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What if you wanted to keg 3/4 of your batch, and bottle a few for posterity...? Should I just bottle off the tap, or is there a middle-ground sugar level suitable for both? (This is coming from someone who last bottled a batch of lager bottle bombs.... they're hanging out in the cooler...

Sorry for the endless questions - I'm building my supply list to finish converting this thing (mostly just bringing it back to life). Here's where I stand: Just ordered: 3 regulators from American Science and Surplus Need soon: 3 gages, probably the 0-15 and 0-30 gages from McMaster...

Just ordered some myself. Here's hoping... kvh

Ok, so I'm building my shopping list. However, I've looked everywhere for a bushing that will convert the 7/16"-18 thread from the regulators down to the 1/4" NPT thread of the pressure gages from McMaster #3941K53. I'm assuming (because I don't know any better) that the regulator is an NPT...

McMaster has some too, with lower pressure settings (accurate to 2%, good enough for me)... Item # 3941K53 I assume you just find an adaptor to run from the 7/16th to the 1/4 thread size?? kvh

So, looking at the photo closely, you have 2 regulators, and each of them run 2 possible kegs. I see one, maybe 2 'master' CO2 lines feeding your regulators, but I also see a brass tube connecting them. Are they run in succession? Is there a 'pass through' port on the regulators so you can...

Ok, so I just bought a kegerator, and it can hold 3 cornies. I'm currently RE-waterproofing the thing (see the other thread) and modifying the tower, etc etc etc. I have a little extra money to play with in the next few weeks, and I believe that if I'm going to convert this, I'm going to do...

UPDATE: So the top of my kegerator is stainless. Sweet. Inside, the floor is too, awesome. However, the internal drip-tray (around the cooling fins, inside top), the walls, and the ceiling are all galvanized. And, as near as I can tell, it was never used on a level surface, causing the...

Seems to be an older version of this one: http://www.micromatic.com/keg-refrigerators/kegerators-pid-BM23.html

I just snagged a sweet new (to me) Beverage Air kegerator manufactured who-knows-how long ago (it's painted a lovely muted brown). I just checked interior dimensions and this thing will hold 3 Cornies, the CO2 tank, and room to spare. It's so great! Time now for me to replace the tower with a...

Polish it up and clear coat it. My mom, years ago when she worked for a lab, brought home these mysterious and very handsome copper cylinders for me, thinking I should store my paint brushes in them. We buffed them and gave them a coat of clear varnish, they've sparkeled ever since. We...

For what it's worth, I moved all my bottles (well, all the new ones) down to the basement where it's about 65 degrees... I haven't had another explosion yet. Thought you'd like to know. kvh

So what's your question? They're good tools to have around, for $25 (I think they're $40-ish each regularly) they're worth it. It should still come with a warranty... no? kvh

I made the mistake of putting my canned corn (we used one can, plus all the water in the can) in the boil, not in the mash. It ended up tasting very grassy, which was disappointing. We also used flaked corn, and I can't really say where the flavor came from... I'm blaming boiled kernel corn...

I've begun doing AG batches, and my brew kettle is only 5.5 Gal. I've made two 3-gallon batches so far, and they're almost to the top of the kettle when I begin. I don't mind the extra trouble for the small batch size. For one thing, I can experiment a little more, and if it's terrible, it's...

Trust me, it scares me a bit too - but let me just say, this is my 19th or 20th batch, I've never ever ever had this problem before, and I _THINK_ we measured out the sugar properly, but we pieced it together from multiple packs of sugar that were all 3/4 empty... we probably just over-carbed...

Yeah, between primary and secondary fermentation, it sat for over 2 months. Most of that time it was around 50 or 60 deg., though sometimes it dipped to the 30s (it was my enclosed but unheated porch - on the cold nights I kept it warm with a light bulb)... I don't have fridge space to keep...

Well I had a second bottle explode in as many days. Woke up to the sound of shattering glass at 7:30 - same batch so I'm thinking we had a little too much sugar in it. It doesn't help that the digital thermometer was reading 82 deg. in that closet when it blew. Alas. I moved everything to...

Woke up this morning to the same problem - a puddle of golden brown beer on my floor and a pile of glass shrapnel in the pantry. I was a little shocked because it blew through the sides of the bottle all the way around leaving long, 4"x1/2" wide pieces of glass, plus innumerable tiny...

I tried our 'tester' bottle, the last bottle made during bottling - after 2+ weeks of dry hopping with what I thought would be too much hops, it came out surprisingly mild. I'd say go nuts. kvh