Hello everyone! I started home brewing in January after being gifted a 1 gallon kit last Christmas. I only have about 10 brew sessions under my belt since then, but have really enjoyed the experience.
I brew extract recipes. I have moved up to a 6 gallon fermenting bucket, only have a 3 gallon kettle, but have been able to ferment a couple 2.5 gallon batches.
I was gifted a used kegerator yesterday, and always planned on getting to that point, but this is a bit quicker than expected.
I have no experience with kegging. I believe the kegerator has been sitting in a garage for many years. The CO2 tank appears to have a Jan 2004 date, with no more recent reinspection stamps.
It seems as though the regulator screw is malfunctioning, because when the screw is out all the way, the gas is still getting into the low side and releasing out. It is a Chudnow JO series 360M. I see that these regulators can be disassembled for rebuild, but it seems that regulator might be too old for a rebuild kit?
I plan on replacing the lines with EVA barrier tubing. I was thinking 6.3mm since the current line is 1/4”, or what would be recommended for corny kegs?
I am currently in processing of my first attempts at lagering. I fermented 1 gallon of scharzbier around 52F with 34/70, and 2.5 gallons of Marzen around 68F with 34/70. Bottle conditioned and now about 3 weeks bottle lagering at 34F.
I also am currently bottle conditioning 1 gallon of what I was hoping to be an easy drinking Munich Ale, which was 20% Munich DME and 80% Pilsen DME, with 12 IBU Mittlefruh at 30 and around 5 IBU at 10, fermented with US-05 at 68. But tasting a bit left over during bottling, it was a bit too light of a beer, and didn’t have as much malt characteristic I was hoping for from the Munich DME. I have a RAPT pill, and it was showing around 6% ABV.
Anyway, thanks in advance with any advice! Cheers!
I brew extract recipes. I have moved up to a 6 gallon fermenting bucket, only have a 3 gallon kettle, but have been able to ferment a couple 2.5 gallon batches.
I was gifted a used kegerator yesterday, and always planned on getting to that point, but this is a bit quicker than expected.
I have no experience with kegging. I believe the kegerator has been sitting in a garage for many years. The CO2 tank appears to have a Jan 2004 date, with no more recent reinspection stamps.
It seems as though the regulator screw is malfunctioning, because when the screw is out all the way, the gas is still getting into the low side and releasing out. It is a Chudnow JO series 360M. I see that these regulators can be disassembled for rebuild, but it seems that regulator might be too old for a rebuild kit?
I plan on replacing the lines with EVA barrier tubing. I was thinking 6.3mm since the current line is 1/4”, or what would be recommended for corny kegs?
I am currently in processing of my first attempts at lagering. I fermented 1 gallon of scharzbier around 52F with 34/70, and 2.5 gallons of Marzen around 68F with 34/70. Bottle conditioned and now about 3 weeks bottle lagering at 34F.
I also am currently bottle conditioning 1 gallon of what I was hoping to be an easy drinking Munich Ale, which was 20% Munich DME and 80% Pilsen DME, with 12 IBU Mittlefruh at 30 and around 5 IBU at 10, fermented with US-05 at 68. But tasting a bit left over during bottling, it was a bit too light of a beer, and didn’t have as much malt characteristic I was hoping for from the Munich DME. I have a RAPT pill, and it was showing around 6% ABV.
Anyway, thanks in advance with any advice! Cheers!