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I tried some of my 'saved' bottles last week. These were over 11 months old and they were great. I was concerned that a 'lighter' beer such as an APA or Kolsh would not last as long as a porter or stout but I was wrong. These were better than when I was drinking the majority of the batch.

Nick, I made one a bit different from what you posted which may serve the needs of this thread a little more... https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=115&c=1&userid=962 (more pics in my gallery of this) It is much larger than a one carboy cooler so many bottles could be...

When I first got all of my equipment (or so I thought I had), I calculated what it would take to pay back the investment since I would now 'save money' by brewing A/G. I figure if I brew 100 gallons a year for the next 30 years, I will have made my money back and start saving! I must admit, I...

You are correct Darth, UltraFlow is the VentMatic. I cannot find those as others seem to have noticed as well. I am not really in a hurry but I like to order everything at once to minimize shipping charges. This is going to be in an order with other parts that I do want to start working with...

That link is not a 'vent matic' brand. It is another brand with a 'seal forward' design by 'ultraflow'. I have heard so much about the vent matic brand but not about this one. I dont think I will have a problem going with one brand over another, was just wondering if the 'seal forward' design...

Seal forward design faucet. I am currently considering purchasing three of these. Any opinions on them or anything better that you would suggest?

I was looking at a tripple secondary so I would have three different pressures, not two... so the $110 I was speaking of is in line with the $70 of the duals you linked to DrewsBrews. (I already have a CO2 bottle and primary regulator.)Tripple secondary One other question that I should have...

I am building a three keg fridge. I am getting ready to purchase the CO2 components and need some opinions... Should I buy a three secondary regulator setup or just a distribution manifold? Is there a need to run the kegs at different pressures which would justify $110 for the regulators or...

About to buy my kegs and accessories. Doesn't the disconnect itself act as the 'disconnect'? I mean, you take the disconnect off of the keg so why would you ever need to take the hose off of the disconnect via MFL quick fitting? I am more concerned that this is yet another component...

There was one mention of a water / soda place to fill co2 but to expand on that a bit... your local soda distributor. Coke and Pepsi distribution centers are set up to do this. This is what I use. As others have stated, I purchased my nice shiny tank on line so I don't want to swap it for...

All of the replies so far seem to just reiterate the methods I mentioned above. I am still curious how someone could (for example) decide they need 10lbs of grain and 12 qts of water for the mash and 16 qts of sparge water and always hit a target gravity. Someone else could decide to use...

I have read several methods on how to calculate this but wanted to get a general consensus. How do you determine how much sparge water you will use? -Do you determine the ammount of water that will give you your proper pre-boil volume based on mash volume and losses? -Do you just use a...

I still swear by this... I have submerged the tip in hot mash way up the cord which seems to mess up the ones with wire braids but it has not hurt this one a bit. The head of it has been subjected to steam and even been splashed (not submerged though) and I havent had any problems with it. It...

My number is 20% evaporation in promash and that works for me. I was very suprised to find this number so high when I first started brewing. Nothing special about where I live such as temp. or altitude.

I'd like to have a shot at those :)

I have no experience on this so I am posing this as a concern / question... I thought / heard that you cannot get oxygen cylinders from a medical supply place without a prescription. I thought that the way they were allowed to sell oxygen at lowes and such was because they put another trace...

Designing great beers gets a vote from me as well. As far as brew ware... I was a bit dissapointed. I get more info off the internet.

The welding of the female coupling on the kegs can warp the threads and then subsequent assembly could lead to galling. The first time I put my setup together, it was very tough to get the nipple in. It was hard turning all the way as a nylon lock nut is to thread onto a bolt. I had to ease...

I can tell you what I do with mine... I soak it in my iodine solution for about 15 mins to allow the sanitizer to soak into the stone well. You can be sure that the stone is saturated when the iodine solution is seen working its way up the tube (if you keep the air tube on it during sanitation...

Backbrew, I have the sabco kettle as a brew pot myself and I have never taken the ball valve off for sanitation. I initially used teflon tape to put the nipple and valve on and it has never leaked. I have done many batches in this kettle and never had a contamination issue (knock on wood)...