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looks like it is for a DIN fitting like this... http://www.gwkent.com/din-male-ferrule

I have not ever been a fan of the Perlick gas cocks on those regulators. I found that if they fail they are a PITA to check, and I have had many installs where we have removed and replaced them all (generally older installs so newer hardware may be fine) The Perlick secondary regulators are...

That setup sounds preferable from my perspective, but if you want greater flexibility there is another alternative. I am goingtoassume that the secondary regulators in your cooleraresimilarin design to the ones manufactured by Cornelius/Taprite/Micromatic etc being that there is a guage dialon...

Micromatic's blenders are made by McDantim. remove the small screw in the centre of the round brass piece and insert a 1/16" allen key. each full turn clockwise increases the CO2 % by approximately 3%. To reduce the CO2 % by 3% turn 2 turn counterclockwise followed by 1 turn clockwise. test...

The purpose of a creamer or stout faucet is to provide enough agitation to the beer to break almost all of the CO2 out of solution and produce a thick creamy head. It was intended to mimic the type of product dispensed from a hand-pump or 'beer engine" used for dispensing cask ales. Cask...

if the line is short (5 feet or so) the beer line should be 3/16"inside diameter, not 3/8" 2.4 v/v or 2.5 v/v CO2 (typical carbonation for microbrew/craft/homebrew ales) at 38deg F would require about 14PSI of 100% CO2 to maintain the correct carbonation level. To balance your pour speed...

that was an interesting article. Rather than roasting my own malt, I think I will just have to use a mix of malts. Maybe when I live somewhere that I can mess around with a home-made malt kiln I could give that a try.

I did some research a while back and found that early porters were made with 100% brown malt. I realize that with current malting practices and consistency that it is not likely that modern brown malt would have any diastatic enzymes. Does anyone know of a maltster that produces a brown malt...

I have had to set up some dispense systems at brewpubs that share this philosophy. We would employ 2 glycol systems each set at a different temperature and run the lagers and wheat ales at a colder temperature than the ales.The most challenging part of this was having the seasonal beers being...

I think that beer would be better warmer. My laundry room sits at around 54F so I would be keeping it out of the fridge and pressurizing at 18PSIG for 2.3v/v with just over 6' of restriction

At sea level 36F @ 10PSI you would net 2.5v/v A thing to keep in mind is that your regulator guage is going to show pressure over ambient. Therefore at sea level with an ambient pressure of 14.6PSI and a regulator PSIG (guage pressure) of 10PSI your "absolute pressure" in your keg is 24.6PSI...

My apologies. It is common for homebrewers to use 1/4"I.D. tubing since that is the typical diameter of the barbed fittings on cornelius keg quick disconnects. I see it all the time. What is your dispense temperature and carbonation level? 10' of 3/16" tubing with 0' of rise would balance at...

Musclebrew and Golddiggie are each talking about different types of tubing. Musclebrew is refering to 3/16" I.D. whereas Goldiggie is talking about 1/4" I.D. Industry standard for tubing on direct draw, or very short run systems is 3/16" I.D. vinyl tubing for lengths up to about 5' (max 6')...

1' of 3/16" I.D. vinyl tubing provides 2.5Lb to 3Lb of restriction to beer flow. Each vertical foot that your faucet is above the centre of your keg acounts for 0.5Lb of restriction to beer flow. So lets assume that you are dispensing your beer at 14 PSI of 100% CO2 to achieve or maintain your...

I work for a draught line service company. +1 on caustic soda, phosphoric acid for cleaning. However, before this profession I was a chef and have a great deal of experience having to clean commercial kitchen equipment, including some refurbishment, and renovation. In my experience NaOH...

welding old brittle plastic would give you freshly welded but still brittle plastic. Better off getting someone to mill new parts out of nylon.

I work for a draught beer system installation and service company. P.M. me your contact information and the model of the beer engine and I can check our suppliers. I would not hold out a great deal of hope for a quick reply personally, since the last time that we ordered anything from Homark it...

heat loss from your mash tun will only be through the outside walls, bottom, and top of your tun. Insulate better, or alternatively you could wrap a low wattage heater around the outside of your tun (like "Flexwatt Heat Tape" used for reptile tanks) under the insulation. Personally unless...

carboy cap. http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Universal-Carboy-Cap.html I frequently have the same problem. another advantage to carboy cap is when you are ready to rack you can pull out your airlock and put your siphon hose down through the same hole. Remove the other...

I have just racked my Xmas ale over into secondary and have given it a little taste. I started with a scotch ale recipe, targeting about 1.74 O.G. by adding sucrose and brown sugar (approx 7.5% ABV). I have spiced with 1oz. of curacau orange peel, 1oz. of crushed corriander seed (15 min boil), 3...