Recent content by Crockus

Just did an American IPA from austin homebrew. So far its the best batch Ive ever made. Supposed to be like Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Never had that but its damn good batch.

I also have a kegco dual regulator. Mine to is hard to turn by hand. I leave a small pair of channel locks near my keezer for when i need to make adjustments. Just seems to be the nature of the beast.

On my setup i adjusted the thermostat was a simple thing to do. It stays about 35 its a little cooler than id like but i didnt have to purchase an external controller.

Im fairly new at it and have never used a secondary but in my expirence 10-14days is where i have noticed sediment in my bottles.

As a keg empties do you need to adjust CO2 pressure?

Peoria checking in

With it disconnected the creep has stopped. I bled off the excessive pressure from the keg and pulled a few pints from it so far it seems good. If it does it again overnight I will try the blow the methods listed. Thanks for all the advice. Update: Seems just a case of over carbed beer. Live...

Ive disconnected the keg to see if it does it with out it connected. Thanks for the info.

New to kegging. Kegged a batch saturday. Used the shake method to force carb it. But I have noticed that my regulator pressure creeps up through out the day. Is this over carbed beer gas creeping into the line? Or is my new regulator no good. I had it set at 10psi for serving last night this...

I picked up a chest freezer and a dual tap corny setup.

Nothing fancy but its mine.

So far I cant find much around Peoria either. I do know there are 2 Home Brew shops in the Bloomington/Normal area I havent had a chance to get down there to check them out.

Well I just picked up a 5cu ft holiday from lowes today. Made the adjustment, turned screw all the way in. Put a 5 gallon bucket of water in there. Keeping my fingers crossed it wont be frozen tomorrow morning. Update: Did this mod on friday. Its working great so far keeps the beer about...

No order Goose Island 312 Blue Moon Chi Town Lake Shore Lager Boulevard Amber Ale Anything Shocktop

Brewed the american light its in bottles now, sample one tonight I was pretty impressed(doesnt take much). They need about another week in the bottles. I also have American Amber in the primary that Im looking to keg in about 10days. So far they have all turned out good for me.