Recent content by Cheesy_Goodness

Brewed this beauty for the first time in 9 years yesterday. I'm sure it'll hold up in 2024 as well as it did in 2015!

Just want to make sure I'm not doing something stupid here. I've got two bushels of apples I'm pressing on Sunday. I know freezing fruit yields more juice so my plan is to freeze the apples in the kegerator overnight, then change it to refrigeration temps. From there I plan on using the garbage...

I think you're in good shape. I do that with mine; clean, sanitize, pressurize and let it sit until the next batch goes in. If you wanted to be extra cautious you could hit the inside with a few squirts of Star San and re-pressurize but personally I'd let it ride.

Thought I'd make a thread in case this helps someone later. I based the design off of this video () with a few modifications. When it's time to mill, I all I have to do is take it out of the bucket, turn it right side up, unfold the wings and I'm ready to go. The hopper is an old PET carboy. I...

I'm late to the game here but I just found out Bet Mar in Columbia is permanently closed as of early March. Anyone have any information on it? I've been going there since I started brewing, sad to see it go.

Y'know the weird thing was I couldn't hear anything until I spritzed it with soapy water. If anything else had been running at the time (hot water heater, freezer, car going by the house etc) I'm not sure I would have picked up on it. The soapy water dunk was overkill. My thought was if it was...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. Thankfully I worked from home yesterday so I was able to turn off all of the lines but one, pressurize it to about 50 psi, turn the gas off, walk away and check on it about a half hour later. If that held, on to the next. By process of elimination...

I'm thinking that's going to be the ticket. Thanks! I don't think the regulator is the issue since I smelled/burned the inside of my nose from the inside of the kegerator and I keep my tank on the outside. Still worth a look though, and I will need to replace that washer soon.

Well it could be because I don't know that I've ever looked at my tank washer haha. Are you talking about the washer in the regulator or have I been neglecting my tank some other way? Also if you don't mind me asking how do you find a leak if you don't rely on the bubble method? Thanks for...

Most of them do, there may be a few that don't. What gets me is there were no bubbles to be seen when I dunked it all in a bucket of soapy water. I may try to up the PSI this evening and see if that makes anything more obvious...

Dang my first mistake was putting it in print haha I'm pretty sure it isn't the regulator but I'll check again. I keep the tank outside of the kegerator so if it was leaking the gas wouldn't be detected the kegerator. Knowing my luck I could have two leaks though:rolleyes:

I'm at my wits end here. I've got a co2 leak...somewhere. No idea where it is though. I knew I had a problem so last weekend I took out all my kegs and replaced a few bad poppets and all of the o-rings, lubed up for good measure. Pressure tested them all with the starsan water test and...

Getting caught up on a few HBT worthy meals from the last few months. Homemade Pastrami that I turned into Reubens: Breakfast for dinner on the griddle (Bacon, homefries, sausage, pancakes, eggs): Nachos:

That thing is tremendous! Didn't even know putting a belt on a piece of plywood was possible

Thanks! Some of the support comes from the stupid looking piece of plywood/pine I have wedged in the track of the lathe. Obviously there was a good bit of wobbling with just that for support but the tailstock with a piece of scrap wood as a cushion worked like a charm. I couldn't just use the...