Recent content by Juice56

Thanks, I whisked the crap out of my first brew before pitching the dry yeast. It sat at a steady 65 F in my cellar. I had krausen blowing out the umbrella valves on the top of the "C" keg after about 36 hours.

Oh, Im quite aware of the importance of cleanliness, anyone I've ever talk to about brewing doesn't shut up about it, jk;). There is a rinse process that I certainly ran after my first brew that involved putting an empty bucket in the step filter. I was specifically asking about the "FIRST...

So that went off smoothly thanks again for the input Lax coach. Gonna start a second pak tonight or tomorrow. At risk of sounding like a dope, do I need to run the "First Rinse" before every pak or is that just a first time out of the factory thing? If so, I'll need to grab some more distilled...

Excellent, thank you. So i’ll Just open the metal keg lid and drop in the racking tube from the “out” connector on my C keg. Any tips for doing this most efficiently? I assume I should keep the tube right up against the floor of the pro keg.

Ahhh, yes thank you. I see how that does what I need. Unfortunately it looks like it ships in “1-2 weeks.” I was really looking forward to force carbing and avoiding the dreaded serving keg, in which case I guess I would go the open transfer route. Unless this is highly frowned upon. Otherwise...

Hi everyone... I'm currently cold crashing my first brew, Coronado Stingray, brewed with the Pico C. Thanks so much for all the info I've been able to glom by scouring this thread for the past month or so. I purchased the pro upgrade kit, and I'm eager to rack in a day or two. Can anyone detail...