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I got sick and tired waiting for Spike to release their new conical so I bought a 14 gallon HDPE conical, built a stand for it, got the cheap Craigslist refrigerator to put it in, mounted a thermowell, attached a 2" butterfly trub dump valve, added a valved blow off port and sealed the lid to...

We're up to 77 of them in the twobrewdogs.com blog; lots of pictures and notes. Last few days we were in Tombstone, AZ and the brewery there, Tombstone Brewing was pretty good. Arrived in Prescott, AZ today and have already tried Prescott Brewing but haven't written it up yet. Always...

Dogfishead and others (Holler in Houston...) have advised the do not want to be included in any of RateBeer's reviews. More power to them. If you want some truly impartial, fun and light brewery reviews, follow twobrewdogs.com (and Facebook) instead :)

The next epic journey begins tomorrow!! Heading west out of Houston, big loop up to Las Vegas/Grand Canyon/Zion National Park. Along the way; Las Cruces, Roswell, Tombstone, Prescott, Winslow, Albuquerque, Phoenix........... Looked at my brewery guides and there are lots on the path, most...

sanitized beach balls take up a huge volume......

We too visited Kotor as part of a Celebrity cruise last October. While Dubrovnik was bigger and more impressive, Kotor was pretty cool with compactness of the old village, the surrounding mountains and the long natural bay/fjord that it sits at the end of. We didn't stay in the old town for...

This is Texas. We make whatever we want.

Put in an electric element, a HERMs coil and a temp probe. Voila, your first half of an all electric system.

I think I solved mine. Corroded bulkhead style PRV so the poppets weren't seating. Should have been obvious with soapy water test but I guess I didn't get enough into that area.

I believe I have found the culprit(s). This picture is one of the aftermarket pressure relief bungs and poppets I had in a couple of kegs. You drill a hole, screw the two aluminum pieces together like a bulkhead fitting and then screw in the blow off poppet. Well, they corrode and the...

I'm leaning that way. Currently testing kegs underwater with QCs attached under pressure. I bought a bunch of McMaster Carr #9396K24 silicone O rings per a post found on these boards. Actual ID .424", OD .63" Orange colored. I'm wondering if they are fractionally too small. The buna...

Yes. QDs in good shape. Some threaded, some barbed, but have ruled out that side of the QDs by disconnecting, keeping pressure on them, turning off tank valve and seeing same pressure on regulator after >24 hrs. (Never mind the simple test of just holding them under water...) Problem lies...

Googled a bit.... a good start, but need to work on the hose end..... https://www.grainger.com/product/EATON-AEROQUIP-Hose-Fitting-2F515

I know I'm not the only one that has minor gas leaks associated with the quick connect ball locks on my kegs. Yes, orings changed, lube added...... Still, a little jiggling here and there and you can hear little bits of gas escaping. Multiply by 6 kegs on tap and all the connections and you...

IIRC, I used about an ounce of chips? It was a half full plastic snack bag. I used a cast iron skillet and browned (not too far, didn't want black) them on the bbq. Put in snack bag and added about 2 - 3 shots of bourbon and let sit in fridge while beer was fermenting. I put the chip...

I did a bourbon soaked oak chip imperial stout (Imperial Dark Vader I called it). It went through many different taste profiles before settling down after about 4 months. Seriously, the taste would change every week or two. Sometimes the bourbon was very pronounced, sometimes the...

I lost faith in Spike after they kept dangling "almost ready" in front of my face. What kind of businessman doesn't take preorders??? I was ready to throw $600 at them and get a 14gal. I got tired of waiting and frankly, the bait and switch. I was told that there would be a mid march...

You can see all the breweries we visited in the Twobrewdogs blog in my signature. With all of the sightseeing we did in DC we ended up being too tired to go out afterwards! That and your traffic sucks. We were on the north side of the beltway and everywhere was a bit of a ride. We did...

I'm going through the same battle now.... By progressive testing, I have narrowed it down to being south of the manifold. I have replaced all the washers in the bodies of the quick connects and the orings on the gas posts. I have soap tested the manifold connection, the quick connect...

Heading to Asheville in a couple of days.... already booked for Sierra Nevada. Other suggestions?