Recent content by DoubleTrack

Pond Jumper Brewing? Since you're "across the pond" and all? Doesnt really capture the Canada part... but I figure being brewed in Canada does kind of cover it... I call my beer Double Tracks, since we have two railroad lines that cross right outside my place... that and if i ever open a...

I recently had the same problem with my new kegerator. It got waaay colder than I expected, and froze the keg solid. I took it off the gas, and left it out for about half a day to start to thaw, then left it in the fridge as a higher setting for another 24 hours to thaw the rest of the way. The...

Wow, thank you so much to everyone for all the advice. Sweed, that is exactly what I ended up doing, I used the tubing from my racking cane, and didn't need to remove the grommet either. And all the info about the temps, and swamp cooler is incredibly helpful too, think I might run out...

Okay, awesome... I've got it set up with the tube going directly into the hole in the lid, is there any benefit to setting it up using the airlock method you described, or is that just another way of doing it?

Yeah the room its in sits between 70-72 generally, especially with how how it has been outside lately. Now of course the other half of the question I forgot to add somehow is that I don't have a blow off tube assembly yet. The lid of my fermenter has that standard size small hole in it for the...

Hi everyone! I just joined the forum, I'm new to homebrewing, and have 3 batches under my belt, all extract. For my fourth batch I decided to design my own recipe for an oatmeal stout, based on the various parameters for the style, it seems like it should come out well. It was made with DME...