Recent content by bplaughlin

I guess if you did a primary before you bottled it might be ok.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Bottle_bomb Bottle bombs in soda making Traditional root beer and other traditional soft drinks can be made at home through a process similar to brewing. However, in soda making, the beer is bottled during what brewers would consider primary...

I didn't think you should bottle root beer in glass because they become "bottle bombs". Have you look at this in the soda thread?

I didn't feel like waiting. I only have 2 kegs in it at the moment but as you can see there is plenty of room.

I don't, but i will take a pic in a few days so you can see. It's a Kenmore kegerator.

I had to cut half the top off of the corney. It is a tight fit but it works. The gas bottles will go on the outside in a wicker basket but I haven't gotten to that point yet. I think i will run the lines out of the back of the tower when i do it

I used a box I picked up at Hobby Lobby. The box was $20 and the hardware was around $180. Not bad for a $200 4 tap tower.

I have a 5gal keg of stout that has been under CO2 for about 2 months now and will not be served until March. If I get a nitrogen set up is it to late to serve it with nitrogen? Will it have the same effect, "fall", when it comes out of the stout tap?

AB is a good point to make, it may not be my go to bland beer but a BL always taste like a Bl.

I can fit 4 in my Kenmore but I had to take the rubber tops off of the back two kegs

OK, this may seem like an obvious question but how do you run sparge water through the coil. Are you running freshwater thought it using the HLT to heat it or are you running the existing water in the HLT through it. I'm thinking of using the heated water of the HLT through it by using a...

I'm seeing the point to a traditional HERMS. Thanks for kicking around the idea with me, it help me to focus my creativity.

I was thinking about that and started to consider an electric stir (ya i know its more work but i have tinker). Now, wouldn't you have to stir the mash anyway or does the constent flow of the wort enough to get even heat distribution?

I see your point about cleaning but i wouldn't think it would be different then getting leaf hops off a wort chiller. I just put mine in some water with vinegar in it to clean than give it a good rinse with clean water or lefter over sanitizer.

When you cold crashed yours did it clear it out much?