Recent content by Briz34

Came home today and noticed some beer coming from my tower, leaking from one connection. I've had to periodically check it and have tightened them a couple times. Now it's to the point where the compression of the o-ring feels gone so these won't work. Did some digging and a majority of tower...

I installed the o-rings tonight and so far they are sealing. Not sure by how much but once these kegs are kicked I'll remove the connection to inspect the gasket to see if it was crushed/deformed.

Don't have much confidence with o-rings with this connection as I think the O-ring would slip down towards the center before it's crushed. Typically when o-rings are used in a 'sandwich' application there's a groove for them. I'll look around for flat ones as I forgot to look for them while I...

Going to store to get the below to see if it works. #36 O-Ring (AS568B# 008) 5/16 inch OD x 3/16 inch ID x 1/16 inch wall thickness

Howdy! Was hoping to get some help identifying this part so I can get replacement gaskets for it. I have a dual tap tower purchased 10+ yrs ago - beer tap shanks have what appears to be a male NPT connection. The tail piece is brass and has nut that can be removed from the fitting/tube is...

you could also try making a starter with it. Activate the pack for 3 hours then take 3 cups of your cooled wort into a sanitized container and add the yeast to that, cover with sterilized aluminum foil and see if your yeast multiplies over an hour or two. This is probably worth doing since the...

agree with gduck! perfectly normal

8/7/13 update: popped the top and noticed about 3/4" of foam/yeast on top which is a good sign. Took a sample and corrected gravity reading is 1.014 :) definitely surprised by this verdict (the happy surprised) so ill let it go for 7 days and take another reading. so relieved right now haha.

goodsuds, ok ill check the gravity tomorrow and keep you guys posted.

i saw a reply on another post by yooper about a yeast program. for this graff (brando o's graff) 1.061 OG safale 05 yeast exp 12 2014 i used mrmalty.com and it came up with 1.4 - 11.5 g packages. I don't recall the other brewers saying anything about using more packs. should i grab another...

hahaha you beat me to the "KILL IT, KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!" that is def cool, I'll have to keep my eyes on mine and camera ready.

Ugh, still no more activity after the brief activity sunday night into monday. :confused: I'm tempted to pop the top and check gravity, should I or wait a couple more days? Temp has been 72 deg F. 83904 342 1028 exp 12 2014

its great that u already have a fridge, that's the first expense off the "need list". find the dimensions of corny kegs online and make sure you can fit one or two in there (you'll need a couple inches on top as well for you're lines). your next expense will be the kegs and you brewing...

this is good to know, i think id like to keep most of my beers ion the primary for 10-14 days (instead of 7). what would you consider to be high OG levels and should use a secondary and/or cold crashing?

thats quite the post woozy! I would have to add I think a lot of people (including myself) are used to only keeping the beer in the primary until its completed fermentation typically 7-10 days and then remove it from the trub into another container to settle the remaining sediment so it doesn't...