Recent content by eabearce

Thanks for your help! After another trip to the garage to diagnose the issue by removing the gasket from the regulator, I discovered that this was indeed the problem. It must have been deformed from reusing it after I switched between the two tanks. I immediately jumped on ebay and ordered a...

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Thanks for the advice, I just checked everything all over once again and could not find any issues with the tank at all. I opened the valve for a split second on it and it shot out with lots of pressure. I will get another o-ring and try that, but when I used the same ring and setup on my 5lb...

Hi there, I have a question about CO2. I recently upgraded my CO2 tank from a 5lb tank up to a 20lb tank and I am having what appears to be a pressure issue. I filled a Corny Keg up with water, hooked my new bottle up to it, and turned on the gas. I could barely hear the gas transferring into...

Hi there, I'm a fairly newer brewer myself with around one year of experience. From what I have done myself, and what I've read here in the past, leaving your beer in the fermenter for 14 days harms absolutely nothing. In my own opinion, I'd leave it that long as well. I usually leave everything...

Thanks everyone, I just went out and created a water gauge with a dip tube from an old bbl. I will definitely pay closer attention to my pre and post boil amounts and decide from there what I need to correct.

Sorry forgot to mention that I am doing all grain :cross: Thanks for the info on that. I did set up an equipment profile based on what I was using. I use a 1/2 bbl with the top cut off as my boil kettle, same for my hot liquor tank, and a 5 gallon Igloo cooler as my mash tun. In what field would...

Hi there, fairly new to brewing and first time posting on HomeBrewTalk. The problem that I am having is that I have ran one gallon short after transferring my chilled wort into my fermenter, and I have had to top off on my last two recipes. I am using BeerSmith, and wish to know if there is...