Recent content by GearDaddys

Hi All.. Have been brewing BIAB for a long time, and on a "break" from alcohol for a while. I've been REALLY enjoying some of the Hoplark sparkling hop tea's. Not seeing much online regarding clones of these.. Anyone played with anything yet and come close? Should be pretty easy and very...

No problem dropping a 10 on a fitting, but these ball locks are fresh from the HBS.. Never used.. See post below, I think I found the reason.. The backs were not tight enough to seat the pin properly.

Hey all.. Wanted to circle back with where I am now! lol.. Hoping I have this issue sorted out.. I took both of my QD's apart and cleaned them both really well.. When I put them back together, I noticed that when I screwed in the back cover, I have a 1/4ish turn tighter than they were from...

It's not the regulator.. if I shut the outflow valves to off, the regulator will hold a desired pressure on both regulated lines indefinitely.. I see the leak, it's coming from one of the QD's, at the pin, and only when it's disconnected from the keg.. I think I can live with that!

Hi All.. Thanks for the suggestions/responses.. The QD's are CMB brand.. Both seem of them seem to have an ever so slight bubbling coming (water poured into the fitting) right where the plunger comes through the top of the disconnect.. However, last night I connected one of them to an empty...

Hey all.. Question for the leak experts out there.. I'm in the process of changing over connection systems.. Swapping over from pin lock to ball lock for a few reasons.. In any event, I"ve dealt with my fair share of leaks and emptied CO2 cylinders in the past and I"m going through...

Thanks for all the input fellas.. I "think" I have it set up properly now.. I've been scaling recipes incorrectly for the last few years, wish I had known better.. The big problem was using a generic pot for beersmith to build the recipe on.. That totally messes it up in the scale.. I've scaled...

Hey guys.. Thanks very much for reading through my long post at the top.. FunkedOut, I think your technique of creating an equipment profile that matches your actual equipment is probably yielding the same result as what I tried by building the recipe on my equipment profile, but changing the...

Og, Interesting, I'd never considered doing it this way.. Not quite as quick as hitting "scale recipe" but I"ll give it a go and see how it works.. I think I understand your technique.. As far as hops go, it would be easy to adjust the bitterness slider in the conversion for a 60 or 90 min...

Copied from an Email that I sent to Beersmith, and have not received a response. I'm having some issues with Scaling recopies with BS.. I've watched Brad's video on it, and read the small amount of documentation on his website, however the abbreviated nature is somewhat lacking in detail.. The...

Kennya, BS works great for this purpose.. When you load a recipe and want to change the batch size, be sure to use the "Scale Recipe" function.. Piece of cake!

Oginme, Yes, I understand that BS will do the calculations to predict mash ph, considering the effects of the grain bill, any water additions, as well as my water source.. That I get.. My question is specifically about the mechanics of getting BS to do these calculations.. In the...

Ok.. thanks for the info on when to sample.. Beersmith does it's PH predictions using your local water profile, if you've set up a water profile for your local conditions.. In my case, I have a Ward Labs report for our water.. So I know what I'm starting with..

Hey All, I've been brewing BIAB for a few years now, and have been producing pretty decent beers (for me anyway).. I like IPA's and brew them the most often, however I live in Baltimore MD, where we have very soft water.. I'm ready to move my brewing up a step and start doing some water...

Thanks..Read the whole thread.. looks like there are some issues, but no mention about them being in business or not.. strange to be getting bounced emails from them..