Recent content by mashuganabrew

Curious how this turned out? I'm making one now and need some advice. I want it to be like a really strong ginger beer. Like crabbiies.

Do you have pictures of this? Is it on a rolling platform? I am intrigued.

Walter, I truly appreciate that! I'm going to try and change some things around and retry this weekend. I have 1/2" hose that is probably too long after reading more. Combined with the 1/4" intake on the Blichmann I believe I have creating huge air pockets. I'm going to shorten the length...

Does anyone know if there is a 1/2" option for the intake arm on the Blichmann kettles?

I have the 815 March pumps and with the poly head, been using them lil over a year now and I hate them. I don't know if these are the HF options or not, but they just don't work well. Part of the problem I'm sure is the 1/4 intake out of my boil kettle, but still they just don't perform well...

No question that my stouts taste a 1000% better on beer gas, but what is it that i'm detecting in the same beer that's bottle primed. The taste is completely different. The kegged version is creamy and the flavors are pronounced; it's amazing. The bottle primed version is subdued and hidden...

Good info! Thanks!

I have 3 kids, I can tell you that these things either last forever or turn into the most god awful slurry of mush you'll ever see. I wouldn't recomend using them in the secondary unless you want them to first swell into a massive cheerio paste and then dissolve into a bottom sludge, the like...

Point taken...

Does it need to be blended? That seems to be the issue with my local supplier, they refuse to blend it for me.

yes, beer + frustration + open source information = impatient and type crazy brewer... thanks for the info on the other posts though! (also I've noticed you get different responses depending on how you word your inquiries)

Yep, I've been asking for beer gas, although, I know I'm in trouble when I have to expleain what beer gas is..... LoL.. they all think I'm a loon or that I'm building a Meth lab...

My local Airgas said I could rent one of their large tanks for $250/yr and pay for the blended gas.... ummmm... NO. They were less than helpful.

I may be in Cbus on Wednesday anyway, so if you have their contact info that would be great... course I'm sure I can find them on the internet too... Thanks for the info! I'll call them before I return everything. I do make a lot of stouts so, it might be good to keep the equipment if I can...

yeah, I'm sure... I've spent the entire day calling and driving to every gas distributor in WV and eastern OH. Closest places are going to be Columbus or Pitsburgh and I haven't even found a distributor in either place yet. unfortunatley I've already purchased a 5 gallon tank, I'll call...