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    Massachusetts FS: 5 gal Ball Lock Kegs

    Multiple available, $25 per but can discount for 5+. All clean and pressure tested. 5 gallon ball-lock kegs, working pressure release. Multiple colors, but all have rubber tops and bottoms, ball lock fittings, standard style (oval) lids. No racetrack lids, no naked tops, etc. 4 in photo, but...
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    Massachusetts FS: 200+ Empty Bottles - 750mL, 375mL, 6 oz (Boston)

    Bottles are empty/clean and delabled - the hard work is done. Large variety of bottles - I downsized a few years ago and largely kept the "interesting" bottles that had been hard to acquire. 96 x 12 oz brown bottles (no glass logos) 48 x 750mL brown bottles (require cork/cage - these are the...
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    Kegland.au / MoreBeer Continuous Soda Water Lid - Valve Replacement

    In case it helps anyone - I've been using this carbonator lid for about three years (available in the US from MoreBeer or others, but I think Kegland makes them): https://www.kegland.com.au/products/soda-carbonator-carbonation-keg-reactor-lid-continuous-soda-water-solution Approximately a year...
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    Safe to drill here? Kenmore kegerator

    Thanks very much! Parts diagram and everything, I couldn't have asked for a better reply!
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    Keezer in Basement, Taps Upstairs? Possible?

    I agree with RSNovi. This thread is a million years old now, but in summary let me say I don't think this is doable with forced air. Need to circulate liquid to cool.
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    Safe to drill here? Kenmore kegerator

    Hi folks - can anyone help confirm that it's safe to drill where I've ciricled on my kegerator? I need to make two 1/2" holes to run CO2 and water lines into the kegerator. Seems that both the cooling and heat exchange coils are mounted externally here, so I don't think there should be...
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    Hidden in wall beer tap

    I have a similar setup to what you're proposing. I posted some photos in a previous thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/keezer-basement-taps-upstairs-possible-374851/#post4691667 I did mine with a blower and air, but in hindsight I would have done glycol. The air system doesn't quite...
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    Cambridge, MA water for brewing

    Sorry just to add a few other things: - I'm in the camp that doesn't think Chloramines at 2 ppm or less make any taste difference in the final beer, but I am willing to hear evidence to the contrary. - RE: concerns on high pH - there's so little mineral content in the MWRA water that it...
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    Cambridge, MA water for brewing

    PHDrunk - Here's the MWRA treatment info: http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/04water/html/carrollwtp.html They add sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. The NaOCl gives up a free chlorine, which combines with the ammonia to form chloramine. That's why water leaving the plant tests around 2 ppm for total...
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    Perlick 545 PC with Flow control

    As far as I know, there is no 545SS. From my contact at Perlick, I know that they did an initial run of them that did not meet Perlick's standards. I am unsure if they ever got a successful run produced, but I never heard of one. Also to follow up on earlier posts: I still use the 545PC's...
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    When to add fruit?

    Just do it after. There's no notable advantage to adding fruit before ferment, and you might blow off some of the more volitile aroma compounds from the citrus.
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    Keeping the brew house clean with wild yeast?

    When I first started with sour beer, I kept all plastic separate but I have since calmed down a lot with no real issues. In >3 years of brewing sour beer (probably ~70 clean batches, ~30 sour or with brett) I've had exactly one unintentional infection - when I kegged a mild into a keg I had...
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    Keezer in Basement, Taps Upstairs? Possible?

    The blower pushes cold air from the keezer up into the box, and the air flows back down into the keezer thru the PVC. Since the four lines and the 1" blower hose take up just abouth than half of the cross sectional area of the PVC, there is space in there that allows the cool air to flow down...
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    Keezer in Basement, Taps Upstairs? Possible?

    PE = polyethelyene (http://www.farmhousebrewingsupply.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=300) Blower I think is this one http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/DAYTON-PSC-Blower-1TDN2?Pid=search Exactly right on the perlick, flow control = 545PC My 525SS work great, but I need to adjust the tubing...
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