Recent content by yehaww

Ok thanks. I guess that makes sense. I totally spaced on that when I ordered them. They were cheap, but I guess till I switch out the pin locks with ball locks, it's probably not any cheaper. The pin lock valves are not very easily accessible with a wrench due to the rubber handles. So the...

Ok, this might be a stupid question, but I haven't been able to find an answer because I don't know how to word the question to get results. I've been using 3 gallon corny kegs. Their valves can just be unscrewed with a wrench. I recently got some 5 gallon kegs...

I was also thinking of doing this. I got some cheap 5 gallon soda kegs. They don't have a pressure relief valve, but they did come with one of these, http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=484 I brew 2.5 gallon batches and was thinking about just fermenting in a 5 gallon keg, with...

Ok, I kegged it and tried some last night and I didn't get sick, so I guess it's ok.

Maybe I've ruined it by dry hopping way too early?

I went to keg my latest IPA tonight and when I opened my secondary, I noticed this. I'm trying to link to the photo, but it's not working for some reason. Here's a link to flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36723380@N07/7994405888/ I've never seen anything like that, but I did things a...

Well I got a tank and carbed it up and it turned out pretty nice. I split the line and ran to an amber I have in a second keg. It's strange, the amber seems to stay kind of flat while the Ipa is perfect. I have the line split with 8psi going to each keg. I cranked up to 12 for a week but...

Yeah that was strange. It was at 12 when I put in all in the fridge and then it was at zero when I peeked in. I had to turn the adjusting screw to get it back up to 12. I also noticed the roof of the fridge has a lot of water drops hanging from it. Is this a sign of just cooling down the co2...

I picked up a 5lb tank today to carb my kegs. I read here that readings on a cold tank can get a little weird but I guess I just want some second opinions. The tank read 1000 psi when I brought it home. My keg was already cold. It's around 40 in the fridge. I checked for leaks and it all...

Yeah, it was warm. I usually get decent carbonation in 10-14 days when I used bottles. I'm sure I jumped the gun a bit since this was my first keg. Well screw it, I'm just gonna drop the cash and get a co2 tank. This venture got expensive real quick.

I got the fridge and was super pleased to find i could fit both my 3 gallon cornys on the floor of the unit with no door mods at all. Fantastic. It's a little bigger than the "mini fridge" I told my wife it would be when I sold her on the idea though. ;)

The QD wasn't loose for 10 days. It held pressure through my 10 day carb, at least I assume it held pressure based on my first pour. What was loose was the picnic tap connector to the QD. It's the screw on type and just unscrewed a bit while I was moving the hose around. Hand charger...

Well, I'm not sure Yooper. When I poured the test beer yesterday, it had a nice "cascade" and a nice frothy head on it. Then The next time I poured one, about 10 hours later, it just dribbled out and I noticed the leak. So I re-tightened everything and recharged it with co2 and now it just...

I was carbing in my keg with sugar. I left it go for about 10 days. Today I hooked up a tap and poured a nicely carbonated pint. So I stuck it in the fridge to chill. I think amidst the jostling the picnic tap connection to the QD unscrewed a bit and all the co2 slowly leaked out. I went to...

I just had an issue with my tap. I guess I didn't have it screwed onto the QD quite tight enough. After filling a few pints and twisting the hose around a bit, the fitting came undone slightly and I developed a slow gas leak and a small trickle of beer. By the time I noticed, there was a...