Recent content by buckeyejb

I just transferred my beer to the secondary and noticed something unusual about the yeast cake. It's like curdles instead of a cake like there usually is. I have pictures but I'm not sure how to add them. I didn't notice a ton of activity in the primary so I opened the bucket and there...

Lowes now has food grade buckets. $4 for the bucket and $1.50 for the lids. Drill a hole for the grommet (< .50) and you have a nice new ale pail for considerable less than the $15 from the homebrew store.

Kind of a newbie (<1 year) can anyone translate this: "Pils Pils and Expensive" for the grain I'm assuming even amounts of saaz, simcoe, two warrior. What does continually hopped mean? Hops added every couple of minutes? what amount would you add if you continually hop? Is there a good yeast...

looking to make a beer similar to DFH My Antonia for the summer. Anyone tried this and had this and had thoughts on the hops, grain, yeast. THanks

cost of the build so far: Fridge $30 on CL Tank $50 Tower & $180 gauges Plexiglass $ 4 Paint & Free- on hand Tape ________ $264 I could have some money by building the tower out of pvc but I figured by the time I bought...

Every teacher loves having a snowday! I had an extra bonus when my shipment from the keg cowboy arrived. If I can only find a way to get rid of my 3 and 1 year old today I could do some serious work on the fridge. A few more pics: Used some foil tape to seal off the area I had to cut...

I was thinking about doing this. I'm guessing the copper pipe would slide up into the tower. How did you get get it to stay in place? Did you add any more insulation to the inside the tower?

Pic of the inside that was dropped out. http://picasaweb.google.com/breenjonathan/KegeratorBuild?authkey=Gv1sRgCNi03MyewMCMugE#5560368516052784994

Finally got the ball rolling on this after the grind of the holidays. 2 corny kegs fit snugly, I had hoped to use one side for a commercial brew but with the added 1/4 in the width of the commercial keg, there's no way it fits in there with a corny. Not a big deal, I'll just have to brew...

I may have to throw in the towel on this one. After blowing through 2 CO2 cartridges, when I removed the 2nd cart the needle was stuck in the top. Tried to see if I could reattach it but it fell down the sink. The Miller Lite gods were frowning on the experiemntal use of their product. I'll...

After a quick search, green flash sounds awesome. I'll give that a shot. Thanks

Having a bit of recipe block here. I'm planning on making my first beer that I will keg and I am having recipe block. Any suggestions on what I should brew (with a recipe :) ). I tend to lean towards Pale Ales, IPA's, when I drink. Cheers!

great, thanks!

I'm in the process of building a kegerator and my plan is to have 1 for homebrew and the other for a commercial brew. Does anyone know the amount of height clearance needed for a commercial 1/6th barrel with the sankey tap connected? Cheers!