Search results

Kegged my first batch out of the Catalyst this afternoon. Color me unimpressed. There was a lot of sediment left clinging to the walls of the thing. The materiel it's made of is great, but that angle has to be steeper to be effective.

Just checking in here as I'd like this information as well. Will be in Milan in a few weeks, might be fun to check out a home brew shop time permitting.

Spiders add flavor.

Star San is acidic. Your tools look galvanized. Personally I'd toss the batch. Better safe than sorry with a case of zinc poisoning. YMMV. EDIT: Misread. Yeah, you probably leeched some zinc of in to your sanitizing solution, you'll be fine. You wort will be fine. I may not be fine.

I thought about taking out the ball and spring, but once it was explained that it was there to keep me from getting a face full of boiling wort, I decided to leave it. Burns suck.

My kid has a friend that he went to college with that works at the brewery. Free beer is free beer, and hey, it's not Coors.

Horrible. There are other things that make it a terrible place to work as well.

Making mine out of maple. Started with a scrap of 6/4, planed it, ran it through the CNC. Will finish it up when I go back to work. Only treatment it's getting is the hot wort.

I still have 3 MR Beer LBK's that I've picked up at Goodwill, yard sales, etc. Now and again I feel like making a small batch of cider or wine. They work great for that sort of thing.

You sir, are a godless heathen.

Which is a total waste of time because no one is going to go for a schmeckle reduction surgery.

I think I'll make a sparge water heater with mine.

Sorry to hear that. I understand there's a pill for that now. Go Pack!

Mine is bog simple to figure out. It's one of a small group of radio callsigns that I use to identify myself, depending on where in the world I am or what I'm doing at the moment.

Fairly certain I know what's on my list for my next purchase.

My filter arrived today. Possibly going to keg this batch over the weekend.

Speaking of a hops basket, what do you think of using something like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Inch-New-Stainless-Steel-Mesh-Strainer-Spice-Tea-Ball-Tea-Infuser-Filter-E014-/332049102110?hash=item4d4fab351e:g:x1QAAOSwqBJXUDTN

I'm sure I'll get the upgraded controller, but I think I'll wait a few months and see how they do in the wild.

Ordered. Wish I would have had the self control to wait for the larger one. Guess I'll just eventually end up with both. :tank:

I'm just speculating here, but I think that 90 degree elbow is going to be the pinch point and your collection ball won't do much for you.