Recent content by k35r

BTW, any ideas on how to fix the pressure relief problem? LHBS clerk said sealing it is a possibility but is a gasket change a better solution? I'd hate to just have a rubber/SS doorstop.

I am new to kegging and same problem. Two 5 lb tanks for 2 kegs over a month. I found it using the dish soap and water trick. Leak was an intermittent slow leak on a touchy pressure relief valve on one keg. You might want to check there.

I kegged this recipe over the weekend (first kegged batch...Yay!). It is tasty and definitely very similar to Paulaner. It was a relatively quick/violent fermentation, but I did not take gravity readings, or really any good notes (I'm useless). I did not rack to a secondary, but I kinda...

11,163 + 5 = 11,168 Can't wait to taste it this weekend! Thanks Ed!

Thanks HB Bill, for the reply and the recipe.

I went with 1 oz of of 3% Hersbrucker. I had a total boil over (while drinking the real paulaner), and probably completely aerated the wort while trying to dissolve wheat DME, (I'm thinking a whisk was a bad idea{while drinking the real paulaner}). We'll see how it finishes...if it...

"Hops: .5 oz (½ oz.) Hallertau Hersbrucker (6% AA) for 60 mins = 3%AA" I have 3% Hersbrucker. Is .5 oz of 3% Hersbrucker ok, or should I adjust it up a few ounces? I don't understand the above quote from the original post as it pertains to Alpha Acid. Maybe just an equation or any advice...