Recent content by TerryNJ

The kettle and the replacement stove both came this afternoon. The size of the 10 gallon kettle caught me off guard...it's huge. As others have mentioned, it'll have to go on the quick boil and the simmer burners due to it's size. I'll be brewing sometime in the next 3-4 days and will post...

I ordered a 10-gallon kettle which I am waiting to receive. The stove came in yesterday and an hour or so after it was installed and the delivery men left I noticed that the top of the back of the stove was dented it. They are going to delivery a replacement on Tuesday so I may be testing it...

I have a few Midwest gift certificates that I'm going to use. Their 8 and 10 gallon kettles both are 14" in diameter . Other than height restrictions with the hood\microwave (one kettle is 11" high and the other is 14") would one be better than the other if I started doing all grain in the future?

I guess if I get an 8 gallon kettle and have problems with the boil on the stove I can get a propane burner.

I know it's just a matter of time until I progress to outdoor brewing then to all-grain, etc. :) A couple of things that currently make me want to stay indoors: -having to setup outside...ie. plenty of counterspace in the kitchen -airborne nasties coming into contact with the wort...

I've heard of people using 2 burners. I'm thinking that the single 14,000 may be able to do 5 gallons by itself. I'd like to continue brewing indoors if possible rather than getting a separate propane burner.

Most normal gas stove burners put out 9,000 BTU's which is what I am currently using.

I am currently doing extract kits in a 3 gallon kettle indoors on my stove. I'm able to only boil about 2.5 gallons. We are getting a new stove this week that has a 14,000 BTU Quick Boil Burner. I'd like to get a larger kettle (looking at an 8 gallon) so I can do a full 5 gallon boil and am...

Yes my pour line is probably too short. Thanks for the pointers!

Yes when I taste test it, I turn down the pressure, release pressure from the keg and pour. Then I turn the pressure back up to 40 PSI and I hear the gas going back in. It's been a few days since I've checked on it so I'll do some leak testing tomorrow. When I last researched this awhile...

The keg has been at 36 degrees. Should I bring it up to 40? I'll check for leaks tomorrow.

I've had a 4 gallon batch of root beer at 40 PSI for about a month now and it hasn't carbonated. I need to get this out of the keg at this point. Can I add yeast and bottle it? I've read about rolling the keg to help carb it...is that the trick that I'm missing? Below is the recipe I...

I just did the same kit and kegged it about 3-4 days ago. I ziptied a brew bag to the "in" end of my autosiphon and it worked great. I boiled both the bag and ziptie to sanitize. It was a tight fit getting the autosiphon with the bag on it into the mouth of the glass carboy but it worked.

Did you try replacing the poppets?

+1 It'll be a good lesson on learning how kegs work.