Recent content by kirkbie

Yes, yes......the beer lines. The beer in the lines is approx. 3 months old. But, as I mentioned, since most bacteria requires air to develop and these lines are sealed I'm hoping I'm ok.

I usually run some sanitizer through my CO2 lines into and through the tap via a corny keg before I tap a new one. Recently, I brewed beer and filled up my two corny's forgetting to flush the lines and I don't have a extra corny as of yet to do this. Question is.........am I still OK to hook...

As long as I fill up the the bottom of the neck on growler and use 5 oz per 5 gallons. I've never had issues. Roughly 40 growlers per 20 gallons X 6-7 brews = 240 to 280 growlers total. No explosions.

Just that. 12 psi @ 37-39 degrees. I say 37 now cause that's what I'm seeing on my thermometer. I kind of toggle the tap when pouring to get some head but the carbonation is definitely there.

Beer on CO2 update. So my 2---5 gallon corny's have been on 12psi @ 39 degrees since this past Saturday. I did a taste test yesterday at 5 pm and perfect carbonation/taste/clearness That's less than 4 days. From all I've been reading, I thought it was going to take 7-10 days or more. What...

Agreed..this graph doesn't help much. I did find a post where the author stated that one way to tell you're empty is when the gauge reads zero...pay no attention to in the red. So if I have a full one on stand-by, I can immediately swap out.

So...if my gauge is just above the red at 500 and stored at 39 degrees, according to this chart.....what is the % of rated fill am I? I feel stupid.

Yeah...I went the growler route because bottling became out of the question. I have had better results though as far keeping it's carbonization after opening....usually good for about 3-4 days afterwards. I always fill up just to the bottom of the neck, keep at room temp for 7-10 days then chill.

Priming sugar. As long as I keep it at 5 oz per 5 gallons, I've had no explosions of growlers.

My neighbor brews with me. He takes about half the growlers home ( he doesn't have a tap ). Also, I'll take a growler or so with me into the woods.

Great info...thanks a lot. So what should the weight be? I do have a full one. Can I take the weight of the full one and compare it with the one currently being used. Mine is also in the fridge.

Made my own beer tap handles since they didn't come with them. Why buy em?

Made my own beer tap handles since they didn't come with them. Why buy em?

Made my own beer tap handles.

OK all. I'm going to have the patience to wait. I have everything hooked up and set to 12 psi. However....the store that sold me the system didn't have much CO2 in the tank. Soon as I turned the tank on, it almost went in the red "order gas". There are no leaks. I bought a new filled tank today...