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I know a lot of people built their keezers using the trusty Frigidaire 7.2 featured in this famous thread Converting the Frigidaire 7.2 cu ft Chest Freezer. I did as well and she stopped working last week. Replaced the temperature control thermostat, the compressor start relay and the run...

Mind posting a pic of how tight it is in the chest freezer?

I saw you post that you had a 7.2 cf freezer with the same measurements as mine. Im very curious to see if it might fit. It’s the only thing that’s keeping me from pulling the trigger. The Flex + is exactly what I’ve been looking for. As close to a CF series while still (possibly) using a chest...

Yeah, I didn't see that part of the thread until after I made my purchase over the weekend. I finally read the whole thread today. Kroger is huge here and where we buy most of our groceries. I'll be looking for their brand oxi cleaner on our next trip.

Not sure about all Target's, but in DFW, they have 3.5lb tubs of Oxiclean Versatile Free for $8.49 each and when you buy two, you get a five dollar gift card. They also carry the Seventh Generation dishwasher detergent for $6.49, making it $1.49 if you put the gift card towards it.

Welcome aboard, fellow Arlington resident. Tons of great information here.

Thanks. I've been eyeing the Norcal Speidel accessories for a while, but I'm saving for a Spike CF10, so I'm trying not to dump any more money in to my current fermenter.

I haven't, but will. Brau mentioned that and it's most likely the root of my problem.

I harvest by making a large starter and splitting that in two. One for the beer, one for more generations and so on. My first batch of 1318 that went bad was like a 7th or 8th generation. I originally thought I may have mutated the yeast over so many generations when that batch went bad. This...

Even if I have to boil it first, it's coming apart. It's so stupid as careful as I am that I let this go for so long. If this is the issue, it explains a lot. Once I've gone through cleaning everything again, I'm going make a simple, cheap smash with ingredients I already have in stock to see...

The spigot on mine is a bit different than the one you have pictured. This is the one I have. To answer your question, no I haven't. I tried to take it apart the first time I used it many, many brews ago without success. I kind of took that to mean it wasn't designed to come apart and...

I have no clue how I would have picked up any Brett. I use campden tablets in every beer. One tablet per 10 gallons of water. The last beer I did was a Marris Otter and CTZ smash with 1272 and it turned out just fine. Everything in my process was the same as the prior two 1318 beers except for...

The last batch was only two weeks old when I bought it. Brought it home and immediately made a big starter to overbuild and split in two.

I don't have a ph meter. I've been using Bru 'N Water combined with my water report for every batch and they've all been fine except for the last two. What else could be chewing more sugar?

Made a 1700ml starter for it. Over 300b estimated cells. OG for this batch was only 1.059. The first time I used 1318, I just made a 1200ml vitality starter and pitched at high krausen in to a 1.076 beer and it blew out the top of the Speidel on day two. Never had a beer do that before. I've...