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    sanke D "wing handle" coupler disassembly

    Wing handle style that twists as shown here How do I take this apart? I've removed the c-clip and other bits, but I can't seem to find the trick to remove the liquid probe from the coupler body. Any tips?
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    plastic red gas-in and beer-out corny fittings leak - out of spec?

    I've never had this much trouble before. I've leak checked and replaced poppets, o-rings, etc., and this one has me stumped. I have those plastic red pin-lock fittings for my cornies and one of them routinely leaks and simply won't seal. It is the interface between the ID of the fitting...
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    are the gas and beer poppets identical?

    I'm looking at this site because some of my poppets are a bit worn out. LINK Do the beer and gas posts each use the same poppet? Are there exceptions? (i have spartanburg, cornelius, and firestone kegs needing to be rebuilt.) Thanks.
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    wood framed brew stand - creator?

    Anyone know who made this? I'm looking for build plans. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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    built-in chiller in boil kettle and HLT

    I have a variant of the 3 keggle gravity fed type of system. Planning to go horizontal and add a pump. Plan is to use a stainless coil up against the ID bulkhead of the 2 keggles with welded joints through the bulkheads. When finished with the boil, I'll dump a 10lb bag of ice into the...
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    beer backflow into CO2 line

    Well crap. This is about the 5th batch I've kegged but I've never had this problem before. About an hour after turning on the CO2 and putting the keg in the fridge, (35psi) I go down and see bubbling in the CO2 incoming line. I lift up the line and there's a few inches of beer in there...
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    are corny lid vents easy to replace?

    I have 3 lids like this: I want to have lids like this or like this I'm assuming these are stamped or cast 304 stainless lids. Anybody ever mod these? I can weld them easy enough, but was thinking of simply machining them out and replacing them with a swagelock...
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    best site glass and how to get it really low

    Currently have the couplings high enough on the keg walls that with the 90 deg turn and all in the sight glass, i hit the 5 gal mark before i see indications. Would like to get it down lower. Also, the 90 deg compression fitting and o-rings is kinda flimsy. What's the preferred site glass...
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    Is yeast/trub separation really necessary in harvesting?

    I've had lots of success harvesting yeast. Typically, I just use the autosiphon to suck about 5 oz into a glass container after racking to keg or bottling bucket. Just suck it right off the top of the primary. Yes, it has some trub mixed in, but I use it quickly again and figure it's just...
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    copper quick-release fittings? how to disconnect easily

    Right now, my 3-keg system uses a copper tube, hand-bent down to the bottom with a stainless braid. I'm building a copper ring manifold and something profoundly simple is stumping me. If you pre-build a manifold, how do you screw it into the coupling inside the keg? Is there some sort of...
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    ginger root powder quantity conversion

    I'm brewing a steeeenky saison and the recipe calls for 0.17 oz of ginger root. All I could find was the dried, ground, powdered ginger in the spices section of the grocery store. Any tips on determining how to measure out the amount? Is there a strong difference between fresh ground and...
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    Any metallurgists or chemists in the house?

    Getting ready to solder some copper bits for V2.0 of the dip tubes and such. Previously, I just used bendable copper but i'm going to be welding my keggle fittings and doing the proper soldering gig. Can anyone tell me why silver-based solder is preferred to normal plumbing lead-free...
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    solder-less copper bits and solder types

    I do the 3-tier keggle all-grain gravity thing with the cornys and the fridge. Been there done that but I'm planning to make some hardware changes and despite this being mashed out heaps of times, I can't seem to find the topic. Somewhere I read where folks assembled their internal pickup...
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