Recent content by schatzke

First post is a completed keezer, good work sir. Welcome to the forum.:bravo:

I got an email response back from them yesterday, same day I emailed them letting me know they were still a bit behind, the volume of the sale has been difficult to keep up with.

Welcome from MT.

I love this forum, so much great info available and everyone(mostly) is always eager to help brewers from total noob to advanced pros with most anything brewing related. My question is we are looking at possibly getting into RVing of some sort. Not sure if popups, travel trailer are something...

If I was you I wouldn't think about conversion any more. 87% is a great figure, sure it could be a bit higher, but having your process that consistent is something that many brewers would envy. Stick with what works and put your time and effort into other aspects of your brewing process. :mug:

And you haven't even built a kegerator....yet Welcome to the obsession!

Looks like a beer that is still fermenting..RDWHAHB

When I occasionally bottle condition I like to put the bottles in a 5 gal bucket with lid. Had it happen to me once early in my brewing career and it was a very large mess even though only 2 bottles busted.

From my experience some bottles are not worth the hassle. Find a beer you like and who's bottle labels fall off with minimal efforts and you are good to go. Or just give kegging a try:ban:

Don't forget to put it in a secondary for 2 weeks:ban:

Are you in a homebrew club? If so there's probably a few people who have built a keezer and would be willing to lend a hand. Or maybe sell you theirs so they can build themselves a new, updated model.

Because when I'm bored on a Saturday I can fill up a growler and go shot the **** with employees or customers and have a homebrew.

Pump & Counterflow chiller

I use a wilser bag instead of a false bottom in my cooler for just that reason, the lazy factor.

What I do with my hoppy beers is dryhop in the fermenter first for a few days then transfer to a keg and add a 2nd round of dryhops in a muslin bag. I will leave that 2nd dryhop in until the keg kicks. I don't get any flavors that are offensive, just very hoppy.