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I needed to do this exact thing last summer. I hit two kegs with 50psi, shook them for 30 min or so, hit them again and left them overnight in the garage. The next day we took them to a camping weekend. I had a large Rubbermaid bin that I stood the two of them up in, then filled with ice...

I bought one of the Johnson Controls A419 from Johnson themselves, down in the industrial section of town here in Coquitlam. Paid cash, but for the life of me can't find the invoice now. I remember being surprised though... I think it was around $60? I'll keep searching for the invoice. I...

I'd read somewhere that the chances of getting a hangover from homebrew are really low. It has something to do with the yeasts that are normally filtered out of commercial brews, and can have a more balancing effect on your body. I can't remember where I read that, but that might be mostly...

Another 5 for me... 5068.8 + 5 = 5073.8

The only trouble I've faced with beer sitting in the keg too long was the Spiced Christmas Ale I'd made last October. The beer itself didn't go bad - it was frankly awful to start and aging only made it worse. But since nobody drank it much, the tap didn't get used, and in January when I went...

Hnefatafl is an old Norse board game that I play, teach and love. I mess around with a lot of medieval games and the like. It translates as "king's table", is apparently pronounced like "NEF-tabul" (depending on who you ask), and is NEVER already taken when I sign up on forums. So far. My...

The first brew I kegged was an Irish Dry Stout. It sat in the secondary for four weeks prior to kegging. When I started the process, my son was just starting cleaning the bottles for the Bitter he was bottling that morning. I filled the keg, pressurized, and shook the crap out of the keg for...

After visiting my LHBS here in Vancouver, I found out they "can't get Star-San" any more. Something to do with importing. Unfortunately, the guy who runs the place wasn't in that day, so I didn't get all the info. Any other Canucks having this problem?

In all these which-is-best comparisons of sanitizers, I don't see diversol mentioned very often, if at all. Does anyone else here use it? What are the advantages/disadvantages of it, compared to Star-San or Iodophor?

Hmm. I like the extra-strong magnet thing. These trays are 7" wide, but only 4 deep. The magnets should hold. I really wanted to be able to take them off to clean 'em out, so that works well. There's an Ikea down the road. I can't go with BierMuncher's solution, amazing though it is, as...

Greetin's! I've recently mostly-completed a conversion of a chest freezer, following advice and steps and even videos posted here. I honestly can't find the thread in which the YouTube video was posted, but here's the video itself: A huge thanks to the Bobby for that one. The only...

I'd be interested too, but since I'm kegging everything now ... I don't have the beer gun or counterflow thingamajig to let me bottle from the keg. Perhaps when I get that going? Mark, Vancouver

Right! Well, it's time to jump onto this Apfelwagon. 5 gallons for me! 2111!

You must really, really love this man. Kegging is still the way to go. I started small - tank, regulator, one corny and lines - and just can't go back. I've converted our mostly-unused chest freezer to hold kegs, and have 9 cornys now. I'll probably pick up another couple next week. Every...

Just a warning Rudeboy, unless you've already called Dan. He doesn't carry DME, it's all LME.

I've been going to Dan's in Vancouver since I got back into homebrewing, and have found just about everything I've needed. He doesn't carry DME though, so I have to go elsewhere for that. He DOES carry corny kegs as well, at $45 ea. I've got 8 now, and plan on a few more. Luckily I'm a...

Well, after calling 4 different departments of US Customs and Border protection, the most official version is "It shouldn't be a problem, you should be okay", as long as I'm not bringing across commercial-level volumes and declare it up front. Sooooo... I still don't know if I'm going to...

A question for the masses: Has anyone tried crossing the Canada-US border with homebrew? I'm talking legally here, though. SWMBO and I both have jobs that require us to keep things legal. A friend from Seattle was up in Vancouver last week, and tried my brew for the first time. This...