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MindenMan has the anser if you want to remove most of the fusels... I come from more of a distilling background and Activated charcoal should remove most of the fusels. But unfortunately not methanol, not that its a hazard worry, just more of a foul taste and hangover worry... Just remember...

You guys were right, I heard back from support and they told me to take it back to the fire equipment supply, brought it over on Friday and they fixed it and got it unstuck.

Yeah I contacted their customer service and said they would have tech support call back, assuming they will do that tomorrow. And yeah I cant find a way around this so maybe they will just send me a new one (I hope). But yeah its filled so your right, no shipping company will accept it, and I am...

I have given it pretty much all I got, and I'm a pretty big guy, I then took an Irwin quick grip (clamps) and tried with that, still not budging trying to open the valve.

Hi guys, I just purchased a new CO2 tank off amazon the other day, I had it filled at a fire equipment company yesterday, tried it today and the valve is stuck, I get maybe an 8th of a turn if I turn the valve towards on or off, otherwise its stuck. Is there any solution to this? Thanks!

Thanks Yooper! I will wait it out and let it age and try a bit in a few weeks... I will probably find the ABV by just having a few in a month or two.

Hi Guys, I have two five gallon batches that have been going for 8 days now, One in a 5 gallon glass carboy and the other in a 6.5 gallon fermenter bucket. The glass carboy with Red Star Pasteur Blanc is still consistently yet slowly fermenting, the other in the bucket with Lalvin EC-1118 and...