Recent content by Ryan0186

Have you tried cleaning the coils on the back and underneith?

How do you fill a keg of this style? It the type that has a ball bearing where you screw a tap onto it? I was wondering that mysef. I just didn't know how to fill it.

With that loginc I completely agree with you. I didn't think about the fact that it could have come from anyones truck. I guess I could have just told them I found the empty keg in the trash and wanted to know if they give any cash back for the shells. Oh well. Whats done is done

I am just going to do my best to keep it and empty it at home with their permission. I honestly hate people who steal and for me to drink the beer and return an empty keg is stealing. If they want to give me the beer and then have me return the shell I am down. They are a local business I am...

It really sucks having a conscience sometimes. I wish my brother would have found it. He wouldn't have thought twice about keeping it for himself LOL.

I am going to ask them about that when I return it. If they are just going to toss the beer I want it. Even if I have to have them put it into my extra primary bucket so they can get the shell back. I don't want to see five gallons of beer go to waste.

Did another brewery lose some beer recently?

So I was driving to work this morning and noticed that there was a restaurant style pony keg sitting in the middle of the road. I stop and noticed that when I threw it in the truck it was full. It was an untapped keg of White Thai from a local brewery here in Charleston. I know that some of...

I am going to have a friend of mine who is an electrician give a a good once over this weekend.

How long does it take for the Krausen to fall? It looks to me like it dried onto the neck of the carboy. Will it fall on its own or do I need to tip the carboy so the beer touches and loosens it up? forgive me if I sound like a complete rookie...First batch

Naw, the airlock has stopped bubbling last day or so. There might be a bubble every few hours but thats about it. from the second day till a few days ago it was bubbling hardcore. These look more like very tiny bubbles just sitting on top of the beer. Almost like someone spit in the carboy a few...

I am planning on building a kegerator for the garage soon. Happened to be walking through Lowe's this morning and noticed they had a brand new upright freezer for 50 dollars. Said it was broken and was to be sold for parts. I figured at the worst it can't be fixed and I can get my 50 back if I...

I think Ill just leave it be and stop worrying. I am planning on bottling on Saturday so Ill be able to take some pics then and post them. I am sure everything is fine. I am just being a worrier because this is my first batch and all. Sure will be nice once I get my fermentation chamber built.

So I have been using a swamp cooler to ferment and I have noticed that when the temp of the cooler will get up to 67-69 and then when I add the water bottle the temp will sometime drop all the way down to around 58 and slowly work its way back up during the day. I am gone from 730am-630pm to...

So it has been 8 days since I first brewed and racked to the carboy. I have the large krausen ring in the neck of the carboy and what looks like bubbles that have the consistency of spit sitting on the top. CO2 bubbles or something else? I want to take a pic but the flash on the carboy makes the...