Recent content by Hurls

Rather then get involved in air cooling, I went the easy route. I ran the lines through ~2.5 feet of copper tube (from the connection in the tower to about the middle of the fridge). It keeps the beer in the lines cool enough for me.

I had the same problem. I trusted the posts and drilled about a 1/2" to and 1" forward of center. All was fine...but I held my breath while drilling...

I carbed up a keg this weekend. I filled the keg with a full 5 gal on Friday evening and put it on the gas at ~30 psi for 2 full days at ~40 . I pulled a few pints at that pressure last night (Sunday) to try a blow out any trub at the bottom. I then lowered the pressure down to ~11 psi...

This past Sat I did my first AG batch. I turned the knob of the stove at 3:15 and had everything cleaned up at put away a few min past 9; so just under 6 hours. I'm sure that once I get used to the equipment and am not trying to make dinner and get the kids to bed, I can probably shave...

I picked up the ingredents for this yesterday at my LHBS. Am I fooling myself in thinking I can have it ready by Thanksgiving? Is that tooo fast for this Oktoberfast? If I brew this weekend I'll get 2 weeks in the primary, ~1 week in the secondary, and a very quick crash cool. This will...

Thanks to all for your replys. I placed my order this past Friday with Keg Cowboy. I'm hoping to get my system up and running for Thanksgiving. I will post the results....

I'm ready to pull the trigger on a 2 Tap Tower. I purchased my initial draft system (2 kegs, 2 picnic taps, dual reg and 5lb CO2 tank) from Keg Connection last year. I was very happy with the service and the equipment has worked great. Now I'm ready to convert my Sanyo 4912 mini...

I also used keg connection with good results. You can also try keg cowboy. I started with a 2 picnic tap system from keg connection, but I'm thinking about moving up to a 2 tap tower (converting a sanyo 4912). Keg cowboy seems to have better pricing on the tower right now.

Dude that is creepy...

When you take your first reading, insteand of tossing it pour it into an empty bottle. I don't worry about sanitizing it and I just plug the top with a paper towel (an infection is a sample bottle is not a big deal). I keep the bottle right on top of may primary bucket. When I want a gravity...

So I brewed my 6th batch this weekend (Hophead IPA kit from beer-wine.com, my lhbs). It was a pretty basic extract kit (see recipe below). I did make a few changes: I added some rice solids to up the ABV a bit I also tossed the priming sugar into the boil (I force carb in the keg so the...

I've never had to take a run in a war zone, but I'm sorry to say any **** in your pants is sh!ting your pants. All the justification and special circumstances in the world will not put the **** back in your a$$...

I have a similar situation. I started fermentation in the low to mid sixties (high of 65 and low of 59). After 3 weeks in the primary I racked to the secondary this past weekend. The temps here in NE fell this week and my basement is now in the 55-59 range. I'm considering moving the...

I had the same problem. You need to set it to 30-32 to hold a temp in the low 40's. I e-mailed CHI Company and they sent me a new one last week. I hooked it up and have the same issue. I haven't yet had a chance to e-mail them again. I may just keep the unit. It keeps the temp I need...

Has anyone ordered these? On the site it looks like O rings and popins were extra. If you need to add these in kegconnection seems like a better deal.