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Bringing an old post of mine back from the dead, but I figured I should share my findings in case anyone actually reads this. (Kinda doubt it, based on the lack of replies, but what the heck... Maybe I'll help someone else out.) It was exactly as I assumed... I had a bottle of "beer mix" gas...

Hey guys, I bought a full set up from Keg Outlet about a year ago to cold brew coffee and nitrogen pour it from my keg fridge. I've made 10 or so batches in that time. I'm using a 1 to 1.5 ratio of lbs. of ground coffee to RO water, as suggested by the Cold Brew Guide that Keg Outlet offers...

I brewed a batch about 5 weeks ago and I used my immersion chiller for the first time. I was stoked about how quickly it cooled my boil, but living in San Diego -- where we're currently under mandatory water rationing because of the drought -- I was concerned about the amount of water I was...

An old bottling bucket, some 3/8 vinyl tubing, a $19 fountain pump, and a couple of bags of ice -- and you've got a water-saving version of an immersion chiller!

My version of a low water usage version of an immersion chiller

First of all, thanks for the quick reply and the detailed explanation on why my idea wouldn't work (saved me a trip to Home Depot!) Anyway, I'm partial mashing (and then typically using liquid extract). So, I'm using a grain bag with varying quantities of milled grain for the "mash" (depending...

Hey All, I just brewed a 5 gallon partial mash batch using my new 8.5 gallon stainless boil kettle. During the mash phase, I noticed that the amount of water the recipe called for wasn't enough to reach the thermometer post (standard setup, I think... two holes in the kettle, ball valve in...

I do the same thing, except I put the glasses into the freezer after the rinse... Microbes/shmicrobes after that... Sorry, not really an answer to the OP's question, but it's great when I want to grab a cold beer off the keg fridge! :mug:

...and if you DO decide to brew, keep all of the bottles from your $16 six packs bought in town and bottle in those! :D

After a few basics like an auto-siphon and a second glass carboy for racking to secondary, my first REAL upgrade was a thermostat for the keg fridge to regulate fermentation temps... GREAT for Summer brewing (when you have no A/C)! Downfall? No room for a keg in the fridge while brewing...

"RDWHAHB"... Something I CONTINUALLY forget! Thanks to all for the advice and encouragement. Gonna stick it out and see what happens. Checked it out this AM, bung is still on tight and the yeast is plugging away doing it's thing. With any luck (which, according to my buddies, I have VERY...

Been brewing for a couple of years now, but still consider myself a noob... Went through all the work to put together a partial mash chocolate porter yesterday (5 gallon batch): 8 lbs. light malt extract (liquid) .5 lbs of each: - caramel malt - chocolate malt - carapils malt - flaked oats .25...