Recent content by squintyjay

I agree, I'd say best to give it a bit more time. Though I do remember how hard it was to wait with my first few batches!! I generally leave mine in primary for 2 weeks minimum (though the odd 12-13 day slips in sometimes depending on the recipe and my schedule!). +1 on the relax, don't...

+1 for submerging your set up. I was going through 5lb tanks much much faster than I'd anticipated but wasn't able to find any leaks using the star san or soapy water spray tests. After getting totally frustrated I started submerging parts of my gas system and found a leaky ballvalve on my...

Followed your advice and found one of the ball valves that attached to the manifold was leaking!! Man, I feel stupid for not testing it out earlier (like 3 co2 tanks ago!). Thanks for the tip and the help!!!!!

That's a great idea, thanks. If I can't find a leak elsewhere that's the next step. I'd sleep a lot better at night if I was more confident there wasn't a leak somewhere! I'd thought the soapy and starsan tests would've caught it but guess it's possible for one to slip by!

Thanks for all the tips, you guys are great. I'll give the poppets and posts another inspection. Never thought of compressed air - great idea thanks.

Thanks guys, sounds like that may be my issue. For cleaning I don't fully pressurize, just hook up for a few seconds to get it going.... Co2 is crazy expensive where I live. I'm trying to find a new local supplier but the place I've been going charges $32 for a 5lb tank exchange (they do...

Hi all, I've searched for this and haven't seemed to find a similar topic... apologies if I've missed it (found threads about cleaning co2 lines etc). I'm fairly new to kegging, started in March of this year, but have been blowing through CO2 tanks much faster than I'd anticipated. My...

Thanks very much Phil, sounds good!

Well the first keg of this brew sure didn't last long (anyone else have that problem? haha) so I'm back at it for another brew today. With a few other AG brews now under my belt since my first attempt I'm trying to get my system down. I'm using Beersmith now and trying to get it all...

Brewed this as my first all grain here too. Everything seemed to go off about as well as I could've expected (with the odd spill, curse and lessons learned along the way!). Had to substitute Munich instead of the Vienna so not sure how much impact it will have on the outcome but hope to...