Recent content by Stilgar

I'm doing a bit more brewing than I'm used to at the moment with beer. My sister has a wedding coming toward the end of November and wants me to brew some stuff for it. So I have two 10 gallon batches going. I recently moved over one of these batches into 2 five gallon containers ( I also did...

Well this is a pickle I didn't intend on. Right now I have a melomel that's sat in a primary bucket for a month. I need to transfer it to secondary and begin its second fruit addition which it will sit on for 1 month. I also have a cider which has sat in secondary carboy for a month. My...

I'm actually getting ready soon to make the jump to all grain hopefully. Building the kegerator and all I had to put into that kinda drained me, but I'm comfortable enough with my brewing to step it up. Just not sure when. Had never thought to use banana, actually sounds pretty damn good.

Buying tons of honey gearing up for a few meads, cyser and melomel here and the two projects I'd like to return too and have another go at are the ones I've had some success at but a lot of sad attempts. Bochet being one, Braggot the other. out of 3 braggots only had one come out pretty...

Looking back at my notes I heated 64oz of apple juice on the stove too roughly 150, took off the heat and added the honey, Don't have to but was told at the time it really helps it dissolve faster. Once cooled I added to the carboy and filled to pretty close to the neck. Had to remember to leave...

Cleaning out my brew closet listening to Fallout 3 music I came across 3 forgotten bottles of an attempt at a Cinnamon Cyser. It was bottled around 4/13. Crystal clear yellow up until you reach the bottom which seemed to have a layer of god knows what that lingered from the Krudsen Apple Juice I...

This may come off as a rant but bare with me here. 11 years ago after my family moved from California to Washington and we saw their home literally over run with wild blackberries. They talked about making jam and cobbler. My cousin told me we could turn those into booze. This cousin took...

Today managed to hook up the co2 lines and splitter. Would've set up both that and the nitro but still waiting on a 3" 3/8 pipe, was surprised both Lowes and Home Depot were out but meh, stout won't be ready for a good long while so no rush. Just glad the co2 worked out and passed the leak test...

When I'd called about the regulator and he told me about it being a co2 tank he told me (running off memory here) all of their 5lb tanks filled with "beverage gas" they commonly use co2, think that's when he brought up the whole...if its 10lb and above then they go nitro tank/nitro regulator...

Got my nitrogen regulator in the mail today which lead to some fun discovery. So the 5lb tank from the welding shop with beer gas used to be co2 tank. So regulator wont fit unless I buy an adapter, or they told me a co2 regulator would work. Since it's a 5lb they told me it should be fine...

Still not heard back on this model so still unsure. If needed I can do a tiny bit of drilling from the inside enough to remove some plastic then dig carefully to see if I come across anything, I'd just like to hear from others first before I do for the added piece of mind. Was busy this...

Here's the fridge Frigidaire 18.3cu #FFHT1814LB http://www.frigidaire.com/products/Kitchen/Refrigerators/FFHT1814LB.aspx Uploaded with ImageShack.com

So big update. Yes we did finally toss out the old green bastard. Tried and tried to find a fan that'd work for it but nothing came up. Came extremely close with the used appliance place that sold it to me. But that somehow turned into a nightmare conversation and they ended up hanging up on me...

Thanks! I called our local welding supply and was actually able to work out a pretty good deal. They'll swap my tank for a nitro with beer gas blend, only have to pay for the gas($25) but he'll also take the regulator and cut off a chunk on the cost for a new one for an additional $30. So not...

So short version of the situation is thus. After a buddy if mine I helped get into homebrewing ordered a keg system for himself, he didn't realize his wife got him one for his birthday. So I now inherited a new co2 tank/regulator and keg to add to my gear. I have no idea what I'm going to do...