Recent content by ckwatkins

Has anyone used the green painted strut found at lowes or hd? How does it look after turning on the burners a few times?

Thanks for the input. I guess I'll make the bulged keg my mash tun.

Thanks a lot! You all have given me some great advice!

Besides a sight glass, are there any issues when installing ball valves or any other hardware in a bulge sided keg?

Thank you! Like I said...dumb question

Dumb question....do the bulge sided kegs hold the same amount of liquid as the straight sided ones?

I saw that Bobby M sells sight glasses that fit bulge sided kegs.

Thanks, that sort of what I was thinking.

Over the past couple months I've been able to score some kegs at my local scrap yard. I have two straight sided kegs in excellent condition and a bulge sided keg that has a few dings but is in pretty good shape. My question is, which vessel should I turn the bulge sided keg into? HLT, MT, or...

So how much did your project cost in the end?

Hot water and a tablespoon of ammonia works great also, it's also a lot cheaper.

Could you take a picture of the other side of your rig to show the burners and such?

We pulled a sample off of our KTG that has been in secondary for over a month on the port soaked oak. The port is giving it a real nice flavor but it seems to have more alcohol heat since we initially tried it. I'm not worried about the bitterness, it seemed pretty smooth.

Port is a fortified red wine. I really can't stand the stuff by itself, it is way to sweet, but I imagine it would go well in the stout because many times a RIS can have some port like qualities.

Just transferred it Friday and will keep it secondary for 2-3 months or until we are happy with the oak flavor.