19/32" - 18 on the tank, measure first then order. :)

Your a Lucky Dog!

Sometimes simple is best. It sounds like it will be smooth easy drinker. :mug:

If you have an air lock, when the bubbles have slowed or have stopped is when I start checking. A lot depends on what is in your cider, how much sugars, raisins etc... it can take quite a while to fully ferment. I tend to take as few readings as possible. Have Fun!

The White labs vials are soda bottle pre-forms. With a good internet search you might find them cheap. Here is one place that has them in small quantities: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/products/lab-supplies/baby-soda-bottles-giant-test-tubes.html

I had a couple of requests to make carbonator caps and found amazon has raised the spare caps to $6.95 :( (3/21/14).

I have found that spare caps are available on amazon for $5.95. Wide Mouth Water Bottle Cap/Lid •Replacement Cap for Fifty/Fifty Wide Mouth Double-wall Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steel Bottles by Lifeline and Pinemeadow Green •Cap Fits: 18oz, 40oz, 64oz Wide Mouth Double-wall Vacuum...

Sure is a quicker brew day. Until I move to a new place, I have switched to partials, extracts and ciders. Less time, space, equipment... though I do have a new burner that I can't wait to try out this spring.

I have a couple of "Lifeline's" 50/50 stainless steel vacuum insulated, 64oz. growlers and converted one cap into a carbonator cap. Drilled a 1/8" Pilot hole through the center of the cap. The drilled a 7/16" hole for a 1/4"x18 NPT tap. Took a Dremel tool and cut the thin plastic off the...

I like my 50/50 double wall Stainless steel growlers. I have two black ones and I have just ordered two shiny stainless from "the clymb" for ~$22 each. They are unbreakable, keeps cold & hot stuff hot. I've made a cap that fits with a gas post so I can carbonate in them. So far I can't...

Photopilot, thanks for the heads up. Black are sold out, but they still have the shiny stainless growler.