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I have had some corny kegs in storage for a few years that were used and I never refurbished them. Tonight I decided to attack one of them but in the end it won. The liquid side post would not budge. I tried everything: cheater bar, impact wrench, heating with a torch and even had my neighbor...

I have two of the blichmann burners and have been dissappointed with the time it takes to heat up water. I brewed on big brew day and it took well over and hour and a half to get to boil. I thought it might be that burner and regulator so when I got home I fired up my other one and the...

So I brewed 11 gallons of the Wit on Big Brew Day May 7th. I recently kegged it into 2 separate corny kegs but I had 1 gallon left. I was out of corny kegs except for a keg that had about 1 gallon of Ed Wort's Apfelwein in it. I decided to try an experiment and blend the 2 together. I left...

So I decided to plumb my brewstand for propane using a single tank and regulator. I was so confused with all the different pieces I couldn't get it all straight in my head. I been looking at for a week and had nothing done...just ideas. This morning I took my burners down the the propane...

This is my brewstand. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My brewstand is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My brewstand, without me, is useless. Without my brewstand, I am useless. Spent the last couple of days building a 3-tier wood...

Step 1 - Recruit dad to wash bottles and stick them in Dishwasher with heat cycle on. Step 2 - Recruit dad to sanitize bottles and place on tree Step 3 - Recruit dad make priming sugar and pour in bucket with beer and stir. Step 4 - Fill bottles with beer Step 5 - Place caps on...

Is it possible to grind the names off kegs and polish them back to a smooth finish? I have an AB keg that I just converted for my MLT. I bought this keg from a scrapyard and it has some dings in it which don't really bother me. What bothers me is my nice new MLT advertises for Anheiser-Busch...

So today I decided to tackle my HLT build. I watched some of the standard videos like the ones BobbyM does and then had a homebrew to muster up the courage to start cutting. Safety glasses...Check. Ear protection....Check. Correct cutting wheel size for grinder...FAIL! So of to home depot I...

So I ordered a sight glass/thermo kit from BobbyM and when I got it in the mail on Tuesday I pulled it out of the box and immediately saw something wrong. You see I am an engineering design tech/survey tech by trade and immediately noticed that the sight glass was threaded in at a wierd angle...

Are any of you doing odd batch sizes. Just wondering what the pros and cons might be. I am thinking of going to 8 gallon batches and fermenting in Corny kegs. I have 8 corny kegs with red tops and I am thinking rather than let them sit there I should convert them into fermenters and split 8...

I have a five circuit cold plate for sale. I have never used this. I got it from a soda plant that was getting rid of surplus equipment. It is used and needs cleaning. It has the threaded fittings on it not the hose barb type. I would like to get $75 plus actual shipping cost. It is heavy...

I was going to brew today and when I turned on my propane tank I heard propane coming out of the regulator. I turned everything off and waited for 10-15 minutes and tried again but no luck. I know these regulators are finicky but how do you reset one? I tried all afternoon to get it working...

This is the day I have been waiting for. I was so nervous. The only brewing I have done is with a brewclub clinic and it was extract. I decided to give brewing a shot but skipped the extracts and went for PM. I did a few things I am not sure about but the final result looked ok. First: I...

Just starting out gathering equipment and wonder what kind of increase I should expect in my electric bill. I realize there are many factors that will affect cost, but I just want to know in general. I have an extra fridge made in 1990's and an old can coke machine that I gutted so it has no...

Today I got home and my dad left this along with 4 corny kegs on my porch. He works in the C02/ Fountain dept at local Coke company. I am just getting my equipment together to start brewing and have been asking him if they have stuff laying around that they dont use anymore. Not sure what...

I am new to this site so I thought it was time for an introduction. I am really doing research right now because I have yet to brew anything. I have spent the last few months working on a kitchen remodel so my homebrewing start was delayed. I have purchased some of the beginner equipment and...