Recent content by Hunky

English brown ale here. Thank you!

Hey agentbud, I got the lid sealed up good enough I think thanks to you. I blew on it with my lung power anyway and it held.. probably good enough for what I want. What I did was take a hand plane (woodworking tool) to the top of the Speidel and leveled it out. It was not level... dipped at the...

Thanks much! You had a good explanation.. I just wasn't having success - maybe my opening is a tad bigger so the Speidel o-ring doesn't quite fit on top, though it does seal well with the standard Speidel lid. I can try again.. maybe wasn't careful enough.

Based on your solution here I ordered the fermzilla lid that has a center bubbler hole and 2 male threaded posts for adapters - not the hop bong lid like yours. Is there a trick to getting it to seal? I've added the white Speidel o-ring to the fermzilla lid (under it and next to supplied thin...

Sure would. But a lot of these outfits have a flat minimum rate. I always check by first pricing the shipping of an item in the cart, then start adding other stuff until the shipping changes and then back off. Another trick is when I travel south (not all that often) I can go for free shipping...

Thanks for that info - but too late. I opened it up from the back. (Looks like your image). Behind that spring is a little nib that looks similar to a poppet and had a black rubber-like piece on its backside. Don't know if that is included in the rebuild kits but I did put it back together. I'll...

No, there is not. At least fountain type stuff. There is one bar (the other burned down recently) that has draft beer - you gave me the idea to inquire with them.

It is just fine slotted. I have nothing that fine other than a knife blade.. don't want to muck it up. But I'll see..

@Broken Crow Thanks much - big help. I may try Aliexpress again sometime based on recommendations such as yours.. just no more shots in the dark. That link worked fine. I'm building a cruising sailboat and have a Shurflo self-priming pump for it laying around uninstalled.. I could also give that...

There's an idea! Haven't seen any youtubes about doing that.. you need to get it in the algorithm. I may look around for something similar.. the only time I tried ordering something on aliexpress.. I never got the order and they wouldn't compensate me for it - tracking only would say it made it...

There's no welding shops per se - I did ask the most well known welder in town (works for the city powerhouse) and he didn't think of any local source - but the local hardware store rents full 100 lb bottles. I still need to see if I can work something out with him, but other brewers (I only...

I recently watched one youtube video dealing with something about brewing and then the algorithm started shoving all sorts of brewing videos at me.. so I found a few good ones I could use on reducing my CO2 purchases such as what you (@IslandLizard ) suggest. I may even try fermenting in the...

Thanks for that.. gives me an idea what to look for when I open it up.

As I was carbonating my kegs I noticed a hissing sound and when I investigated, I could feel a breeze coming from this black gas valve (with green label). Seemed to be coming from around the adjustment screw. Are these things repairable? I haven't taken it apart yet.. maybe a bad o-ring or...

Still refining things in the basement, but it is serviceable. I did have a 3 vessel system going with the vent as in first pic. The sink was on the opposite wall out of the picture so the boil kettle was wheeled over for cooling and whatever. Then I went BIAB recently and now it is all at the...