Recent content by jimdurt

I would HIGHLY recommend kegging your beer. This is the only wat IMO to go. I bottled for long enough and once I converted, I will never go back. Bottled a batch for Christmas and hated it. I like being able to sanitize the keg and just siphon set and forget for about a week and then enjoy. I...

I sure hope cold beer chills quicker. :-P I cold crashed at about 32-34 in my big fridge before kegging. Once kegged, it's been sitting at around 36 for 2 days. I let it sit at 30psi for 24hrs, reduced pressure to 12psi and drank a glass to test. Wasn't sure so I drank 3 more:-) . It's not...

That is a great idea. Might have to try that here. Keep us posted on how the irish red turns out!

Thanks for the input I kicked it up to 30 psi. I will check it after 24 hours. This will be beer number 1 in my newly converted kegerator. Pretty pumped!

I have a Liberty Cream Ale that I just finished kegging after only 10 days in the primary. The FG reads 1.010 like it is supposed to. So I went ahead and kegged it so I could hopefully force carb before Super Bowl :-) The fermentation goes quick with this style and is pretty much non existant...

I used 2lb Dark Brown Sugar and at week 2 in the primary, I must say it is tasting mighty fine. Highly alcoholic too:-) I used the Aqua Tainer sold at Walmart so I have the luxury of turning the spigot on to get a quick taste. Can't wait to carbonate in my corny keg and have this on tap.

Well I couldn't find just a brass barb tee. So I went a little overboard:-) . Total cost was $26 from lowes. Actually cheaper than buying the wye that is for sale online if you include shipping. I could have saved $14 if I didn't add the elbows and new ball valve. Either way I like it and just...

I figured it out. Turns out I tightened the housing too tight which was causing the needle to compress and over pressurizing the safety valve. At least I know it works. :-) Plus I gained valuable knowledge. Thanks for the replies.

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Awesome thanks for the quick reply. I will update everyone once I have this completed.

Im in the process of running 2 corny kegs in my freshly built kegerator and im in need of a splitter to pressurize both at the same time. Im okay with same pressure for both so could I just install a 5/16" brass barb tee fitting instead of spending $30+ on a y fitting and extra valve to...

I was in the process of cleaning everything up between refills on my 2 corny kegs and noticed my regulator was sticking pretty bad when adjusting pressures. This was due to me allowing beer to backfeed once while force carbing and not following the steps correctly. Turned down the pressure on my...

I have 5 gallons fermenting away in an aqua tainer with balloon air lock. Used lucky leaf apple juice cause it was part fresh apples and 2 lb dark brown sugar. Muntons ale yeast dry cause I had some. Smells pretty good. Had temps steady at 74 degrees. Can feel pressure release all the time from...

Here is a picture of my latest creation. Bradford Brews® Cream Ale. Simply a good easy drinking beer. Label created on MS Word. :-D maybe brewers best won't sue for using the B.