Recent content by mjl3434

Okay brewers, here's the deal. I've got a ton of freshly picked Chinook hops, as well as some frozen hops from last year. I'm looking for a good recipe to use them in. It would be cool to do some dry hopping in the secondary as well. I have pretty much exclusively been brewing Belgian Tripel...

So I managed to replace my lines for this kegerator. It was much more difficult than I expected, so here's a few tips for anyone looking to do something similar: 1. Those funny looking tools i.e. keg wrench which come with it are absolutely necessary for taking it apart and putting it back...

I've got a "Nostalgia Electrics KRS-2150 Kegorator". It has two issues I would like to fix, it doesn't get cold enough, and the CO2 lines are too short. Returning it is not an option. With the temperature setting turned all the way down it only gets down to 45 F. The beer line is only about 5'...

I probably do have lines which are too short. I believe they are about 5 feet. As far as one tank of CO2 goes that is correct. I don't have leaks, I check with soapy water. What I do have is a bottom of the barrel cheap Chinese kegerator which despite being $500 out the door, only came with a...

I just wanted to share my experience with my second time kegging, without any specific question. I filled my keg on a Thursday night, only to discover I was out of CO2. I went and got some gas on Friday, and seeing how I had trouble with over-carbonation with my first keg, I decided to do the...

Yes your wisdom is probably correct, it would have made sense just to send it back and get a new one. Regardless I got so frustrated with the quality of this thing that I already bought a higher quality one. And yes it *does* suck that I can't play with my new toy. Just to follow up I did...

Okay so I tried the procedure you linked to, repeated here: 1. Do this outside!!! 2. Disconnect the line going from the regulator to the keg. 3. With the CO2 tank valve closed, turn the adjust screw in as far as it will go. 4. Rapidly open & close the CO2 tank valve a few times - each time...

Okay I'll try the procedure when I get home tonight, and report results. Can I at least confirm that this is not supposed to happen normally when there's nothing attached? Even if the red gas-out valve is closed the PRV shouldn't be blowing even when a full CO2 tank is attached & open, is...

I unscrewed the PRV to see if there was anything visible clogging the valve preventing it from closing. There was nothing (which is what you would expect since this is brand new). It does look like the PRV is still somewhat "open" even when it's closed. It's almost like there's not enough force...

I just got my CO2 tank filled for the first time. The guy who filled it tested out the regulator and said it was broken. When the knob on the CO2 tank was opened, gas would leak out of the blow off valve on the regulator. He showed me that with another regulator, when the red gas-out valve was...