Recent content by Dubya

I shouldn't be surprised. Thanks Junkie.

Thanks a bunch guys! Makes total sense.

Greetings all. I made my first batch of mead recently, a 1 gallon blueberry melomel. I used D-47 yeast (14% tolerance). It started at 1.080 and I racked it into secondary over the weekend. It was at 1.000 after 2 weeks. I plan to let it sit for a few months, but got ahead of myself and...

Nope. Mine are only purty when they're full.

I just had an epiphany too....I need a girlfriend like that! :drunk:

After talking with several of my home brewing friends, I started kegging from the get-go and don't regret that decision one bit. Sure it's somewhat costly...but to me it's well worth it. I have a three keg system (expandable to four) and I finally have a small pipeline started. I keep some...

I never thought of cooling my beer line/picnic tap. However, I've had great success with just 3-5 psi and cold bottles. The only foam I get is when I top off and of course that's what you want to cap on.

Could the QDs be reversed and not attached to the correct posts?

Don't bother with secondary and I'd let it sit in primary an additional week (3 weeks total). That will give you yeast a little additional time for clean up. Your patience will be rewarded with a better beer.

LMAO! I keg, but if I ever bottle up some beer for gifts, I may have to follow your lead. Good work!

If I ever brew a Blonde Ale it will be called "The carpet and the drapes".

As a lover of dark beers, I was naive enough to equate India PALE Ale with something pilsner-like and didn't give it a chance for more years than I want to admit and stuck with my porters and stouts. A co-worker got me hooked during a business trip four years ago and while it was definitely an...

x2...I've found kegconnection quick and easy to deal with..especially with customized orders.

All depends on your taste but I agree with the APA suggestion. I'll be kegging an APA this weekend, and have an IPA kit that I'll begin brewing soon. For right now, I'm only running a two keg system, but I anticipate having either and IPA or IIPA in one of them at all times throughout the summer.

I'd definitely get the 3 way manifold if you think you'll expand. That and the dual regulator (also a good idea I think) will allow you to have four taps, with one set at a different PSI as you mentioned for soda or for carbing. Yooper's link is exactly what I ordered recently from...