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  1. J

    Faucet Locks

    Looking for two perlick faucet locks. New or Like New. Looking for a good buy not retail price. Thanks
  2. J

    Runaway Regulator

    I have been kegging for about a year or so. I have had this issue a few times in that year and I was hoping to get some help with it. I set my regulator in my kegerator at 12psi and don't mess with it. Every once in a while I will pour a beer and have a lot of head. When I pull kegs out to...
  3. J

    Steeping Temp got to 174 am I hosed

    Figured I would be good, but wanted to get an experience opinion. Thanks guys for the quick reply
  4. J

    Steeping Temp got to 174 am I hosed

    I usually steep in my 10gal pot, but read about only doing 3L per lb of speciality. So I bought a small 8L pot and was trying to do it stove top. Stupid electric range and busy doing other things my water temp got to 174 for a short period (2-4min). Am I hosed now.
  5. J

    ? about something I read in BYO

    I was able to get a water report from the city prior to starting brewing and the water is within all the chemistry levels called out in Palmer's book. So it sound like I need to get a pH meter. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good quality but not super expensive pH meter.
  6. J

    ? about something I read in BYO

    So if I reduce my water to the suggested 3 quarts to 1lb specialty grain. My pH will naturally adjust to the 5.8 assuming that tap water is ~7 to start with?
  7. J

    ? about something I read in BYO

    So would it be adviseable to steep my grains on the stove top in a small pot since I am only looking at 1 to 2 gallons and then add it to my 10 gallon brewpot with the other water and bring it to a boil. Also, would it hurt to take this gallon or 2 of 155 degree water and add it to water that...
  8. J

    ? about something I read in BYO

    So reading over the Sept. Issue of BYO in the Trouble Shooting article there is a chart. Under the astringency category for extract is says this can be caused by steeping grains in to much water (over 3 quarts water per pound grain). I do full boils, around 6.5gal to start with. Therefore if...
  9. J

    Caribou Slobber additions

    I have a keg of caribou slobber on picnic tap in the kegerator right now. Taste great, however I have been combining it with NB tongue splitter that I dry hopped for to long and has a very strong lingering bitterness. The 50/50 mix is really very good. Starts off with the sweetness and...
  10. J

    Cleaning question

    I have been brewing for about a year now and have ~10 5gallon extract batches under my belt. My question is should I be using a cleaner like PBW before each batch. I make sure to hit everything liberally with starsan, but haven't ever had a real dirty issue that would require PBW. After each...
  11. J

    F'd up with pool water

    Slow is more effiecient in water usage and temp drop/gallon water. Full tilt will cool the fastest, but you use a lot more water. I used to try to vary the flow depending on where my temp was to get a happy medium. The last two batches I just opened her up. I also would have thought...
  12. J

    CL 10 gal system (Not Mine) $500 Cbus OH

    Going to have to pass. Don't have the space for it. Happy with my 10 gallon pot and extract brew.
  13. J

    CL 10 gal system (Not Mine) $500 Cbus OH

    Wow, I live near columbus and a firearms dealer, but not sure I am ready to jump up to 10 gal AG system yet.
  14. J

    New Hopping method did not go as planned

    I have been hitting my numbers so I do not think it is part of fermentation
  15. J

    New Hopping method did not go as planned

    I had been having issues with my beer seeming to sweet in my opinion. I spoke to a local craft brewer and he asked how I was adding my hops. I had been using muslin bags and only simmer boiling. He suggested I add the hops straight to the batch not in a bag and get a good boil going. So I...
  16. J

    Just not tasting correct

    Yeah I understand that now. Before I would get to a simmer and drop the burner down to save gas.
  17. J

    Just not tasting correct

    I have multiple batches that have come out to sweet in my opinion. An Imperial Pale ale, a Hobgoblin Clone- It ends well but starts to sweet, I just finished a red ale that was also on the sweet side. I tapped and tasted a dirty bastard clone-which is still green, and NB caribou slobber, and...
  18. J

    Just not tasting correct

    Yes full boils. I do not tie the bags tight to pellet hops, but by the end of the boil my hops bags are balloned and full of wet pellets
  19. J

    Just not tasting correct

    I am new to brewing, and now have 9 batches under my belt. 4 of kegged a few weeks ago. I have noticed that each batch has seen a little sweet. In prepping for a party tomorrow night I tapped and tried these 4 kegs and like the others unless I am dry hopping they seem to be sweet to me. I am...
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