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  1. ClutchDude

    Selling 5 Gallon Soda Kegs with Sanke Coupling Welded On

    I bought 8 of them back in April 2008 and have enjoyed them many times over the last few years. These are "converted" sanke coupling 5 gallon corny kegs that I bought off the forum almost 10 years ago! The top is a welded soda lid and coupler with a custom cut spear for the keg. You can see...
  2. ClutchDude

    Irish Red Ale St Fuad's Irish Red

    Rebrewing this today as I restart my all grain finally. Really looking forward as I got to drink so little of it last time!
  3. ClutchDude

    Irish Red Ale St Fuad's Irish Red

    I'd rate it pretty highly and a crowd pleaser. I had a small party the weekend following that post. The day after I went to bottle the rest up and only got 6 .5L bottles filled, hence no followup photo. Everyone enjoyed it, especially the SWMBO. As far as notes go, the color never was...
  4. ClutchDude

    Irish Red Ale St Fuad's Irish Red

    Will do as soon as I get it carbed and start bottling, which should be some time this weekend. I will agree with you based on what I saw. The color did not seem to be all that "ruby red" but the taste seemed to be there as far as I can tell. I'll also try to grab some other irish red's...
  5. ClutchDude

    Irish Red Ale St Fuad's Irish Red

    went into the keg today. On paper, this beer went as close to the recipe's numbers as I can get. I'll crash cool and carb this week, posting thoughts at some point.
  6. ClutchDude

    Irish Red Ale St Fuad's Irish Red

    Brewed about 3 weeks ago, hitting every number and mashing at ~156F. Except for a minor hop stoppage(which is leading me to avoid the 2x 90" bends I use), the brew day went perfect. Fermented @ 63F for two weeks and counting, planning to keg and crash cool some point next week. Sampled and...
  7. ClutchDude

    Using copper tubing for propane lines

    Add me as another copper-PIPE distribution for propane. I use Copper pipe to Copper NPT to gas valve to Brass flare. to steel gas hose to the burner flare. I also used yellow gas thread tape for the non-flare fittings. It's important to NOT use tape on the flare connections.
  8. ClutchDude

    HLT/Keggle Heat-Shield

    Well, the new steel rivets worked fine. After the brew day, I think that the aluminum ones will work fine as long as you don't put the keg under a large amount of intense heat, such as a banjo burner at it's highest pressures. Since I wasn't trying to bring water to a boil as fast as possible...
  9. ClutchDude

    HLT/Keggle Heat-Shield

    Just a quick note: I actually managed to MELT an aluminum rivet the other day when trying to bring about 10 gallons of ground water to a boil. The inside of the keg apparently got way too hot and lead to the rivet melting. A plus if I need to make some aluminum ingots, but my heat shield...
  10. ClutchDude

    Installing retaining ring on Sanke Keg

    I used to keep a tiny flat head around to do the removal part, but have since used a jeweler multi-bit screwdriver that has the perfect thickness and width to work. I believe it's a Husky-brand that's avaliable at Home Depot. It's great since it has bits that will handles all sorts of tiny...
  11. ClutchDude

    Sanke Coupler Disassembly

    You can operate it just fine without the ball check in there. The only issue is that when decouple from the keg, any fluid in the line can flow out thru the coupler and make a mess. OT:I'm just glad that the wet/frigid winter is coming to an end and brewing can finally restart.
  12. ClutchDude

    Installing retaining ring on Sanke Keg

    The snap rings are much more durable and friendlier for folks that are all thumbs. The spiral rings can become bent after repeated attempts and become a REAL pain to get compressed. They are also slightly easier to get out since it's quick pull with the pliers. This of course, only applies if...
  13. ClutchDude

    Are Brass fittings suitable or not?

    You are going to "hurt" yourself more by consuming the product you are making over that of whatever the stainless or brass fittings will contribute. Now, maybe if you powdered the fittings in lead and used galvanized steel....
  14. ClutchDude

    Another Fermentation Chamber Thread

    Check out my build thread. I used 2x4's, foam insulation and the guts from a fridge.
  15. ClutchDude

    Installing retaining ring on Sanke Keg

    The biggest plus is that you can bring your keg with you anywhere and can almost guarantee you will find some way to serve it. My keezer can also use any commercial keg due to the notorious "beer nut" threads. If perchance someone were to show up with a soda keg, it's a lot easier for me to...
  16. ClutchDude

    Glass Carboy Disposal

    I'm move of a 7.62 guy myself. In order to, um, facilitate the cleanup, I'd lay 2-3 tarps out to catch the good size chunks. Oh! And pictures. Pictures from far away.
  17. ClutchDude

    Yuri goes big with steam! (new boiler/point of use water heater)

    Is there any immediate problem with using the standard sanky coupler and attaching that to your keg? I might worry about the seals but was the problem finding anything to even connect to the coupler? Also, when it comes to hammering, would an arrestor help in this situation when used with steam?
  18. ClutchDude

    Freeware/Opensource BeerMash calculator

    Of course. Even if it were a C# app, it'd have to run under Mono with 2.0 framework. But that's all stuff I've never even attempted. For desktop app, I, in my certainly limited experience, would go Java. You'd get platform interoperability at no cost. Heck, even PDF generation is free. For web...
  19. ClutchDude

    Freeware/Opensource BeerMash calculator

    another problem with local storage is that its great for whe you only use one computer. but if you change compies, all of your data is gone. I'm of the opinon that you use the right language for the right job. While .net code is more closed in terms of libraries used, you can still release the...
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