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I think it is different when it is viewed as food service versus packaged food production. If you're trying to get into grocery stores, yeah, it's complicated and you're subject to federal regulations, because it's typically interstate commerce at that level. If you're serving at a farmers'...

You have to think of this in terms of rate of reaction. If you were to get enough CO2 into the bottle to have it carbonated at a certain level, it doesn't dissolve immediately, so the only place it has to go is the headspace of the bottle. With this excessive CO2 in headspace in the bottle...

At 40-60psi, you're probably at the limits of your overpressure valves on your regulator, unless you're using a regulator made for post mix machines. At any rate, what temperature are you dispensing at? That's going to make a difference. Get it as cold as you possibly can. One thing that...

WonderMellon, You do not need the yeast if you're force carbonating. You can decrease the sugar, but that's up to you. Add sugar to taste and you'll be ok.

Thanks for the shout out sodandbeer. I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe. Daft, I know you've never been a fan of my work. Thanks for letting me know that there's a problem with my blog, though. The link is fixed now, so anyone looking for the cola recipe from this page will actually get there...

You're in San Diego, so Jarritos soda should be pretty prevalent I'd wager. Like a 24 pack at your local Sam's Club. Any other Mexican soda would work, too, but the coke and pepsi bottles are screen printed. Same as Corona bottles, but those are a bit thinner. If you're retorting, stick with...

Add to that the fact that local bottlers still use premix soda for special events (see: http://www.pepsicolaofthehudsonvalley.com/bristol/services/fountain-drinks/ under "Special Events"), yeah, cornies will be around for a while yet. And yes, the average $35 cornies were about 6-10 years ago.

So, I'm gonna ask what everyone else is already wondering. Where'd you pick that up? Also, why'd you take off the stickers?

So I installed a bathroom fan in my basement bathroom over the past couple of weeks (five min here, five min there really slows down progress). Felt pretty proud of myself. Then I came here and I am utterly ashamed of my lack of skills. Seriously, though. Nice work. Love to see how it's...

I don't think the adjustment screw is going to do any good in this case since the picture shows the thermostat set to "off" and it's freezing the lines. I could be wrong, though. I did try and adjust mine that way, but that made it always on or always off. Stonebrewer is right, though. It's...

When I replaced mine, I had the same question. Looking for a direct replacement analog thermostat it was hard to find the right part. Appliance repair places were selling them for $50 and up. I went ahead and hardwired in STC for about $15, so it was a pretty easy decision to make.

How often does it cycle? I picked up a mini fridge from a neighbor who was throwing it out because it was "broken". Turned out the thermostat was shot and it just kept running so everything froze. I swapped out the original thermostat with an STC-1000 and it works great now. Could be the...

Do you have a flange on there? I know it won't be the prettiest, but if you take of the flange off, it should gain you 3/8"-1/2" of thread on the back end of the shank. If you're sans flange already, the washer should be an alright solution since it's temporary. Only way to tell for sure is...

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You mean a drain for the bottom to drain off water from melted ice? How about something like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GVJJ07I/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Or you could get a couple washers and a lock nut for something like this to install into the bottom of the side...

When you say the compressor is on the back, I think what you're referring to is the condenser coils. Those are the ones you want to be concerned about hitting when cutting through the top and are often found inside the exterior skin on most mini-fridges. The compressor is the canister on the...

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I'm surprised that your buddy would have an issue with them on a bench capper. The only bottles I've ever had an issue with on my bench capper are Sprecher root beer bottles with twist off caps. Other twist offs (usually soda bottles) have mostly been fine. I have a number of bottles with a...

a few kgs above tare weight? 1 kg=2.2 lbs, so sounds like you had plenty of CO2. How big is your tank? Was you tank really cold when it had its "last gasp"?

Depends on how much you have to purge. Outside of purging, you would use the same amount as kegging and dispensing a 5 gal batch assuming you didn't force carb. Force carbing you actually use less than you would by force carbing a full 5 gal batch.