Recent content by Sol

Good tips. Thanks all. I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how to cold crash in the fermentation cabinet I'm in the planning stages of now. I'm building a cabinet that'll house 2 carboys vertically, one on top of the other, using the guts of a minifridge. I may try putting the...

Thanks guys. I suppose I essentially cold crashed in kegs with the last few batches as I was trying to be careful when racking into the keg to leave as much of the trub behind as possible. I did prime in the kegs as opposed to force carbing, so I expected there to be a good amount of yeast in...

Hey guys, I've recently moved to kegging and am interested in cold crashing to clarify my beers as much as possible. I've read a little on gelatin and will consider that as well, but am trying to take this in baby steps. What I haven't been able to find is a step-by-step of how people...

In east county I go to B's Keg Beer: http://www.yelp.com/biz/bs-keg-beer-el-cajon They've got a good selection of craft brews. 5lb refills are $16 I think. They also deliver kegs, CO2 and have a $10 or $15 line-cleaning service. Never used their delivery or cleaning services though. And...

Considering SWMBO already being sightly annoyed, I would think putting a hole in an otherwise perfectly good fridge would be out. I vote axing the work fridge. It's a worthy, valiant cause...

Finally, officially broke her in over the long weekend. Killed the better part of the capacity of the keezer (20 gal) of homebrew with the help of a couple dozen friends (I've got < 4 gal left). Thankfully, got good reviews on the beer as well as the keezer. Now back to brewing to stock 'er...

Haven't used it myself, but have heard that Envirotex (http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_1990000000268425P?vName=For%20the%20Home&cName=Crafts&sName=Kits&psid=FROOGLE&sid=KDx20070926x00003a) is really simple to use and would give your copper a good protective finish.

PBW would work too. Let me expand a little more on what I've done. It may be a bit of overkill, but I'd rather be safe than sorry with the kegs. Again, I'm new to this as well, but can't think of anything wrong with this process. Remove in/out posts Remove poppets Remove dip tube Fill keg...

That's exactly what I did and it's worked fine so far!

Thanks gents! It's been a blast to build and even more to drink from! ;)

3 is no problem at all. I haven't tried a carboy but can take a look for you tonight.

I have the 7 cuft Holiday from Lowes and just wrapped up the build of my keezer. Just FYI, it BARELY fits 4 cornies. I had to take a mallet and bend part of the compressor hump in about 1/2" to get the 4th keg in. Made it thought. :rockin:

Looks great, man! How in the heck were you able to fit 6 kegs in there? That doesn't look much bigger than mine and I've dented the hell out of my compressor hump and one of my kegs jamming them in there! Is there a hidden collar under there?

Uber, I think it's all tit for tat. I'll be picking up some more insulation tape to do cover the lines on mine up to the shanks, but I'm not convinced it's necessary. I just finished force-carbing an apfelwein that had a less-than-perfect seal while priming so I hadn't pulled any pints for a...

Can you show us some pics of what you're working with? I built the PVC tower and insulated the hell out of it with insulation tape (3 layers over most of it) and the beer is always cold and the freezer only cycles a few times a day from what I can tell.