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Going for yet another Cream Of Three Crops on Saturday. SWMBO loves it so I must indulge her :)

I had the small end of the spring inside the post but the larger end still won't go deeper enough to get the poppet to seal. Apparently these are the old firestone kegs where the post thread is only 9/16". I have some standard poppets coming from BMW but will hang on to these in case I get more...

Got mine the other day but they don't seem to fit my pin lock posts. The poppet fits ok but the large end of the spring is too big to go all the way up to make contact with it.

Oops, guess I should have checked out the webpage first. Now if I can just keep from adding a dozen other items to the shopping cart. :)

Does anyone know if these universal poppets from Midwest also fit pin lock kegs? I take it most in this thead are using ball lock.

Brewed a batch of a Blue Moon clone last night and if I can get motivated this afternoon might brew another bacth of Cream Of Three Crops. SWMBO loves it so we go through a keg in short order.

Brewed my first batch last night using Weyermann Vienna and Weyermann Pale Wheat. I have been waffling back and forth with the grain amounts based on the original recipe, Beersmith and the input from BBB but finally decided to go with Wayne's updated post at #274. I guess my efficiency is better...

Welcome aboard. I did the bucket in a bucket and then added a muslin bag with mesh bottom to it 16 years ago when I started out. Worked good but loses lots of heat. After nearly a twelve year hiatus from home brewing I got back into it with the help of this forum and started right away with a...

Thanks BBB, I really haven't been tracking my eff but I suspect it is more like 70-72 % and I generally shoot for a 5.5 gal batch to account for losses between the kettle to primary to secondary so that might be some of the differences. Regardless, I have reworked my grain bill and hops to now...

Wow, what an awesome thread. I am just about ready to give it a go with Wayne's last recipe as follows but have just a couple of questions. 6 lbs. Weyermann Vienna Malt 5 lbs. Weyermann Wheat Malt 1.25 lb Flaked Oats 0.5 Rice Hulls (pre-soaked in warm water) Add 1.7 oz Hallertau (3%)...

Brewed a SNPA clone yesterday before the rains came in. Got so carried away with the late addition hops that I forgot to add the whirlfloc. Had everything cooled before I realized it so, oh well. Recipe looked like this: 10.75 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 93.89 % 0.70 lb...

My second batch of this is in the keg (SWMBO loves it) and both have suffered from chill haze. Going to try another batch tomorrow and thinking about a protein rest to see if I can avoid the haze. Any thoughts? Also going to tryp WLP001 instead of Safeale 05 on this one.