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Looks like I just picked up the wrong ingredient. To be fair to the LBS, I just grabbed it off the shelf without asking - seemed to make sense to me but obviously a rookie mistake. Thanks for clearing things up for me! I'm sure it will still be able to get me tipsy :)

I just attempted a Brew House kit hack, Irish Sout using this video as the instructions, When I steeped my flaked barley and roasted barley (my brew shop had toasted barley, I'm assuming that is the same as roasted) the liquid wort did not turn dark as in the video. Mine is just a light...

Thanks for the tips. Will be brewing this week!

So I've decided to start branching out a little bit and want to hack one of the Brewhouse Kits that I use. They're the liquid wort kits, you just add 8L of water and sprinkle yeast - done! They have a Red Ale that I think could us some bittering hops. From my bit of research I have figured that...

Stealthcruiser, that's quite brilliant...never even crossed my mind but would work perfectly as you could just build it up by layers until the right thickness is reached. Almost wish I hadn't gone and ordered the new stuff so quickly ;)

I found an online store that has the Accuflex Bev-Seal Ultra 3/16" I.D. line in 50' rolls so I went ahead and ordered that as well. I'm getting this beer line problem solved once and for all!

Day_trippr, you are correct, the line is larger than the barb. Since I have the 3/16 line ordered ill give that at a go first...hopefully no bad vinyl flavors off the line....

The subject is correct, I'm trying to get 1/4" beer line onto a 3/16" barb. Of course the line is too big so I'll fill you in a little :) When I built my kegerator last year I ordered basically everything other than the kegs and the fridge online as a kit. It came with the beer lines and c02...

Hi everyone, I consider myself a avid but very novice home brewer. I've always stuck with the nice and easy Brewhouse liquid wort kits - they product great beer for very minimal effort. Oktoberfest brews have just started hitting the local stores here lately and I absolutely love them -...

I have the teflon type washer. Looks like I may have solved it. The gas pressure, while low, has been steady at 250psi for the last 36 hours. Not sure what is left in the tank but hopefully I'll get to finish at least one keg off it. I also picked up some Masters Leak Detector in the plumbing...

Well I think I found the leak, or one of the leaks, where the regulator screws onto the tank. I put some soapy water there and had a bubble form on the edge. It couldn't have been a fast leak as you really couldn't hear anything and the bubble did not pop quickly but I guess it's been a slow...

Thanks guys, I'll report back tonight when I check things out. Funny, when I received the parts for my kegerator there was a wrench included but I had no idea what it was for so, as it didn't seem to fit anything, I just put it aside and forgot about it. Never thought to try it on the regulator :)

So what I did last night was turn off the gas to the kegs at the manifold to rule out leaks beyond that point. Seems the gas dropped slighly over night, I will check again after work. When connecting the co2 tank to the regulator, is it recommended to use thread tape? I didn't but I can see it...

I had my tank filled at Praxair...it was the first time it was filled, don't know if that makes a difference in the cost but I agree $41 is expensive. I will check around. I think I just found a small leak around the poppet on the gas in line on the first keg I tapped. I checked the 2nd keg...

I checked it again this evening and it has dropped further and sits at the 400psi mark. The fridge is no colder so I'm not really sure what would explain this. Back to thinking there is a leak. I'm gonna dry some soap water this evening to see if I find anything.