Recent content by rman18

I'm new to kegging but I think you can add some priming sugar, purge the o2 and add 30psi CO2 and let it condition at room temperature.

Last week I lost a tank of co2 to a leak after hooking up a new keg.... Not a huge deal as I'm fortunate enough to have a great supplier really close by. I refilled the tank, found and fixed a leak then I pressurized the two kegs and shut off the co2 tank. The pressure in the tanks was 11psi...

I'm a noob, but I havent seen this mentioned, maybe someone could verify- I think you can force carb at 25psi, then when you are serving dial it back to 12psi, release some pressure from the keg and then serve, then up it back to 25psi after the session. Obviously not as ideal as having the...

I've heard, on here somewhere, that there is food grade CO2 and regular CO2. Supposedly some CO2 places have a little oil added for mechanical reasons. Not really sure, someone else can probably answer better. I get my CO2 from a medical gas place and they assured me it was food safe.

So I bottled fizzy wine... Corked it and all. It wasn't too bubbly but just a little fizzy. Will this pop my corks? I'll check over the next few weeks to check on it but don't know what to expect. It's my first wine, the kit said to wait 4 weeks but I waited 7 and degassed at time of...

I just read on another thread that people use Oxyclean free followed by starsan. I had the same questions as I just kegged my first beer last night!

Awesome! You're not going to be too far from me. Make sure you get the Clover Leaf to have your beers on tap so that I can try a few.

The place I go to told me they charge $10 a tank... I only have a 5 pounder, not sure if it would still be $10 if I brought in a 50 pounder.

The CO2 gets distributed throughout the beer... as Toy4Rick stated, you have to leave it at 12 PSI for a week. It needs to stay connected to the co2 container the entire time and preferably cold.

This place is awesome! They filled my brand new tank for $10 and the people couldn't have been nicer. I petted the dog for you as well. Thanks for the recommendation!

I think this has inspired me to move on from Extracts to a BIAB setup. Now to buy the bag, boiler and larger kettle.

I think this has inspired me to move on from Extracts to a BIAB setup. Now to buy the bag, boiler and larger kettle.

Just turned 33 :( and started a few months ago. At least I'm not 40+ that's like endlessly old. :D

My wife and I went up to Montreal 5 years ago... There was a brewpub close to our hotel, the very first beer I had was the most wretched thing I ever drank in my life... Brutopia Nigerian Nectar It tasted of peaches soaked in tobacco... Horrid. To be fair the rest of their beers were...

Freeze the hops... the grains should last a couple months as long as its not too hot where its stored. I would worry more about bugs/critters getting to it. Just brew it as soon as you have a free fermenter.