Recent content by odie

I only bottle from the keg if I'm taking beers to a party or drinking within a day or 2.

no, different kegs. they do get a total break down and cleaning before each use. I do have the white silicone rings for the lid. new rings on all the posts. the red ones. might be silicone too. they were all bought before I saw posts about the evils of silicone. Not sure I buy into the...

the recent 4 such batches that come to mind...all fresh dry yeast pitch. and all 4 different styles. high 40s low 50s OG. upper 70s low 80s storage (summer time)

I would think so. I have yeast harvests in mason jars. sometimes over a year old. open the jar and sniff test says "fine". I make decent beer with that stuff.

seems kinda random. I reuse yeast often, sometimes several generations. But it's happened with fresh pitch too. Different styles. Some kegs off taste at the beginning so possibly something with that batch. But I've had other kegs that notably changed over the course of time. Recently a...

I've had some beers that I felt kinda "turned" after a while of have an "off" taste. Thinking might have off flavors coming from long term contact with the yeast cake. Some beers do sit at room temps for a couple few months before getting into the kegerator. I'm currently fermenting and...

years and years...if kept cool and dry.

the pump probably draws very little. I mash 10 hours while at work. the pump runs the whole time. keeps mash temps uniform.

vinegar worked. not straight but about one gallon vinegar to 2 gal water and soaked 30 minutes....flipped keg in bucket to soak the top half.

really? more oxy??? will try it and not leave it in long. did a quick search and loosk like vinegar will get it too...

so, i was soaking some kegs with oxyclean...left it in there a few days and now have a chalky film that is difficult to remove... anything that will easily clean it off? pretty hard to get my arm all the way into the keg to scrub it off.

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well...here are some pictures from inside the Vevor...can anyone compare this to the more expensive ones? The pump was much more robust than I expected. My homemade system has a tiny pump running on a cell phone charger.

Here is another view angle of the multi tap receptacle that shows how minimal the contact area is...avoid these type extension cords for high current use.

here is a comparison of the female receptacle designs. one type has much more contact surface than the other. They are exactly the same brand and gauge. only one is a single outlet and the other was a 3 outlet. I suspect most triple/multiple tap extension cords will use the bad design...I...