Recent content by apo09283

You can get the same craftsman wrenches from pawn shops for about half that. Bill

Unfortunately I cannot answer your question. I had something similar happen to a summer wheat beer I had kegged. I kept the keg in question inside sitting on a central air vent with a thermometer on top. The keg never got above 74F all summer. When the first keg of summer wheat blew (it had been...

All of my swing tops have porcelain caps so using a sharpie works great and it cleans right off. The newer plastics caps would stain though. Bill

Not all of the gaskets on this are o-ring type. Some are square cut that fit into machined grooves. I probably could have searched them out via McMaster Carr but food grade silicone worked perfectly in my situation. Bill

Simgo was the last place I tried. The guy I spoke with in BC even took my name, address, phone number and Credit Card # but I never heard another word from them. My card was never charged. Please do let me know what Simgo has to say. Cheers, Bill

Those parts look identical to the parts on my model 1891 5 gallon cornies. The gaskets are no longer available as far as I can tell. I contacted about 20 different suppliers with no luck. I ended up using sparing amounts of a food grade silicone sealeant in conjunction with what remained of my...

If you have a spare, clean and sanitized food grade bucket just boil enough priming sugar for the entire batch then in a small amount of water, add this to the bucket, then "quietly siphon" the whole batch to the bucket. Bottle from the bucket immediately and cap. I bottled beer in Grolsch...

I appreciate the responses. I agree with the poster who said not to use dish soap as it does affect head retention. I have already disassembled the kegs after 24 hours of soaking. (12 hours on each end) Every part was disassembled, soaked, scrubbed and rinsed. Keg lube was applied to all...

My six keg kergerator and taps are the only friends I need! (Besides my wife!) :tank:

What is the best method for neutralizing odors in kegs? I just bought a bunch of used cornys and three still had beer in them. The beer had gone bad and I suspect it was in there much longer than the two years claimed by the previous owner. Each keg had dozens of hard water deposit rings around...

Just keep your eyes on craigslist and you can pick up small (2.5gallon) cornys for a song. I just snagged three brand news ones plus two new 5 gallon cornys, 10 gallon SS brewpot, wort chiller, lagering fridge w/controller, CO2 tank, regulator plus everything needed for all mash brewing for...

I've tried ordering a taprite regulator from two different vendors this week. I believe both are HBT members but no one wants to return my calls. Oh well. Does anyone have an opinion on MicroMatic regulators? Are they equal to Taprite? Cheers, Bill

I sincerely appreciate all the responses. So far so good! I increased the pressure in the kegs to about 15psi for two more days then reduced it to 12.5psi. I blew all the excess pressure off of each keg. What a difference! Each beer tastes noticeably better especially a tangerine ale which is...

I just check craigslist daily and hardly ever have a hard time finding them. I just bide my time and buy thyem around $15.