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Hi all! I am working on a maple syrup flavored cider. So far it has gone okay, but I a have run into flavoring issues. I have a basic cider that I made. To get my sugar content up high enough I used a mix of dextrose and maple syrup. I tasted it when I transferred it to the secondary a few...

Still no joy. The thermostat dial clearly says Fahrenheit. I came downstairs to find the freezer light off signifying that is was not receiving power. The interior temperature is 50. I am assuming that I do not need all 10' of the probe coil in the freezer, right? Even if I did, it should...

Yes, the freezer gets very cold (-something) without the thermostat. Deadband huh? I had to look that up. I did not know that was a thing. The thermostat came with no instructions. So that means I have no idea how to adjust a deadband. This is the model that I bought. Now that I look at it, I...

So I decided that the time had come to get serious and build a keezer. I build it and it seems to be good. I tried to do the turning screw method of adjusting the thermostat, but no dice. Or more accurately, no screw. So I ended up order a new thermostat. One of those that the freezer plugs...

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So this story has several stages. I move my beer out of the secondary into my kegs. I added half of my priming sugar to help carbonate. I went to seal the keg, only to find that the pressure valve leaked. All the stores were closed. I closed the lid as tightly as I could and crossed my...

Its a metal pop up thingy. Like you move it left or right to blow off the pressure. At the top of it's rotation the spring is pulled and air is released.

I think the first problem is that as soon as I start turning the PSI up to get a good seal, the pressure valve starts leaking. I looked at from teh bottom, and I don't think it is getting all the way down to seal. Of course I cannot get the thing off. Where is beer so good and yet seem so hard? :(

So,I went to seal up my keg, and the top is leaking. This is only the second time I have used this one, so I am a little upset. I replaced the gasket, but no luck. It is leaking around the edges and the pressure release valve. What is there that I can do to save this keg? Anything?

This does sound intriguing. Being a newb I have some questions. Warm fermenting means placing the beer somewhere above 70 degree range. So move it upstairs to a warmer bedroom to ferment. This I get. I do not know about the chocolate. I have never done that. Whats the process there? Chop...

So, I was planning on making two batches of beer. I made the first one, and Oatmeal Stout and set it to fermenting. It did not seem to be fermenting at a decent enough clip and I was worried about it. So as I thought about what I could have screwed up, I realized that I had put the Hefenweisen...

I have three corney kegs and a 5 gallon CO2 tank. I have not really picked a freezer yet, as I am trying get my ducks in row before I start buying stuff. I have aspace that is 50" long that I hope to put the freezer in, but can adapt. Height is not an issue, as i have plenty of room.

So I am getting set to put together a keezer. I see a lot of people put in a collar and others seem to drill directly into the lid and put their towers there. Why one and not the other? It seem like the top dispensing would be easier to do.

I was not aware that my lines needed to be that long. Mine are about 4-5 long. Yes, the 14 is calculated based on my temperature.

So, this is my first attempt at kegging beer. Let me walk through what I have done, and maybe someone can offer up their vast wisdom. I set the CO2 to 30PSI. I left at 30 for about 24 hours. During that time I rolled the keg on my lap twice. Then I dropped the PSI to the 14 that the beer...