Recent content by pixelmonk

thanks for the quick response. It looks like it's coming clean in PBW. I'm going to disassemble the valve and check that out as well.

I found an old ported Better Bottle with sediment from maybe around a year in it. I guess it was an old fermentation and the bottle had never been cleaned. Should I use it or toss it? I have cleaner. I just wasn't sure how much the plastic would absorb over a year's time and maybe make the...

Damn I want that nice shiny keg. I think I pee'd just a bit when I saw it. edit: oh wait.. I just saw your keg polishing thread. NICE!

I think it needs more of a kick. If I get a chance this weekend, I'll dick around with some ideas and post it.

using the SS braided hose w/copper pipe insert from my old igloo cooler. Works fine and already paid for.

yeah those are the ones that sound like jet engines. I know.. I have one. The kick a poo is better and quieter.

he broke a 6 gal carboy. I'd never recommend a 5 gal replacement for 5 gal batches.

I use denatured alcohol with success when making slants.

could do that as a homebrewer too. I've seen a 3 bucket system. The top bucket holds the grain. The second bucket has a hopper inside with the mill mounted at the bottom, using a motor to push the mill. The bottom bucket collects it w/a hole cut on the side for the grain to escape once...

It should be noted that a restaurant (regardless of the franchised name) doesn't own kegs so they can't just get rid of them or sell them. I could care less who does what with kegs and how they get them, but yes, legally there is a problem obtaining kegs that way. As I posted above, I got a...

contacted the local brewery to see what kegs they're getting rid of to see if I could buy them. I gave them a price for 2 and they want me to stop by and take a look. I already have a keg, obtained from a friend.

coo ...........................

I've had the same 2 buckets for 10 years, which were my primaries when I first started, now are my cleaning buckets. With the correct mixture of pbw to water OR starsan to water, you shouldn't have any issues. Although I don't typically soak anything overnight as it's not needed. Just a...

I just pulled off my SS braided hose w/coupler/ball valve/bulkhead setup from my MLT cooler and dismantled it. I cleaned religiously after ever batch, but I can't recall ever taking apart the bulkhead. There was some serious nasty crap in the threading of the nipple and on both o-rings (each...

barkeeper's friend and others like that do the same thing, but cheaper.