Recent content by rakes

Well, after refitting several of my kegs with the new poppets, and stopping every leak, I am having flow problems with one, as Z24B describes... I first thought it was a frozen line, and swapped it. The second QD and line worked better, and as I checked the QDs, there was a small difference...

Haven't had to replace those yet.

I had bought 8 a few months ago, and just got 6 more. With the first hint of hiss, or leaking, I replace one. They're great, seal really well, and are easy to deal with.

I opted out of the egg as I have a friend w/ an egg allergy. I pan fry them and they hold up very well - might not so much on the grill. I even try minimize the amount of breadcrumbs and only just use to help hold them together. They're very good pan fried with just a small amount of olive...

Here is my recipe for Black Bean, Bulgur and Spent Grain Burgers Prepare 1 cup dry black beans, soaked, cooked for 30mins, resulting in approx 2 cups beans 1/2 –1 cup bulgur, soaked until soft (can also use some buckwheat grains), then drained 1 cup spent grains (can use more...

I have a 5 gal capacity (if filled to the top) Playmate cooler. Will this be too large to do PM batches? I was planning to mash about 4lbs total grains, but could step it up some as well for future brews...

The attached picture is from my recent Copper Ale. Its been in 2ndary for 3 weeks; and dry hopped for the last 2 weeks. The foamy layer has persisted the entire time, and there are still quite a few floaters not settling. No airlock pressure. is it time to be more patient, or rack to a keg and...

I used my first packet of Pacman about two weeks ago (also dated Dec)- no starter, but smacked about a day prior to pitching. Very good activity in about 15-20 hrs. I then reused the Pacman yeast cake whole, pitching a Pale Ale right on top, 5 days later for a second use. 5hrs in was quite...

After years of various siphon methods, finally got the auto-siphon. Should have gotten it years ago.:mug:

got the check valve the next day.

All of a sudden my regulator seems to be sputtering a bit and the needle wavering some. No hissing it seems. Its a 10# tank, fairly new (only through 3 kegs and fermenter purging) so it shouldn't be empty - the guage still reads above the red line. Several weeks ago I did get some beer up the...

Here's my first label attempt, still needs some work and text refinement. :mug: For the beer thats about to be.

I'm thinking of trying this for the first time with my next batch - I've got a great fermentation going now that I'd like to replicate. My question is about adding the new wort to the cake. I dont get a full boil, only about 3g. Would you add the wort then the topoff? water first? mix in...

I've notched an old lid. fits pretty well and easy to slip on and off. Also have a 3000' roll of plastic/food wrap from Costco that I use to cover stuff after cleaning. Also wrap whatever was just sanatized. Not something I obsess over, but SWMBO wanted the smaller roll and now I own 3000':mug:

Welcome back as well. I started in 85, just got back into it after 10 years off. Most of the equipment was in the basement and salvageable, but I've tossed most of the bottles and now kegging. I have 4 kegs, and about to get the third filled. Bottling was one of the reasons I took 10yrs off...