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Trying to find if anyone has any experience with these things. I picked them up to age 5 gallons of my 10w50 (ten fidy clone) Russian Imperial Stout. 10.5% abv, dark roasty sweetness. It will be aging for another 4-5 months in a tertiary and then bulk aging in a keg when desired...

Let me start by saying that I am not affiliated with Taprite in any fashion. Some of you may recall that I had created a thread a few weeks ago regarding some issues with a "Perlick" stout faucet. (Original Thread)...

posted this in a local thread but want to get some advice on where i should go from here... "so.... was brewing an AG batch tonight, out of the front of my garage, minding my own business. got 25 minutes into the boil and some older guy drives up and summons me over to his car. asking what...

This past weekend I was given a beautiful Perlick Stainless Stout Faucet and regulator and i picked up a tank of G-mix to get it all setup. I'll run through the scenario. Party was happening Saturday night. So i kegged my chocolate milk stout and force carbed it overnight. i know this isnt my...

I recently just purchased a 20G Boilermaker. It came in last night so i decided to put to the test today. With the exception of it missing the mounting o-ring and hardware (and tools apparently) everything looks awesome. I had a friend who let me vulture some parts off of his spare keggle to get...

I previously had a thread trying to decide which burner to buy after my el cheapo gifto freebie junky turkey fryer burner kicked its last keg. Since my birthday and christmas are coming up, the rents decided to fund the purchase of a new Blichmann burner...i was a bit skeptical on it due to...

Well my burner kicked the bucket the other day (it was a freebie from a friend that included a wonderful 15 minute timer that had to be taped on to perform a full boil without forgetting to recrank the timer) So now I've convinced myself into two options: The Blichmann floor burner with...

$50 Shipped and paypal'd net to me Purchased from a LHBS less than a year ago for $100. Has one garden hose fitting and the other end is tubing to drain the water from the chiller. I works great for 5 gallon batches or to be used in tandem as a prechiller for larger volumes. With a simple...

Quick question for anyone who may be in the know... I just scored a handful of Polysulfone quick disconnects that were used in a glycol chiller situation (they were originally used on a mammography machine to keep the X-ray tube cool) I would like to use the quick disconnects with my...

I figured I would make a build thread, considering this project is all but just about done, I didn't want to leave anyone hanging for too long waiting on more pictures. The execution turned out perfectly and the result is not just a more than functional kegerator but a nice piece of furniture...

Alright, I need to get this out and see of anyone else has experienced this too... I've now brewed about ten batches of AG recipes so I'm by now means a pro, but do have a little experience. I have brewed several all grain recipes from people here and hit everything on target (temps...

And finally bought a Therminator. After doing several batches with a 30 ft immersion chiller I just couldn't take it anymore. Flooding the yard with water for an hour plus with the hose vs. only a few minutes. Bought all the parts to make the back flush assembly at home cheapo and prepared all...

Never again will I use these pieces of garbage. I got talked into the silicone stoppers by two different home brew places saying they lasted longer and formed a better seal blah blah blah. Picked up some of the vented one (no need for an airlock) to use on my secondaries and to say that I am...

Last night I undertook a small endeavor... I formulated my own recipe for the first time, picked up my grains from the homebrew shop and within the scope of 4.5 hours, I: -Heated my mash water -Doughed in -Hit my mash temp dead nuts -Made a 1.6L starter for my current brew (didnt have...

Hello everyone, I've been playing around with BeerSmith2 and trying to formulate my first all grain recipe. I'm looking to create a nice and refreshing IPA that may be a little on the hoppier side. I'm going for a nice dark golden color and a slightly caramel type of malty sweetness to...

Last week I dry hopped a red IPA with 3 ounces of Amarillo hops. It has been just over a week in the secondary and there is significant trub in the bottom of the carboy and a solid layer of the hop pellet "gelled" on the top. here's my question. There is still A LOT of trub suspended in the...

Quick question, I searched but couldn't find my question specifically, maybe someone here knows better. I know that one of the main reasons for repitching yeast prior to bottling is to jump start carbonation during the bottle conditioning period. I also know that it is not necessary to...

Had a quick question. I currently live in CT and will be traveling to Philadelphia next weekend to brew with some friends. I will be bringing most of my equipment down, we will most likely brew on Saturday. Here's the question: Will there be any issues if I brew saturday and don't pitch...

Hey Guys, I'm still new to brewing but I've been doing a fare amount of research and am attempting to brew my first all grain batch tomorrow. (2nd batch all time) Going to try and document my progress for the all grain recipe that I will be brewing tomorrow. I began tonight with getting...

Hey all, New brewer here from Clinton, CT. I just made my first batch last night and it turned out to be a slight disaster... it's amazing how quick you can learn the right way to do things after you've messed it up the first time haha. I'm following through with my first batch in an attempt...