Recent content by woodsy

Crafty, Cookie drying rack to drain the bag.. brilliant! :rockin:

I've been living here since May 2013, and through all of my searching online and on forums, there does not seem to be anything like that in the area. The closest shop that I've even been able to find information on is in Altoona, and even then, the hours are spares. Otto's is known for being...

Best Event Rentals refills tanks. Their winter hours are difficult to work around, 9-4 weekdays and 9am-noon saturday only, but, its better than nothing! They also have a few 5# tanks on the floor I noticed last time I was in, but I dont know if they sell or rent those..

After speaking with a rep from KegConnection.com regarding my issue, they have offered to send a replacement lid and PRV, free of charge. I went with this company because of the positive reviews I saw on HBT. +1 for KegConnection.com Hopefully this solves things for a while.. until the next...

I was fortunate enough to find some time to fill up the CO2 yesterday, and was able to test everything that was suggested to me in this and other threads. Long story (and long-night) short, I found a significant leak in the PRV on one of my keg lids. I searched around quickly to see how to...

day_trippr, the o-ring appears flat, and is pretty much flush with the rest of the surface. That was one thing that made me question it's efficiency. Thank you all! I am much more optimistic now that I have a well laid plan of attack. I wish I could get to try and fix it this weekend, but work...

Hey HBT, These forums have helped me get through countless experiences of worrying if I was doing it right, and now I’m reaching out for a little more help. My kegging system has a slow leak, and for the life of me, I cannot seem to pinpoint and/or fix it. About 4 months ago I ordered a...

Just bottled a porter that I threw in secondary on 375ml of bourbon that had 1 vanilla bean and 1.5oz oak chips soaking in it for 6 days in the fridge. Tasting it as i bottled today, the bourbon is what comes through fairly strong for now, but it smells fantastic. I definitely support the whole...

Thanks everyone :mug: Since yesterday there has been a drastic change in how the peaches look; they are starting to break down and are finally looking a bit like ripening fruit as they get eaten up. In the hopes that this imparts some more noticeable peach flavor, I will let it ride a day or...

Looking for some outside opinions here.. I did a partial boil extract batch with the Brewer's Best American Pale Ale kit. Primary for 12 days, reached FG of 1.016, then racked into secondary on: About 4.5 lbs of slow smoked peach slices I did in a buddy's smoker. I just tasted a sample...

I'm looking to get this Danby fridge to use as a ferm chamber to start, and then convert to kegerator later, but I wanted to know if it fits 5 gallon carboys and 6.5 gal buckets with blowoff tubes/airlocks. Will they fit on the bottom level, or supported on the shelf? Etc.. Any way someone is...

Just used this yeast for the first time, and it settled very strangely in the carboy within the first few hours, making the entire carboy look like a 3-layer cake. I didn't see ANY bubbles until a little over 3 days after pitch, when it started with some very fine white bubbles around the rim...

It's in a sort of mud-room area, technically inside, but with a door that goes out back, and the temperature has been crazy in Boston the last week or so, up, down, just wild. I have a thermometer in there as well to check ambient room temp at carboy level near the ground, along with the stick...

It was indeed an extract batch. My first batch of anything, ever. So, there's the biggest variable :D I can certainly recall not mixing well, and rushing around at the end, so I trust that's a strong possibility. I'll leave her alone till the weekend as planned, then go from there. Thanks...

So I brewed an Autumn Ale kit (midwest) 9 days ago. It was my first batch. I took a OG reading (1.058) and noted that it was taken at 74 degrees. (oops.) The range for the kit says (OG @ 1.042-1.046) - so, I'm done brewing my first extract batch ever, I'm happy, tired and tipsy, but I now have a...