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Pinging @Jayjay1976 for results of his faucet trial, since I too was looking for someone who had done this comparison! Especially interested in your results of the Perlick + Intertap spring attempt. I too am terrified of a bumped tap that leaks an entire keg onto my floor...! Thx

Terrific reference! Based on the comments here and all those on BM's recipe post, I can't wait to try the Centennial Blonde. I am wondering whether anyone who is au fait with that can help me in knowing whether this recipe was modified/revised since originally posted, as often happens. With...

I had to go look at the keg. Unbelievably it is almost TWO YEARS old, but still pours a very nice pint. Won't claim that it's the same as the day I tapped it, but it is still extremely drinkable. I run it with beer gas, of course, it it still rises and makes a nice tight head in a perfect...

OK, I expect to get some stick for this (which is fine), and certainly mean no disrespect, but here goes. I believe there is more than a little urban legend associated with "the only place you can get a proper Guinness is in Ireland" meme. This belief almost had religious status when I lived...

I've gone to a conditioned grain milled at 0.032. I add 1 lb of pre-rinsed and drained rice hulls (for a 12 gal. batch) just to ensure I don't get a stuck sparge. (I also recirc during mash in my 3VE brewery). So far, it has worked very well.

Bumping @mongoose33 to see how this solution worked out. I also want to label my hoses, and as you said, sharpies fade away too quickly. Thx!

Pinging @eric19312 to see how this venture has worked out. Thx!

PRVs are not to be used for regular operational purposes, but as your last safety resort for overpressuring. There is a tiny (but not zero) chance that routinely flowing head gas through a PRV could cause sticking issues in the valve which may (unknowingly) render it inoperative. Chances of a...

+1 to not mounting the Riptides. Never had an issue with them "walking", and I am always moving them around for one reason or another. The engineer in me would love to have a sleek system with everything tidily bolted down in it's "proper place". But I think I would always be unbolting and...

Missed that one, although I did spot TWO copies (likely unread) of "How To Operate Your Home". :p My A/R wife would dearly love to have a crack at this one for just one hour!

I'm lucky enough to have more brew space than most, and I have a lot of great space-efficient goodies (lots of table space, huge peg board, wall-mounted parts boxes, etc. But Moore's Law of Home Brew Space Requirements says there will never be enough! One of the biggest challenges is with what...

Wow, a heavy duty plastic comb binding machine! Haven't seen one of those in years, tho I'm sure it's still useful to have if you need one!

At least I put my Secondary Regs and gas distributors in the hump area, otherwise I'd been really snookered trying to get kegs in and out. And yes, +1 on CO2 and Beer Gas cylinders outside the keezer.

I also had this same idea ... about a day after I completed a fairly extensive build! Doh! 😖

I also needed a longer cable between the scale and readout unit. Here is what you need: https://www.ebay.com/itm/283613838681 This is a slim-style 4-conductor phone line. Make sure your get the 'straight' connector version, and not the reversed one. They are cheap and available in whatever...

You have quite the deep knowledge of Bodds! I lived in the UK in the early 90's and loved it at my local. This may or may not be the best vintage, just the time slice I was there. I'm open to what you may consider to be a better version. So what would be your recipe recommendation for a pub...

You may be right on that. But she always said something else that many of us have thought to ourselves at least once during a "challenging" brew day: "I thought I was gonna to die!!"

I don't think I have ever heard or read of a new (commercial) brewer who did not say that their growth requirement was underestimated. Keep in mind that making a profit for this type of "manufacturing" business requires that (fixed cost/throughput) be minimized. In other words, it is hard to...

Just remember the immortal words of experience and wisdom from the late, great (and no doubt all grain brewer) Roseanne Roseannadanna: "It's always something..." 😉

Cool. Could you briefly share a little about it? Size, clientele, most popular beers, etc. What's gone better/worse than expected? What does your typical day/week look like? Thx!