Recent content by pdc7897

Hey there everyone. I hate it when a thread goes unresolved so I wanted to chime back in say that Marc1's advice was spot on. The 5/16 passthrough in my kegerator was big enough for two Evabarrier 8mm lines as well as the probe for my temp controller.

Thanks Marc, I'll look into that. The hole has a little bit of wiggle room with a 5/16 ID gas line and I think its 9/16 OD on that hose. 8mm is roughly 5/16 so two of them may just barely fit. If I'm lucky there will be enough room above or below them to fit the probe as well.

Hey there, Just getting back into homebrewing after probably a year or more absence. In any case I just put my first new batch into the kegerator and had to spruce it up a bit. A friend of mine was about to throw away an old solid brass perlick two faucet tower and I had him redirect it to my...

I guess ill get in line as well. Sent a PM to be sure

Ok, so first some background. I am in the process of building a E-HERMS system using 3 kegs. I have 1 bud style (BK) and 2 coors style (MLT, HLT) currently. I just aquired another bud style keg and plan on replacing the MLT coors style keg. I dont believe there is a functional difference, i just...

thanks for that info feinbera, thats exactly what im looking to do.

NicoleBrewer, Thanks for taking the time to respond. Yeah i know its going to take a lot of my time, especially in the beginning. At some point i will have to weigh the personal cost into the equation (my wife is very supportive right now but its all hypothetical). Im an engineer so risk...

Thanks Pie Man for the advice, I will listen to that podcast and try to absorb some knowledge. I am actually in the middle of building a 10gal/batch all electric system but after looking into it, its not really that much more cost to upgrade to 55gal drums and do a 1bbl (besides fermenters). If...

Just like a lot of other home-brewers I've dreamed of making a living by selling my beer. Obviously like a lot of home-brewers i also have commitments to my family and banks that prevent me from jumping in the deep end and giving up my job to brew beer for a living. Plus the initial start-up...

Force carbed 29psi @ 41degf This is the second weizen that i havent been able to dispense. I have the regulator at 29psi, and have approx. 13ft of 3/16ID line to slow it down before coming out of the tap. I still get at least a glass of foam before it starts to pour right. and it tastes kind...

so basically your saying to use the the MLT like a strainer. So put grains and water in the boil kettle, use that to hit my mash points, then pour it all in the mlt. Drain and sparge as usual. How long do you normally let it all settle before draining back into the boil kettle?

I want to make sure im doing things correctly. Im brewing up a dunkel. http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-Dunkelweizen.pdf Id like to do the multi-step mashing process if possible. My MLT is a converted 52qt Coleman Xtreme cooler. So there are 4 temps i need to hit...

I havent bought the cooler yet. Planning on doing it this week. My thought was that if i went too big my grain bed wouldnt be tall enough to be an effective filter. if i got the coleman extreme 62qt would that be too big for a normal 5 gallon batch? or should i drop to the 50qt version (looks to...

I forgot to mention that i also got 2oz of cascade leaf hops to dry hop in the secondary. lol

Hey, So im trying to step up to all grain brewing. I love hoppy beers so my first all grain brew is going to be 115th dream hopbursted IPA that i got from northernbrewer.com...