Recent content by wilmh

Built a keggle about 2 years ago with two welded SS couplings....one for a 3-piece ball valve and one for a combo Miljoco thermometer and sightglass. Recently moved and during my first brew since, the thermometer fogged up so bad I couldn't read the temps. Any ideas if this is fixable...

I've been brewing with extract for the past two years and I think I'm ready to move to all grain. Most of my buddies have moved on so I'm looking for additional suggestions to acquire the equipment needed to move to AG. I'd like to have the ability to brew average OG 10 gal batches or higher OG...

Long story short, I built a budget-build 20 cu ft Keezer using an old Admiral chest freezer from craigslist. Repainted it white, did a simple 2x6 collar, and threw a couple of cheap harbor freight furniture dollys under it to make it mobile. CO2 tank is loose on the outside, temp controller...

I originally rebuilt my kegerator with a new Perlick faucet, regulator, new hoses and fittings only reusing the fridge/tower/CO2 tank from the old setup....then I came across a 20 cu ft freezer for $40 on Craigslist less than a month later and jumped on it.. It was dirty, but in decent shape...

Thanks to both of you. That's what I thought, but yesterday I had a conversation with another homebrewer buddy who thought too much water would leach too much from the grains and give off flavors.

A friend of mine introduced me to homebrewing back in June. He brews all grain and hadn't done an extract brew in a couple of years prior to June. Long story short, I am doing a full boil using a 15.5 gallon kettle and when he taught me to steep the grains, we started by using the full...

For the first two brews, CO2 was connected from initial kegging until keg blew. Both were undercarbed, but I didn't force carbonate (shake) either one and both were initially set to about 20 psi, not 30. Both of those brews were in the old kegerator where the CO2 tank and regulator were...

The Keezer has a Johnson controller set to 36* with 4* of differential keeping the temps between 34-38. The readout is typically between 37-39* depending how often the door is open. The temperature sensor is not encased in copper like the Analog temp controllers, so I have it zip tied to a can...

I could definitely hear the gas going into the keg....as I was shaking, I'd periodically position the keg so I could hear the bubbles of the CO2 going through the beer at the connection. Well, maybe I'm not patient enough. I kegged my Oktoberfest and an Apfelwein on Sunday....30 psi and...

Kegs are in the fridge. Dual Guage Regulator appears to be in good working shape. It's only 4 month old (was brand new before first homebrew). And while this test is very in accurate, releasing pressure from a keg when the regulator says 10 psi is very different and obviuos than at 30 psi...

Today is a week after I've kegged and carbed my 3rd homebrew. First brew was an Bells Oberon clone extract. Primary fermentation lasted only 12 days. Racked to keg, 20 psi for 3 days, then ~8 psi for a week before first mug. Beer was good and got better as it aged (lasted all of 3.5 weeks)...

I'll try to keep this brief..... Should I keep my old kegerator to use as a fermentation chamber, or sell it and use the cash to finish my keezer (and possibly have money towards a brew kettle or other brewing supplies) and then find a full size refrigerator later down the line? I recently...

My Ranco had a default of 5 degrees offset (so it would allow for a 10* swing). I left that in place and just adjusted the target temp down to 36*. I'll adjust that when I get home. I had a case of bottled beer and a case of water hanging in the baskets across the top of the original...

I've read some other posts, but I think my situation is slightly different. Recently built my keezer. Older 20 cuft Admiral chest freezer. Added a 2x6 collar and a Ranco digital temp controller. Originally I had the sensor going through a hole in the back of the 2x6 placing the sensor...

I currently have an American IPA on draft, an Apfelwein in primary, and an Oktoberfest in secondary. IPA was just tapped and has less than 5 mugs out of it. Oktoberfest and Apfelwein should be ready to keg at the end of September. I need some ideas for a nice fall beer to compliment...