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Thanks Juan and Beaks! Very helpful. Not sure why I thought 6 ft would be on the long side. I'm going to snag the Taprite triple secondary regulator. Still need to decide on Sanke sixers or ball locks. Used one ball locks are getting hard to find. The new ones are $130 pre-shipping. I can get...

I'm considering buying Sanke kegs for my keezer build. I've read about keg deposits and how they can adversely affect smaller brewers. Definitely don't want to be part of the problem for smaller breweries. I will say, I think "ethics" might be the wrong term here. A lot of people think that...

I've been reading a lot about balancing systems on the forums and other sites. As I plan out my keezer, I'm still getting a feel for how all the kegging equipment will work, and what I actually want. I've got a 7 CU FT GE freezer that I snagged on craigslist for $110. I've already altered...

I'm in the process of building a keezer. I'm new to kegging and I'm trying to decide if I want to buy a secondary regulator or a distributor. I'm leaning towards a secondary because I want to be able to serve a hefe and a porter at the same time on different pressures. How important is it to...

Thanks. My suspicions were confirmed.

From reading a lot of the older posts, it seems like the consensus for a good price is about $50-$60 for a used ball lock corny. Looking around at most websites, it seems like they are asking $70-80. I usually scope Williams, Northern Brewery, More Beer, and a few others. The best deal I've...

It has been in the bottle a week. I was thinking I might sample one today, but maybe I will wait another week.

I searched the forums and couldn't really find an answer. I've got some solids in the bottles of my hefe in the bottom and floating at the top of the surface level in the neck of the bottle. I'd expect some in the bottom, is that normal in the top too? I'm concern they must be bacteria. Any...

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Great. Thanks everyone.

Oh, ok. I was worried because Palmer said: It is important to minimize the amount of headspace in the secondary fermentor to minimize the exposure to oxygen until the headspace can be purged by the still-fermenting beer. For this reason, plastic buckets do not make good secondary fermentors...

So this is a dumb noobie mistake. I'm in the process of making Yooper's Dog Fish Head IPA clone. This morning was the day to rack to the secondary. I took a hydrometer reading and it was at 1.013. Good enough for me, and this morning was really the only time I was going to have in the next few...

So much unnecessary hate on this thread. I lived in Portland for 4 years and now I live in Seattle. Both are great places. A couple places that have not been mentioned in Portland are: Upbright Brewing - very small, weird hours but really great beer. You basically sit right next to the vasts...

I'd get something you can cap to reduce the risk of bombs. The more 22 oz bottles the better.

I didn't find any leaks and everything seemed to be secure. This is what the line looks like:

Yeah, we weren't sure that the WL vial or the starter was going to be sufficient on its own. Figured it would be better to overpitch than underpitch.

This site isn't totally clear, but seemed to indicate Paulaner was harvestable. http://www.nada.kth.se/~alun/Beer/Bottle-Yeasts/ The good news is I'll be able to let you know how it turns out. The bad news is if it turns out good, I won't know if it is because of the harvested Paulaner or the WL.

I really like the idea of harvesting yeast from bottle conditioned beers when trying to reproduce a style. Yesterday we pitched a Paulaner Hefe harvested starter in with a vial of WL Hefe strain. Do any of you regularly harvest yeast as opposed to purchasing? I guess I feel like if I'm going to...

Thanks everyone. I'll double check the seal and airlock. The ring is very scummy looking so I'm assuming we're in business. I'll proceed as normal and rack to the secondary after 10 days.

I brewed Yooper's DFH clone for my first batch ever (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/dogfish-head-60-minute-clone-ag-extract-25709/). We pitched a bursting Wyeast Northwest Ale smack pack. Could barely get it open it was so expanded. Aerated by running the wort through a strainer and into the...