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A friend of mine owns a restaurant. He had a plastic sanke keg from a couple of years ago that the brewery wouldn't take back (the brewery was bought by Budweiser while he had the keg, and Budweiser didn't want it back). I said I would take it off his hands and he gave it to me. Is it safe...

I picked these up at the brewery on Saturday. I am willing to trade one or two bombers depending on what's for trade. I can also usually get Pliny, Enjoy By, and other SoCal beers if that helps the overall deal. Mostly interested in hard-to-get sours. Supplication is one I haven't been...

Watching it right now; not sure how I feel about the movie yet but what gave me a chuckle was the sightings of modern EZ-cap bottles with obviously plastic tops and silicone gaskets. First scene with Leo DiCaprio. First of all, those bottles weren't even invented until 1874, over a decade...

4 questions: 1. Is it possible to over-tighten worm drive clamps? I tighten the bejeezus out of them and it still seems to be a crap shoot for me whether or not I will have leaks. 2. Has anyone tried those heat-shrink permanent plastic hose clamps? Gates PowerGrip, they're called. 3...

So I had to transport my kegerator. I wasn't that careful with the regulator and it got knocked around a bit. It's not leaking or anything, but it is acting really odd. No matter where I put the set screw, when I turn on the pressure the gauge slowly creeps up to around 30 PSI. Turning it...

Huge pot, looks to be 2.1 ratio. At least 20 gallons, could be 30. I could sleep inside this pot. Nice, thick stainless with tri-clad bottom. Lid included but not pictured. $135. That's less than I paid for my 10 gallon pot of similar quality. Should I start kicking myself for not buying...

Just wanted to alert everyone to some pretty sweet prices on outdoor burners at webstaurantstore.com. For example, they have a single floor burner, 55k BTU for 38.99. They also have a double burner (55k BTU each), counter height, with side shelves for 82.99. I just got a coupon code in my...

Continuing the unrelated discussion from https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/beer-bbq-healthy-marinade-negates-carcinogens-470094/index10.html#post6078493 Don't be so sure it's as simple as that. Water can dilute sodium, but sodium is just one of a few electrolytes that must be precisely...

I'm selling some hops. I was way too optimistic when I bought them, but life has got in the way and it's pretty clear to me that I won't be able to brew as much as I wanted to this year. All are leaf hops, latest harvest (2013). I have never sold off hops before but I think my asking price...

I'm wondering if anyone's tried to make bread with novel yeast strains from homebrew yeast purveyors. For example, would a Belle Saison bread have a nice complex flavor? What abour Roselare blend for a sourdough? You see what I'm getting at. I have a sourdough starter in my fridge, but...

I have a 7/8" bimetal hole saw that I used for fridge cutting, to install tap shanks. Now I want to drill my kettle lid for BIAB recirulation. My kettle came drilled so I don't have the step bit. Since the lid is flat, can I drill a pilot hole and use the arbored hole saw to make the hole...

I bought a whole lot of Amarillo, Citra, Cascade and Simcoe from this past hops harvest. I want to try some other hops, but I don't want to go out and buy them since I already have a whole year's worth of hops vacuum packed in my freezer. All of my hops are whole leaf hops and I prefer to...

Does anybody know of a source for female 5/8" BSPP fittings? I want to start replacing all my hose barbs with quick disconnects. I was looking at Colder QD couplings, but they don't have any in 5/8" BSPP. John Guest has some fittings for 5/8" BSPP, but they don't take the hose ODs that I...

I use the standard red Micromatic 5/16" ID, 9/16" OD tubing for my gas line. Got it from my LHBS; it's all they have. It's really bulky and stiff and just generally unwieldy. Is there an alternative to this stuff somewhere? I have read of people just using beer line for both liquid and...

Hi, I have roughly 10-ft beer lines and they work great. But I only really need 2-ish feet of line, so I have these huge coils of beer line that are really unwieldy and get in the way a lot. Is there any alternative to having such long lines? Has anyone experimented with alternate...

Hi, I had some Rogue Yellow Snow IPA today and it has this huge tropical fruit/peach aroma and flavor that I really liked. I mean I wouldn't like it in EVERY beer, but for this one it worked really well for me. I figured this must come from the yeast, but when I looked it up I found that...

I keep entering the various equipment giveaways and not winning (boo). But someone wins each one of them! TxBrew announces the winner and then we never hear anything more about it. So, if you have been one of the winners of something, show us what it is! Post some pictures. How is it...

I'm finally going to get a new kettle. I usually do 2.5-3 gallon batches because I just can't drink enough beer (well, I CAN, but I shouldn't) to do 5-gallon batches. But I was thinking about getting a 10-gallon kettle instead of an 8-gallon, in case I want to move up to 5-gallon batches in...

I have a 50-amp (presumably 240-volt but I will check when I get home) breaker in my box that was previously used for an above-ground hot tub. We had the hot tub removed when we bought the place because it was kind of a maintenance nightmare. When they removed the tub they left the electrical...