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I think I may be an outlier here then. I have 14 taps flowing nonstop at the walk-in, never empty. Though one is for cider, and one is for mead. I have a total of 90 kegs, and roughly 75 have something in them in the walk-in. I also have a jack daniel's barrel holding 55 gallons of a flander's...

I built a two stage counterflow chiller using a 50 ft coil of copper (I believe 3/8" OD tubing? It's been a while since I made it). I split the sections so that the first stage uses groundwater, and the second stage uses pumped ice water. I have to do this as I live in Georgia and for most of...

If you have the money to spare, new is always better, in my mind. Homebrewers tend to look for ways to save money, and I am one of them! Due to that, and that I have around 90 kegs, I had to go used and the cheapest I could find, and refurbish them the best that I could. I do have some that...

I've got two of the 14 gallon ones. I bought them at different times though, so I have two different styles, they made the second version more squat. I've been very pleased with mine, and they work exactly as I wanted them to. I don't do closed transfers, but I do know others have modified...

What size batch size are you brewing right now? I would say the cheapest and simplest way to go is a 25-50 GPD system, and add a large storage tank so that you can draw off all your water that you need, and don't have to worry about the membrane filtering the water on demand. I will say that...

Yup, that is exactly what I did. About a decade ago, I had at least a dozen CO2 tanks, ranging from 2.5# all the way through 50#, and it was honestly a pain to keep up with that range of tanks - keeping track of how much was left, if it was empty, if I had time to refill it, if it needed a...

As I think about this, if you are careful and proficient with bending tubing, you could actually make your own by buying stainless tubing and then bending it yourself. You would need to be very careful and patient, as I would think it would be relatively easy to kink or possibly even exceed the...

So it sounds like you've used your tanks with regulators and did not destroy your regulator, so it does not seem like you have siphon tanks. If you bought your tanks from a welding supply shop, they would have made it exceptionally clear that you were buying a siphon tank, as it would not have...

If I remember correctly (and this is always suspect!), most of the CGA 320 valves can be fit with a siphon tube, and ones that have a siphon, can have it removed. Now, you should really have a professional do this for you, the tank valve is something you want to be able to trust completely...

Yes, like others, I would be very wary of using that keg for beer. It honestly isn't worth any possible poisonous chemical contamination. Kegs have been used for things like herbicides and insecticides, and since they are pressure vessels, I'm sure people have found even more uses for them to...

Do you know for a fact that your tanks are siphon tanks? If so, they wouldn't be any good for brewing, as the liquid would destroy your regulators. There are Co2 fillers that you can buy, they basically have two CGA-320 fittings, one that has a valve, and the other usually attached to a high...

I would go ahead and replace the poppets just to be sure, it is cheap enough insurance along with all the o-rings that you plan on replacing. Also, for the dip tubes, if they fit in your oven, you could actually use your oven to dry heat sterilize them (just make sure there isn't other 'stuff'...

rather than stainless, if you are just looking for a simple airlock, I have become a fan of the silicone waterless airlocks. You should see if there is one that can fit the fermenter that you use.

I went with a fairly basic setup. I bought a stainless housing dirty water submersible pump from harbor freight on sale, I believe it is 3/4 HP. From there, I threaded on PVC adapters and glued it together, adding in ports to attach two tubes to QD's so that I can also purge those. The main...

Did any beer get through the ball valve? If so, the valve itself may be suspect, and it may have some dried beer in it. If any beer originally got up that high, your check valves may not be working correctly, or the cracking pressure is too high for them to be useful.

I may be a bit of an outlier in how long some of my beers have aged. I had a barleywine from 07, a 'double IPA' from 08, and still have an RIS from 09. I also have a braggot from 06, I believe. From there, I've got steadily more each successive year. I may also be an outlier in that I have 90...

Nice, I'm glad you were able to get that all figured out!

Once your builder gets back to you, let us know what they are planning for you. If it is different, and you want to go the large storage tank route, look for the storage tank that you want, find the dimensions, and make sure there is adequate space for it where the system will be installed -...

As far as what you need for brewing, there are a number of ways to go, and it depends on how you want to operate, your budget, your space constraints, etc. As said above, you can get a cheaper RO system with only a 25-50 GPD membrane, but a really large pressure storage tank, and then just...

Hmmmmmmmmmm. So it seems unlikely that they are overcarbed then. Do you have a spare thermometer to double check the actual temperature inside the kegerator? If you do check, check the bottom as well as the top and see if there is any significant differential. Also, how did you cut your lines...