Recent content by JFK

fifty isnt the issue its going down to the low forties and thirties where you will run into issues

It is easy to do if your looking for regular fermentation temperature but if your looking to lager in it the AC unit will freeze up before it gets you down to the temps you want.

great thread thank you for sharing it. I may not sell my diy kegerator after I finish my keezer now... I may have to make something very similar to this.

This is possible but you are going to have a few issues to overcome. 1st is external temperature around the ferm chamber you are going to build. solution make sure it is insulated extremely well. problem two will be a proper transfer of enough cold air to keep the temp as low as you want it...

I don't even know what I made my chiller from now it was so long ago... Wish I did though because I am going to be adapting it to go into my HERMS system soon.. I guess I will be finding out the hard way lol. Time to find my digital calipers before I go to install it.

So I have noticed over the last 2 years of kegging I always have to fight with the "poppit" I think is what it is called. The purge pull tab whenever I keg I have to wiggle them and fight with them constantly to get them to stop leaking. I have replaced them several times and still seem to...

I am fascinated by the possibilities here. I am sad to see that MalFet will not be able to do more experimentation for a very prolonged period. I am going to have to give this a go... Revvy expect a call real soon with a great/bad idea to do a ton of experiments with this. For mead making...

Growlers are great for fermenting in aka with a air lock on the top of them but the glass is not held to any standard in a growler or a 1/2 - 1 gallon wine jug. They are made specifically for holding liquid not pressure. Those of you carbonating in them you got lucky and got some that are...

To get the intended result of a dry hop it should be done after primary fermentation is done and usually the step before bottling. If you dry hop in your primary then transfer to your secondary to condition it you are going to lose some of the intended aroma you were looking for. Brewing is a...

I'm growing first year plants and I'm shocked yours haven't tried to climb that willow tree. Mine grew up my lattices and before I knew it up into the damn tree above it lol. I have some cone development now and 2 plants over 15 feet tall each. I'm not expecting to actually get hops off them...

nice setup makes me look at my storage room for my equipment and wish I had the money to spend on a sink and shelves and extra fridges oh well someday. I think I am more jelous of the conical than anything else there tbh :)

Ill do this tomorrow if I find the time to do this test.

I went back thirty pages I didn't see the test method people were referring to. I'll do the test but someone needs to find the method and quote it.

I have now made roughly over ten gallons of rice wine. I have used a vinometer on every batch. The average has been about 18%. With a varying range of 13 to 21 %. This is a more precise measurement than smelling it or drinking it and guessing but it is also by no means completely accurate...

I know right so simple after all. And to think we were trying to reverse engineer the fridge schematics lol.