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Nice! Thanks for the info! Would you say the welds are about as good on the Kegland kegs as AEB?

I'm in a sort of interlude with brewing/drinking due to needing the time and energy needed to be a Dad. I'm down to about two 1/2 full corny's and commercial brews are a much bigger percentage of what I drink but that's ok, it's research :-) I've slowly been working towards efficiency so that...

Are you running a speakeasy?? haha

This would be nice for my basement office...

Welcome! Lots of good stuff on here, best of luck.

Thanks, man! That is truth you speak.

Hotpoint 9.4 from Lowe's. Paid about $400 two years ago but not fully complete until now. Will fit 6 corny's and maybe a mini corny or 2 on the hump. C02 tank in the closet next to it and line comes through to manifold on the wall. Ran lines through the side of the door and insulated with...

Finally finished the keezer a few weeks back. Tough to find time with being a Dad and all but I ended up running the lines through the side of the lid. I used a shorter drill bit for precise angling (so it was lined up to pop out in the right spot) to get the hole started and then used a long...

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Dry fit the manifold parts (picture below).. Pretty heavy duty. We'll see how the valves/tees all line up when everything is tightened. I may have to use tape to have a little more flexibility, don't have a ton of plumbing experience

Soon after posting, I had the same thought as you @IslandLizard, the ball lock posts are essentially shutoff valves when a part is not connected. However, I hemmed and hawed about whether I wanted shutoff valves or not. I definitely need them for the pumps as I'm planning on hooking up a high...

I'm planning out a cleaning setup that uses a cleaning manifold and multiple attachment types (1/4 flare shutoff valve, 1/4 mfl shutoff valves, ball lock posts etc). It looks like I can get all these parts on a gas manifold. My last holdup is the materials that the shutoff valves and manifold...

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Lactic acid is produced by the bacteria used in sour beers, so is that where you're coming from? I would assume the amount of lactic acid from MLF in a cider would be way less. In sour beers, bacteria is converting sugars to lactic acid, whereas with MLF the idea is that the bacteria converts...

I should add, I keg and don't pasteurize my cider and frequently use unpasteurized local cider instead of storebought juice. There may be naturally occuring MLF that may not happen for someone who is bottling and pasteurizing, which could kill off the bacteria responsible for the process...

I've never met a cider that got worse over time. The closest thing would be a dry hopped cider where the hop flavoring became more bitter and less aromatic. Most of the cider I've made has lasted long enough to tell that it was improving over time. This is with apple juice from "eating...

That's good to know. I tend to make fully dry cider so that probably has something to do with it too. Acidity plus 8% alcohol and no body or unfermentable sugars like a beer would have.. may lead to it being a little rough on the stomach after a while. I could help it a little bit probably by...

I came across some pretty intense discussions on chemistry in my searches on this topic but definitely lacking clarity. Also, looked through Claude Jolicoueur's book. When I am drinking my cider frequently, I start to feel the acidity in my stomach and I had one friend who said the same thing...

How long are you waiting to make sure there's no bubbles coming out the airlock? Sometimes they're spaced out quite a bit. Could always try running duct tape around the lid but that'll leave residue and not an ideal long term solution. You can use an ice bath for cold crash if cellar isn't...