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I own two kegs, an actual Cornelius and a Challenger VI. At the time I bought them, I thought "Corny keg" was it and no other differences. At some point, I decided to replace all the o-rings, including the poppet o-rings and poppets themselves. Well, the liquid post on the Cornelius keg hasn't...

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I've been reading and re-reading the last few days. Let me start again. Apologies. I'm really struggling with this. I mashed 12lb of Maris Otter into 7.5 gal water. I lost .75 gallons to grain absorption. Therefore, 6.75 gallons of wort pre-boil. I got 1.039 for my pre-boil gravity...

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I'm missing something completely obvious I'm sure; how are you all getting 71%?

That helped a lot, thanks. My hydrometer is calibrated for 60F. That means my pre-boil gravity was 1.039, still way off from 1.057. I'm reading John Palmer's book, Ch 12 Mash Efficiency. According to the formulas given, 6.75gal pre-boil * 39 points / 12lb grain = 22 points My grain's...

I mashed with the full volume of water; 7.5 gallons. No sparge. The numbers I got came from the Brewfather app. 1.057 pre-boil and 1.065 OG, so I misread the 1.057 as OG earlier. I ended up with 5.25 gallons after the boil. When I chilled it down to 60F, the OG reading was 1.054, much more...

Today is my first BIAB batch. It's 5 gallons, and I have 12lb Maris Otter and 3oz Mosaic. I mashed with 7.5gal of water at 154-156F for 60 minutes and my pre-boil gravity is 1.020, well below the target of 1.057. That's measured with the hydrometer floating in the kettle at 154F. Here's my...

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Selling a capper, caps and floating thermometer that I don't need anymore. $30 shipped or make an offer.

I see. I wasn't aware of that. This is the only keg I've ever dealt with and I've put 5 batches of cider through and I suppose I've just gotten lucky so far! I'll look into replacing it with the proper part.

Yes, I should have said that. It's part #3, inside the disconnect, but I don't need the whole part, just the o-ring.

Good afternoon. I have a ball-lock Corny keg. What is this piece actually called, and what size is the o-ring? I have tried searching various terms and have come up empty. Thanks in advance.

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