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Heading to the inlaws. The wife wants me to make some rootbeer to take along with my homebrew. I picked up an Old Fashioned Homebrew RootBeer soda pop base. Note that I'll be kegging it. It says mix with 8 cups sugar with 4 g. water and the whole 2oz. rootbeer base. Is this a good mix or...

I'm thinking on making one with the 3/8 copper inside garden hose. Anyone have any problems with the small tubing getting clogged? Does anyone run their wort through the CFC back to their BK too get all their wort down to temp. before put in fermenter?

I was wanting to add a little bourbon to my porter and was wondering when, how much for 5g and which kind is best? I'm not using any oak chips.

More beer, Austin Brew, Northern Brewery, Midwest HBS, or your local HBS. They all should have the adapter. If your local HBS doesn't have one, you could check your local pet store. I have seen them in the aquarium department. When I ordered my bottle washer, it had the adapter as an option.

A friend of mine uses an old wetsuit that he stretches over his HLT, after he heats it up to temp.

I was looking at the kegerator site and seen the name "Fingers" from Canada. I went to school, in Houston 92, with a Canadian nicknamed "Fingers". I was just wondering if he is the same guy.

First off, did you just get a used keg? If you did, you should have taken it apart and check the o-rings, sealing surface, poppets. You should have pressure tested it before you added the beer. The poppets and o-rings are usually the original, when the keg was new, and may be damaged. That...