Recent content by LloydGM

Holy crapola, you're right! My neighbor had some M6x1.0 nuts and one fit the tap threads perfectly. Many thanks, I really appreciate the assist. Merry Christmas!!

I've been using a FermZilla All-Rounder for 2 years now and my process and results are as yours, minus the lower chamber. I brew successive Saturdays at 68F, mostly lagers, and they've all come out perfectly. At first, I rinsed my yeast cakes before pouring in the next batch's wort; after a...

Does anybody know what the thread size is for a NukaTap Mini? I want to make custom tap handles for a set of NukaTap Mini taps but don't know the actual thread size. The KegLand page says it's M6x0.75. I'm new to taps & dies but have an OMT sets of SAE and metric, including M6x0.75, but if I...

After action report: I tried several things with varying degrees of success and found it was easiest and less messy (as in beer volcanoes) to simply depressurize the FermZilla, rack to a bucket, add dextrose, and bottle. Old school, but clean and super easy. One might ask, "why use a pressure...

Oh yeah, great minds do think alike! That's exactly what I did for my last 2 batches. It's because, no matter how much I search & read, I haven't found a good interim solution yet. Eventually, I'll have $$ to build my keezer, but I won't start buying parts until I'm 100% ready...I'm an...

I've tried but will try some more, thx!

ROFLMAO You pegged me squarely on da nosey! It makes me a great software engineer, but my wife hates it when I occupy the kitchen. :(

Aye, by "partially carbonated", using the example above (my actual current batch I'm staring at), it's at 15 PSI in a FermZilla at 70F. If I pushed PSI to around 30, (32-ish, iirc) I'd get the right CO2 volume for 70F. The amount of CO2 in the FermZilla is only roughly half what I'd need if I...

Can anyone offer advice on how to calculate the amount of sugar (corn/dextrose, in my case) I'd need to add to each bottle when bottling partially-carbonated beer? For example, with 6 gallons of ale sitting in a FermZilla, 15 PSI at 70F degrees at the end of fermentation. I can easily bottle...

By chance, have you ever tried adding a defoamer when fermenting? I used to use a few drops of olive oil (which is also great for yeast starters in tiny amounts, even just before wort boils). Now, I use Birko Patco 376 which is pure vegetable oil (no silicone!) which you can get by the gallon or...

I just started 6gal of Scottish ale, not under pressure, and used a double yeast starter: 1000ml on day 1, added a 2nd 1000ml the next day, that's like 4x the yeasties going into the fermenter, OG of 1.051. Krausen formed in 2 hours, airlock bubbling like mad an hour later, slowed down to...

That makes perfect sense, super analogies, thx! Sounds like I'd be fine going keg-to-keg (or 'zilla-to-keg) as long as the pressures match, then control the flow with a spunding valve. But there's no way I'm going to try serving at room temp, though I'm sure I would've tried w/o your warning. :D...

OMG I laughed so hard! Great idea, really. I've got an old dorm frig' in the garage, was thinking of rigging up an insulated box and attaching the frig' to it, sort of a poor man's temp keg frig' lol. Are we both nuts, or are we both geniuses? (Necessity is not the mother of all...

Super, I really appreciate the assist. I recall seeing a carbonation chart for up'ing the PSI for higher temps, and that 25PSI sounds about right, thx! 66 batches to date, all bottled with sugar priming. Lots to learn about kegging but I'm gonna have a ball learning. And making mistakes. Thx to...

To help with krausen control, here are my notes for the Birko non-silicone based anti-foaming oil. It's good for yeast starters, boiling, and fermenting. I refuse to use anything inorganic in my beer (e.g. Fermcap which is silicone-based). I use 1 drop* of high quality olive in my starters...