Recent content by mikeol

I found the source of the problem! Where the tap connected from the inside of the fridge to the outside, there was some sort of failure. I got a new CO2 canister today and found the leak very easily. Basically just a matter of I didn't tighten it down enough after I rinsed some gunk off I...

Thank you for the input, I did not take any pictures unfortunately. I checked the connections did not notice anything that seemed off. I will get the bottle filled tomorrow hook up the system and hopefully the problem will show easily. I will update tomorrow or the following day.

The beer was not frozen. Around the CO2 bottle was frozen from the rapid release.

The beer was from the keg w/ the tap installed.

The beer that was in the bottom of the freezer was not from the picnic tap (sorr I didn't clarify that.) The CO2 bottle was covered in ice and empty so there must have been a rapid release of CO2. I am unable to find any damage to the lines. Right now I'm thinking I may just need to fill up...

I went down to get a beer this evening and found there to be beer all over the bottom of my freezer, and the CO2 bottle frozen I have two 5 gallon corny kegs hooked up to the system, both of the kegs had no pressure in them at all, also one of the kegs completely emptied its contents all over...

I'll surely let you know how they turn out since I have two 5 gallon batches with only slight variations. Almost went for the blueberry honey for the second batch but everything I ever have with blueberry tastes bad. Kind of sort of wish I tried it.

Rebrewed this again today with pointers you suggested grain reaper. OG 1.054 thanks for the tips!

Thank you for that information. When my other fermenter is free I'll use same ingredienty and technique you described and let you know the difference. As well as crush the grain finer. Also since I missed the mark quite a bit will it greatly effect the out come?

I used the crusher at the store I'm not sure what it was set to the grain didn't look all that different. I'm not sure of what split spare is, but I mashed at 148 let it sit the hour then added 212 and let it sit 10 minutes and drained. I then added 3.5 gallon of 169 degree water and ran it...

Brewed this today OG came out to be 1.042 which bums me out a bit because everyone seems to be hitting 1.055 plus. Not sure where I went wrong followed directions exactly.