Recent content by vNmd

I have made a shandy a couple of times and done the zesting of actual oranges & lemons, but I do a Blue Moon clone quite a bit and buy it in bottles and bags which is a lot easier, less messy, and easier to calculate amounts.

I am kind of a techie and after the initial hop addition and the foam recedes, I leave. I put a wireless web cam pointing at the flame to ensure it doesn't go out and monitor it from my office computer down stairs while watching videos, drinking beer, and smoking cigars. I might go up once a few...

With the boneyard being gone this doesn't mean as much as it used to :mad:

I use it regularly (85% food grade). Are you checking the pH while adding or did you calculate the amount from a calculator? I believe phosphoric is about half the amount needed as lactic acid used in ez water calc. I use that to calculate how much to add and haven't had any noticeable issues. I...

Hmm, name / logo facing camera - check. Ethnically diverse - check. Marketing department doing good so far. Whoa, Bud Light and beer day - marketing department goes back to drawing board :confused:

The only experience I have is with a very good lhbs that all types of brew is all they do and they have a couple grain mills for the customers to grind if they so choose. It is nice that your stores have classes. I kind of wish I had known about things like that when I started. It might have...

I know you are looking to take a simplistic approach, but the co2 volumes chart is a good resource, and you really only need to do it once for each type of brew. I also bottle from a keg with the beer gun. I go about 3+ over the pressure I would normally have. I use the volumes chart mainly to...

I never thought of keg lubing on the big o-ring. I just emptied that one but will try with water. Thanks

I lived overseas a good portion of my adult life so I have never done jury duty before this week. I was dreading it. I got the summons and was somehow picked (last one to be picked). I was hot under the collar that I was so close to getting out of it but failed. Fortunately the case was...

How often should the big O ring on a keg be replaced? I bought a new set when I bought a new (used) keg, but I noticed on one co2 was escaping through the seal. Not sure if they need replacing after a certain amount of use? That particular one is maybe a year & half old.

Another +1 for Wilserbrewer bags. I have done over 50 batches in my bag, squeezing each time, and it is still going strong. Don't know anything about the other one.

I read a thread I of course can't find now, but they had an external tank of co2 on the outside of their chest freezer and put the tube through the top door of a chest freezer and attached the manifold to the inside top of the freezer. I thought that was a great idea but when I looked at mine I...

Definitely helps and I just put an order to try them. I will also make sure not to fill my kegs as much.

When I started I had no idea what I was doing and I listened to the people here and got a 10 gal pot. Previously i did everything on the stove. When I got the pot I couldn't believe how big it was and wondered how would I ever use something that big, but it was the perfect size for my 5ish gal...

The only question would be did you use hot water with the oxyclean and how long did you leave it in there? I hate to ask, but it sounds like you did everything right. I have let stuff soak overnight or when ever I get back to it. Did you also get the tube brush to clean the "out" tube? Looks...