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I have a spare 5# CO2 tank and I was thinking it might be nice to put it in my fridge with a little 15L keg. I know they have those little taps that can take the little pellet gun style CO2 cartridges but that's pretty irritating. Is there a kit out there to use to convert to something usable?

I'm setting up a HERMs electric build. To that end I'm needing to drill out holes in some kegs. I started out using a punchout bit like this one. It stopped working about 3/4 of the way into the second hole. Then I got a 7/8" bit which hasn't had much better luck. What should I be doing...

I can't take credit for this but does it look like it would do the job? A guy in my LBC came up with it and it SEEMS like the idea is sound but... The tub comes from www.spraysmarter.com. It's 15 gallons for a hair under $60

I was thinking about some input I've gotten from several people in various threads and was thinking that if I were to not connect my Boil Kettle element to a PID would it be safe to wire it up to an appropriately sized contactor and then just hook up the coil on the contactor to a switch to...

I'm setting up for all grain with a 3 vessel HERMS and will be using a half barrel sized keggle. I am going to have some manner of mesh screen on the drain valve to prevent dregs from entering the pump/chiller/fermenter but I wonder where are the optimal places to put the ball valve for draining...

I used an angle grinder to cut the top off a half barrel keg to make a keggle and will be doing the same for my HLT. What is generally done for lids on these things? Or is that just skipped?

I keep looking at schematics and designs and before I actually put wire to anything I just want to be sure. In all of the designs I see it shows two hot wires going to the elements at 240v. I picked this one at random but they are all the same: JUST TO BE SURE, I'm running the two hots...

I'm looking for 2 things. The main one is a quick disconnect for my (eventual)HERMS system. Seems like these days all you can find anywhere is the Shark Bite style of quick CONNECT. I need something that will preferably shut of the flow when I disconnect it, like the kind you'd find on an air...

Where is a good place to get them for my eventual HERMS system?

OK, getting started brewing bigger batches. Going from standard 5 gallon to 10 or 15 gallon batches. My question is this: Do I need more yeast? I generally use an appropriate Wyeast pack. But to my line of thinking as long as the yeast is there it will continue to multiply until the "food"...

I am not a NEW brewer per se, been doing this for about 6 or 7 months, but I am going to start brewing bigger batches now. I just picked up 5 half barrel kegs. I know I'm going to turn one into a keggle but I'm curious if I could designate one as a primary and another as a secondary? Or do I...

I added a bilge fan to my keezer set up to push the cold air up and cirulate the it a little better. My question is should I set the fan to only activate at certain temps to save energy? I have a temp control module with two sets of control. I was thinking it might work to have it kick on at...

I've only been brewing for about 6 months and know only enough to know I need to know a lot more. So far I've had good luck and everything has tasted great. After a mammoth bottling session (11ish gallons in to 120 bottles) I decided it was time to start kegging. I've got 3 batches kegged now...

I live up in the northland by WoF but am interested in finding a group that gathers once or twice a month to talk shop and maybe trade a bottle or two. Anything like that around here?

I live up in the northland by WoF but am interested in finding a group that gathers once or twice a month to talk shop and maybe trade a bottle or two. Anything like that around here?

OK, I have a keezer that's approx 47"w x 22"l x 3.25' tall. It's tall enough I don't need a collar. Right now it's resting on a frame made from a 2x6 on heavy casters. The lid has a sheet of plywood on it that I plan to tile and trim. That's all fine. My question is how do I attach the...

OK, I picked up an old deep freeze and a temp control system. it's big enough to hold 6 corny kegs plus two 20# gas tanks. If I don't plan on throwing a fancy wood frame on it, and since it's tall enough not to need a collar, are there any special steps I'd need to take if I wanted to run the...

I have a pretty small CO2 tank and I'd rather not use it up to push cleaner thru the system if I don't have to. To that end I've rigged up a fitting to go from my air compressor to the gas line on the keg so I can push normal air in to run the cleaner. Provided the pressure isn't too high is...