Recent content by Rubicon

I’m thinking the are 2+ years in a bag. Not that I’m trying to rush thru them, but I also don’t want them to hang around in the brew room either. Brew a few different black beers and see what ones I like the most.

So I found a deal on dark roast malt ( 3lbs of chocolate, 3 lbs kiln black, 4 lbs pale chocolate, 8lbs carafa special 3, 4lbs of carafa special 2) plus bags of hops, so now I’m trying to come up with a recipe to use them up! I know it will be a stout or porter or black ipa, what’s out their that...

I picked up another keg this afternoon, so I'll try running some starsan thru it and see what happens. I keep bleeding the CO2 out, and it's finally getting better, I am get a 3/4 full glass of draft and the rest is foam. Serving pressure is closer now to 8 psi, it's getting better, I guess it's...

So I was told we were having a dinner party, so I didn't get to play with my beer. So to answer the questions, no I replaced the line from the tap down to the quick disconnect. It's proper 3/16 beer line, yes the lines are tight and the clamps are tight as well. What I did find was if I do a...

I have poppets with feet, I removed and reseated them and the issue stays. As for how long do I have the door open, sometimes as long as it takes to pour a foam glass, or just to check and see how much co2 is in the line, or just to bleed the head pressure off the keg. Not sure if it makes a...

Yes the keg post are tight "O" rings are lubed. No the beer is still carbonated after the foam subsides/drunk off the top.

Yes the keg post are tight and the "o" rings are lube. No once the beer settles down to a liquid, it's still has bubbles in it, it's defeniatly not flat. It's taste like draft beer that you would buy in a restaurant. I found even if I take the head pressure off, And turn the co2 on to push...

So I searched before I ask, so this is my first time kegging, and no matter what I do I keep getting glasses full of foam. I'm running out of ideas So things I have tried/done - I have approx 10 ft of 3/16 beer line to the tap ", up from the 4 ft I got with the kegerator. - a tower cooler...