Recent content by willkere

My raccoons want my beer

My raccoons want my beer

From my understanding, you can really use anything that has a decent seal to carry your beer to a party. You won't really have to worry about light or much carbonation loss if you fill before you leave. If this is something you want to fill up say a week before a party then I would treat the...

I'm curious why people make the collars for the chest freezers? I have a freezer with 6 kegs and a tower tap but never understood why make a collar. I'll put some pics of mine up later tonight. Is it a height problem? or just the look?

What are we talking "super expensive" is for the mix?

I've used Wyeast that had two packs inside before. I was worried once when I pitched my yeast and the pack fell out and only one was punctured. I talked to a guy at my LHBS and he said that there is usually one but it isn't that uncommon to get two.

Ironically, I'm having the same problem with a spiced winter ale but mine was only off a little bit. The kit says OG should be 1.047 and I got 1.043 after temp correction. I stirred the hell out of it to airate so I don't think it is that. I'm not too worried but my OG on my last three batches...

I just have mine in a glass of water.

With turkey day over, a lot of stores that don't sell them year round will be trying to get rid of anything they have left over. You should check some stores. Last week I got a burner/stand, a 7.5 gal kettle, and thermometer set for $30 at target. Its not the best but it works well.

So did anyone actually find out if a homedepot bucket is foodgrade? That would be way cheaper than buying primaries from LHBS. Plus if it gets scratched up or something I can just throw it out.

I had the same problem with a cheap one I got at target for $30. Sometime the flame was real small and turning the regulator on or off didn't do anything. What I realized is that the nob on the regulator was slipping or something and the valve wasn't actually turning. If I pushed down on it and...

Another thing to think about: It was made for 2 sankes, once you put two cornys in you will have a lot of room left over. That means that you will want to put 3 more cornys in and then you have to buy an expensive 5 tap T-tower. At least that's what happened to me. If you only plan on...

As far as I know, most thermomters are not made out of mercury anymore. But either way the actual temperature tube didn't break, just the glass outer casing. My thought is that I will easily be able to get any glass out when I rack to my secondary and then once again to my keg. Also if it...

I don't really want to toss it. I just don't want lead ball sitting in my wort for a week. Hopefully they are just steel. I'm going to try and do some research on what they are.

I just finished brewing a banch and closing up my primary after pouring in the yeast and I noticed that I broke the glass of my thermometer. It is one of the floating types. The bottom glass broke and some of the metal balls that are used for weight might be gone (I can't tell). I think it...