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Thanks Waldo, that is informative. It would be nice if we got away from brand names ... they seems to complicate things, are no help to people with different suppliers, and are less relevant than knowing the active compound. I use a peroxide-based no-rinse. (comes as a white granule). I...

I think I already know the answer to this, but just in case: Can I use vinyl tubing in the cooling part of my jockey box? I suspect it just won't conduct warmth enough to do the job... but I've had a couple of leaks at the connections between the stainless steel tubing and the vinyl tubing...

How much difference does the type of tap make? The LBS recomended 5/8" (!!) tubing for a short line from a keg... but the fellow said that's what they used for the small "thumb" taps. My taps are for soda pop... the beer comes into the back of the tap and separates around a cylindrical...

Hmm, ok, thanks Bryan. I have a few unknowns anyway... since I run it through the soda pop/ electric jockey box kinda thing, with an unknown length and resistance of metal tubing in the cooling coil.... I guess the food grade vinyl should be fine then, since I'll have to experiment...

pre-amble: Sorry for this being a rather bad cross post from a question I asked in another thread. Also sorry because I know I've seen discussion of this somewhere else on the forum... can't seem to search it out though. Seems like something worth it's own thread though? Beer line: How...

Hi again all! After a summer of work and no brewing, I'm back and ready to go. I think there is a thread somewhere (probably a few) where I was trying to get less foam from the tap of this soda dispenser. I have read a few comments about the line having an effect on this. Since my setup...

Thanks guys, Dumb question, but... George, do you mean you put on the lids, turn the kegs upside down, and store them like that for a while with sanitizer in them, to pre-wet the lids? Guess we'll see. I also have some paint-on latex (for making molds) that cures quite soft. I considered...

Hi all, I'm really having a dickens of a time with these kegs... with a good deal of fiddling around, switching lids and rings and such, I've managed to get a good seal on 2 of 4 kegs. The last 2 kegs though, I'm completely beside myself trying to get a seal.. even with the new ring, and...

Hey all, I'd heard about using flaked barley to give full, creamy feel to a beer, so rather than researching the proper way to use it, I bagged a cup and a half of it and boiled it (1hr) with my bittering hops in the wort. Will I regret not taking it out earlier? I seem to have some...

Kegged it and partied with it! No problems (a bit foamy..) Thanks

Thanks Janx, I found one gasket locally... still looking. However, I' really having a dickens of a time with these kegs... with a good deal of fiddling around, switching lids and rings and such, I've managed to get a good seal on 2 of 4 kegs. (And we had an after-classes party last night...

Ok, thanks again! I guess I still don't see what the harm is in kegging early... especially if I occasionally release the pressure ... if I'm not drinking it, shouldn't it continue to ferment just as it would have in the secondary, until all the sugars have been digested and the correct...

Hmm, supposing I DIDN't force carbonate it then, but just occasionally let out the pressure... wouldn't the keg just act more or less as a second secondary? There is really not much gas being produced. if I got a bit of sediment, it would only be the first glass full... Thanks, Keegan

Well, my high test bitter has been at it for about a month. For a few weeks now there has just been a small steady peppering of very tiny bubbles. The airlock only blurps every 5 mins or so. I think I'll keg this tonight, as I need the secondary. I don't think anything too bad can come of...

I hope "general" is a good place for this post. Anyone know of a Canadian supplier of hop rhizomes? I want something that will grow in my climate and I know it's a pain to ship live plants over the border. Thanks Keegan

Oops, ya, I meant 5 part trillogy. I didn't know dirk gently was made into a show? I read the little bit of "salmon of doubt" that there is... I commented that it was disappointing that there was no ending... ...then I corrected myself, realizing that NONE of them had real endings...

The effect of which "is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick." Oh man I can't wait for HHGTTG to come out! I've read the 3 part trillogy more than once. And my little bro managed to find the LPs with the original radio show... I admit...

Thanks Janx! Dang I wish my ale would stop bubbling (3+ weeks now) so I can keg it and get my stout out of the primary

I have gotten some excellent clarity from just leaving my ale to sit in the cold storage room for a while. Even from one-pouring bottle conditioned beer. Mind you, I've never made a REALLY light colored beer... kj

Hmm.. I had wondered about that. Even beer going from the primary to seconday, or secondary to bottle is carbonated a little bit. I know there are more sanitary ways to start a siphon, but I use my mouth, as a good excuse to drink beer through a straw from a 5gallon pail. Also, I've been...