Recent content by makokiller

Get away from bottles. Start using kegs, and you will have carbed beer in days, not months.

I've made this beer a few times and it's great. Until I switched out the hops to Citra, Wow that is the way to go!!

I buy my grain from a local brewery, it's only $35 for 55lbs of 2 row. I also get my yeast from there at $60 for 500 grams, and hops usually run me around 6 to 8 bucks a pound, so I buy them in the 11 pound box, split them up and vacuum seal them and throw them in the freezer.

I buy star san for $25 a gallon from my local brewery. Maybe if you have one close you can check with them to see if they will sell you some.

Electrical sales/ beer brewer.

I know the guys there. I could stop by there and find out for ya. I get hops from them sometimes.

I use the same burner for my kegs, and it works just fine.

Here is my set up.

How much have you spent on this? Grain is pretty cheap, looks nice though. How many pounds can you get in there?

This is pretty much what I do also. My chiller is quite large, it was used in a dairy, I send boiling water through at the end of the process for about 15 minutes to really sanitize things up.

I use a 15.5 gallon keg, It works perfect, and is easy to clean.

You can't go by the full and refill marks.. They can go from full to almost empty real quick. Sounds like you are just fine. A 5 lb tank will last a long time.

How about using a coolbot? http://www.storeitcold.com/

Why don't you just buy a new elbow?

Just take the tank to a welding place like (air gas) and exchange it for a new one. It will be the easiest thing to do. I had a tank filled with beer gas that I got from a friend, and they just gave me a tank filled with C02.