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I'm liking the diptube assembly. Super convenient since the ball valve points out for my application where I have no room for down spout like the original. I can take gravity samples easy. I find even with the dip tube facing down i leave majority of the trub and the keg filling is super super...

About to break in my diptube tomorrow. I've no doubt this is going to work great. One tiny tiny mod that would be nice, although not sure how tough to do, would be to have a ridge of some kind to make it easy to keep the gasket lined up and in place. I did some tests today to confirm no leaks...

Just the thing I'm been waiting for.... I'd take 2 to start.

Sesame Street in the House. And a little bit a pork before shredding. And a few party favors...

Had the chance to donate and serve this weekend at a fundraiser for school. Took the chance to "theme" my portable kegerator. Result is here: Bamboo skirt: $15, Tiki heads: $8 for 3, Weird little handle: $4 So about $27 dollars to fit with the theme. Ended up next to the bar that...

I'll be doing my 4th or 5th big serving event this Saturday. Two big suggestions that others have mentioned 1. 12 ounce cups. Can't stress this one enough mainly due to #2 below. 2. If it's the only alcohol available then you will run out unless you over over estimate. Know your...

I've done this one about half a dozen times. All with variations. my latest..... this time used instant corn grits rather than the flaked corn. The amounts of rice and corn are a very scientific ratio based on the size of the boxes at the grocery store. And the yeast, well it was getting...

In regards to the original ask, when fermentation is done i fill my keg and throw into the keg fridge that sits at around 40 degrees. I then backsweeten (either with concentrate or dextrose or caramel). As long as you'll be keeping it cold the yeast should sleep soundly. No pasteurizing...

I had one of those. Looked way odd. But everything is fine. It's just a crazy mix of yeast and proteins. I've only seen this on one of my batches but it turned out great. S-05 yeast with a high level of corn and rice. One of my variations on tales of 3 crops. I've seen others showing the...

The experiment continues. I checked the reading 3 weeks ago and hell if that yeast just ate thru all the sugar from the fruit. Gravity at 1.001. So I kegged it and 2 weeks ago added one pound of lactose. It's good. Not my cup of tea but as soon as I let the gals have a taste I think...

Latest update. I waited another week. And yep, the wild one, dropped another 4 points to right around 1.001. Interestingly the taste is not dry. So tonight I blended them back together on top of 3 lbs of frozen raspberries. I suspect that the wild stuff will start munching a little...

latest update. I ended up splitting the batch and used the different yeast. Since I only have one chamber they went in together at a temp of 67. Tonight I sampled and measured. They both appear to be done. The wild yeast ended at 1005. The S-05 at 1012. They look identical...

The beer that "caught" the yeast was a chocolate oatmeal porter. So low to mid hops. I brewed today and just went with a pretty standard recipe... 5 lbs pilnser malt 4 lbs flaked wheat .5 lbs munich 1 lb flaked oats 1 oz hallatauer (4.6%) for boil Split the batch into two fermenters. About...

I don't really have a plan. This is all new to me. I'm not really a fan of the sours and the funk. This is more of one of those do it because i can things. I'm not one to only brew what I like. So any advice or suggestion is good. I suppose if I was going to the sour then I should plan...

Update. So I've had this on C02 since I brewed it. Last night drew a pint and decided it was worthy to be moved form the shed fridge to the serving kegerator inside. It's an interesting brew. Very clean (no off flavors). Sweet. and I think my calculation says something like 2.5%...

Yeah more like 1/2 oz. I'm going to make a 6 gallon batch and split between two fermenters. One with this wild yeast one with s-05. Should be fun, planning on brewing tomorrow.

Thanks.....so I assume medium to light on the amount of hops. Maybe for 3 gallon batch something like this? 3 lbs pilsner 3 lbs wheat 1 oz of whatever bittering hop (at around 6 aa): 60 minutes 1 oz of aroma (pretty sure i have some saaz waiting for this) 5 minutes Mash right around...

I had a random half glass of beer left in my room near the window. a day later i have this.... Loosly covered it and had this by the end of day Made a starter and stepped it up. Cold crashed it. Then let it sit for a day at 70 degrees. Had this in there Made another...

a three year later bump of my fave thread on hbt......i suck

My kegerator is the "second" fridge in our house. Recently the back plate that provides the coldest has been getting moist and freezing. I've adjusted the temp. My other problem is probably that the kegs physically touch the plate which i suspect causes them to freeze. Right now I can't...