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thanks for the quick response. It looks like it's coming clean in PBW. I'm going to disassemble the valve and check that out as well.

I found an old ported Better Bottle with sediment from maybe around a year in it. I guess it was an old fermentation and the bottle had never been cleaned. Should I use it or toss it? I have cleaner. I just wasn't sure how much the plastic would absorb over a year's time and maybe make the...

Damn I want that nice shiny keg. I think I pee'd just a bit when I saw it. edit: oh wait.. I just saw your keg polishing thread. NICE!

I think it needs more of a kick. If I get a chance this weekend, I'll dick around with some ideas and post it.

using the SS braided hose w/copper pipe insert from my old igloo cooler. Works fine and already paid for.

yeah those are the ones that sound like jet engines. I know.. I have one. The kick a poo is better and quieter.

he broke a 6 gal carboy. I'd never recommend a 5 gal replacement for 5 gal batches.

I use denatured alcohol with success when making slants.

could do that as a homebrewer too. I've seen a 3 bucket system. The top bucket holds the grain. The second bucket has a hopper inside with the mill mounted at the bottom, using a motor to push the mill. The bottom bucket collects it w/a hole cut on the side for the grain to escape once...

It should be noted that a restaurant (regardless of the franchised name) doesn't own kegs so they can't just get rid of them or sell them. I could care less who does what with kegs and how they get them, but yes, legally there is a problem obtaining kegs that way. As I posted above, I got a...

contacted the local brewery to see what kegs they're getting rid of to see if I could buy them. I gave them a price for 2 and they want me to stop by and take a look. I already have a keg, obtained from a friend.

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I've had the same 2 buckets for 10 years, which were my primaries when I first started, now are my cleaning buckets. With the correct mixture of pbw to water OR starsan to water, you shouldn't have any issues. Although I don't typically soak anything overnight as it's not needed. Just a...

I just pulled off my SS braided hose w/coupler/ball valve/bulkhead setup from my MLT cooler and dismantled it. I cleaned religiously after ever batch, but I can't recall ever taking apart the bulkhead. There was some serious nasty crap in the threading of the nipple and on both o-rings (each...

barkeeper's friend and others like that do the same thing, but cheaper.

find a server rack from a company going out of business, upgraded, or moving. Flip it on its side, cut or drill if you need to in order to make it work, add casters. Done.

step bits are easy and quick to use. Most people I hear prefer not to weld due to potential complications due to welding shops that don't normally do work like this. 2 people took welding classes and said they probably wouldn't touch sanitary welding on keggles. Also, weldless allows you to...

what size?

dremel tool to cut... needle nose pliers to pull out the plastic tube.. copper pipe with holes drilled in it inserted into the SS braided line to ensure it doesn't collapse on the weight of the grainbed... connected to the coupler inside the cooler via a SS hose clamp.

I've done 5 gal batches on 8gal pot w/no problems. you babysit when it comes to boil and set it from there.