Search results

so i started the back braking project of keg polishing yesterday and used gator grite finishing pads anf polioshinbg pads and i used a ryobi polish since there was none at lowes where i bough pads. now at the end of all of that the keg is covered in some black crap. is there a step im missing...

so i finally finished cleaning up all the slag that was all over the inside of my keggle from being cut with plasma cutter. i spent a few days cleaning and grinding and scrubbing wit BKF and letting it sit on it over night to treat the steel. now that i finished that apparently the keggle wasnt...

on my MLT i have a flase bottom with a 3/8 elbow on it which leads into a 3/8 barbed fitting then that goes into a bulkhead and then my 1/2 ball valve. for the outlet i wanted to use camlocks. 1/2 since all the rest of them i plan to have the same size. will the fact that it is 3/8 and...

i got two kegs sent them out to get cut with plasma cutter and when i got them back the inside is covered with rust it looks like. and its kind hard to take off. is it becuase of plasma cutter? or is it just surface rust that will easily come off? does this usually hppen with keggles? What is...

im trying to polish up my keggles. i used an angle die grinder with a roloc disc on it not sure what grit it was im guessing medium. anyways i took the first layer off and im about to get into using a fine disc and then polishing. is it ok to use a random orbit sander on something like this? i...

how much sun do hops need a day like what is the lowest and what is too much? ive been in the process of moving and trying to do a transplant of cascade and fuggles that i had in the ground at my former residence. and now at the new place im at there is working being down so this year i cant...

when im dry hopping with whole hops should i be sinking them to the bottom or can i just let them float on the top? does the same thing apply for pellets and plugs? if they do need to be sunk what do you use to weigh them down? put them in a bag with marbles or something like that?

will nugget hops do well in Massachusetts?

Im living in massachusetts, i grew some hops last year Cascade and Fuggle. The cascades came out great (planted in the ground) and the fuggles didnt (planted in pots). Now i picked up some Mt. Hood rhizomes and im going to be planting them also (most likely in the ground). I also am planning on...

do i still need to create whirlpool in kettle if i have a false bottom? i guess what im asking is does creating a whirlpool do anything else besides bring all the hot break and debris to the center? and would doing something like that cause my false bottom too clog?

i had three cascade rhizomes planted them in the ground two grew and one didn't make it :( ive since dug them up roots and all and brought them to a different location because i moved. will they be ok and give me a second year yield? or am i just basically starting all over?

what is best way to transfer wort from MLT to kettle. pump it in from the bottom or pumo it in from the top? im using 10gal cooler for MLT and have a keg im converting into ketle just wondering if i need a valve on the bottom or one on the bottom and the top.

new member this site is so helpful already! im making jump to all grain and i got a couple kegs i plan on using for HLT and Boil Kettle, and I have a 10 gallon cooler ive alreay converted to MLT it has false bottom and a ball valve on the bottom only. I want to go with single tier setup using a...