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I always get a cleaner taste if I use a yeast nutrient, though I've only ever used Red Star Pasteur Champagne and Premier Cuvee.

Like daft said, pour your carbonated water into another bottle on top of syrup and let it slowly run down the side, you should be good to use just about any bottle at that point. Here's an idea, if your water to syrup ratio is 5:1, then 1 liter of water would need 0.2 liters of syrup. 1.2L is...

I have recently come into possession of a 1980 Steel Belted Coleman Cooler that I would like to use for a jockey box at some point. My concern is that the inside of the lid is cracked and the insulation has started to swell or sag, making it so the lid is difficult to close. (I'll get some...

To further illustrate what Bobby's saying. Keg System A- 12psi at 37°F (equilibrium at 2.62 volumes) Compared to: Keg System B- 24psi at 58°F (equilibrium at 2.62 volumes) System B would theoretically have a greater rate of carbonation due to warmer temperatures (meaning more molecular...

I bought a 3 gal pin lock from AIH, and after having used it for a while, read the branding on the keg. It said 5 gallons and then upon closer inspection, realized that it was originally a 5 gal that was cut down and welded. I think the insides weren't even welded if I remember right, just...

I saw some of this in my mini fridge, it dripped down the temp control probe wire and onto the, so I thought it was degrading insulation on the probe wire, but I never saw anything flake off. It cleaned up fairly easily with just a wet rag and I haven't seen any other problems, but I don't run...

In theory, I think you could run the type of post mix faucet you're looking at with a keg of syrup and a keg of carbonated water, (meaning no motorized carbonator and no syrup pumps) but I am not sure how exactly you get the ratio correct.

Lancer has a great powerpoint on understanding how post mix works. I'd browse through that to get a general idea on how a system should work and that should give you some thoughts on whether it will work for you or not. I'm not sure how a typical post mix system will mesh with the post mix...

Yeah, it's a tree so they get like that. From what I understand, it spreads from the roots, so it will send up shoots along them. So if your neighbor has a sassafras tree, chances are you'll have one at some point, too.

I love using the mexican coke bottles, they cap very well with a bench capper (never owned a wing capper), but yeah, I would trust them at higher pressures than most beer bottles. I read somewhere here that someone considered bottling a stout in them and capping with red caps as a joke for a...

Yeah, this stuff is actually made for immediate repairs on pressurized AC equipment, so it holds pressure with not trouble at all.

Been there. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/fixing-leaks-in-corny-kegs.html

Did you cut out the existing thermostat? If you can't hear the relay click, I would guess that's your problem. It looks like the same way I wired mine. It's strange that you would have a defective unit with both the relays defective, though. With the 20 amps, did you toast them?

I've personally dug sassafras that looked like that. That could easily be root. I had a friend that had some sassafras trees on his property and I asked if I could dig some roots, he showed me little tree with a trunk about the size of my arm and brought a shovel and a pick axe. We started...

I carb and serve soda on a 5 ft line without too much trouble. The flavors I make that use fruit juice tend to come out with a heavy amount of foam due to pulp and high sugar content no matter what I do. Carbonated water or sodas sweetened with splenda or stevia tend to pour better. You...

I made some tap handles out of wine bottles that were pretty heavy. Seemed to work better with the 630ss than my who-knows-how-old standard taps off ebay I refurbished. If I remember right those tap handles are about a full pound. I wouldn't leave them unattended for very long, though, just...

I have a wiring diagram from when I took mine apart, but it's a different model. What are you planning to replace with? If it were mine, I'd just cut the thermostat out, connect the wires and plug it in to see if it runs. That will tell you if it's the thermostat or something else. From...

Yeah, if you can't hire movers, at the very least rent a dolly. At the VERY least.

I like the thought of converting to stock, and really tried to keep that option with my mini fridge but I wonder how many of us actually do go back to stock after we have kegs on tap.

Did you ever post that book review? I don't think I ever saw it. Feel free to be as brutally honest as you'd like. I'm open to criticism and terrible puns.