Recent content by Yroc

When I left for Florida at the end of October, I wondered if two corny kegs under Co2 in the kegorator would spoil by the time I returned. I read these forums ... most information I found suggested the beer would not keep that long (it is not pasturized and it was never put through a...

I contacted Danby and they told me ... Temperature range should be somewhere between 10F and 50F (approx.). I have a black dot on the spot where I put it for beer ... I guess I will have to run a few tests with a digital thermometer to see how much warmer I can get it and perhaps add another...

I have a Danby DKC052BSLDB kegerator (photo shown below). I am wondering if anyone knows if and how I should go about adding a digital temp controller to this device. Would I replace the existing temp controller dial inside the fridge or would I just add on a separate external digital...

Here is the promised photo. I fermented this brew with the tube removed. When kegging, I tilted the vessel to get more beer out of it without disturbing the trub which is way down there below the beer (you can see the clear ring on the outer edge). I then put my fingers on the edge of the...

My dip tube pointing all the way down gathers liquid at the exact same depth as the valve does and it gathers that liquid from the center of the barrel instead of from the edge of the barrel where there is no trub nearby. I find myself tilting the barrel to get more since what is below the dip...

Just for the record I was not a fan of the rotating racking arm. I used it twice and I doubt I will add them back into the mix again. The conical bottom is adequate, in that there is no trub anywhere near the valve so the arm is just an annoyance (at least for now).

My plastic was getting old (it was over 2 years) and I was ending up with bad batches because of bacteria... this despite very through cleaning. They where Coopers Starter Kits x 2 and they have no airlock. I am sure this was also contributing to the problems I had been observing. For...

I have been very impressed with the difference they have made.

I am not a fan of the racking arm. I removed it for batch 2... will see if I like it better without.

2nd batch in the kegs... picture perfect. If I have any complaint about the SS Fermenter.. it's that it is a bit small. I have kegs from Italy which are 3 Imperial gallons. 23 Litres was a good volume in my old fermenter, a bit tight to do that in these new ones. A world economy with 2...

1st batch is in the kegs now.. it came out looking picture perfect. A bit soon to keg, but I will take green over infected or store bought any day. New SS brew barrels are a breeze to clean. 2nd batch will remain in primary for 20-30 days. Thanks for the advice.

They come out shinny as could be (no soap residue at all).. Too late to clean with detergent as they are already brewing.

I have to think the plastic simply got old and hard to clean. Choice was new pails or the rig shown above. Looking back.. they were purchased Oct 2015.

Here we go.

I decided I would put them (two 7 gal SS fermenters) thru the dishwasher since I cannot get TSP.