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Planned 2 brew days this weekend. One Sunday, one Monday, because I haven't made my holiday beers in a couple seasons and I miss them (I also have 3 empty kegs calling my name) My usual yeasting process is as follows: 1. Flame out 2. cool in kettle to 150F 3. transfer to brew bucked through a...

Unless you let the bottling bucket sit for an extended period of time, any solids should remain suspended and be transferred into the bottles. Clear beer depends on good siphoning technique from the fermenter. Keep the pickup tube ( say the bottom of the autosiphon for instance) an inch or so...

Also, your bottled beer underwent a secondary ferment to carb that the keg didn't.

once you use the calculator to determine the correct length, add 6 feet or so. Its a lot easier to make the lines shorter than longer. I cut this board twice and its still too short :)

I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding exactly how this operates. Does one install this on a countertop, run the lines from a room temperature keg through a chiller and out the tap cooled? If that is how it works, it functions as mechanically cooled jockey box. To the con s I would add...

Head is caused by co2 escaping from suspension in the beer and becoming trapped in proteins in the beer as it rises through them. In order to have beer foam you need those 2 elements. If you have sufficient carbonation as evidenced by bubbles rising to the top of the glass the only other...

I have 3 Perlick SS taps. 2 flow control one non flow control. All have worked flawlessly. I recently had to swap to a non FC for a pumpkin ale that had a heavy sediment load in the bottom of the tap, clogging the tap. Just plug into the front of the shank and pour away. (My fault because I...

The fundamental question underlying this thread is " who owns the tank?" If the user purchases the tank it's their responsibility to have it recertified. That also means the user is entitled to get that particular tank back. If the gas service does swap only, they can't claim the user owns the...

You paid a fair price for the keg. If larceny was involved in the ownership trail you can prove you did not have intent to steal the keg. It is possible the keg was originally stolen from the brewery. It's also possible the keg was excessed by the brewery and purchased by the previous owner...

I have 2 serving taps in a keezer that holds 3 kegs on gas. Always a keg on deck and ready to receive beer lines.

How much are you tightening the posts? What wrench are you using to tighten the posts? I use a 1/4" drive socket handle and tighten as much as I can comfortably. No leaks and no tearing of the gaskets.

Use 3/16 beer line on 1/4" barbs. Plug the geometry into a line length calculator, then add 4-6 feet. Try it. If its pouring too slow cut a foot off the line and try again. FWIW using flow control taps helps give you the ability to adjust pressure without changing line length. FYI my lines are...

I use 3/16 beer line on 1/4 hose barbs. As stated above, boil a cup of water in the microwave, dip the hose into it and force it on. It seals quite nicely and, although I put on aviator clamps I probably could go naked if I wished. Only down side is when its time to remove, you need to cut it off.

I've never stored an unrefrigerated keg more than 3 years. Caveats: it's in the basement, that has a steady year round temp of about 60F. Headspace was purged with co2.

Most co2 sources in my area do cylinder exchanges. You "pay" $50 for the first tank, then a nominal fee to swap it out for a full tank. The tanks are steel. They are responsible to hydro the tank when it is time. I did not purchase a new shiny aluminum tank. I keep my grody steel tank hidden...

Does the manufacturer have an operation manual?

when I made the switch I was liking for a ferm chamber that would host 2 fermenters for larger batches, and I had my old 5cf chest freezer to convert to a keezer.

When I switched from bottling to kegging I retired my bottling bucket to a farm in the country. Never looked back. Priming sugar is replaced with co2 and any remaining amendments are added to the keg prior to transfer, just like a bottling bucket. I know there are counter pressure fittings that...

IMHO the best source of information is this forum. That's how I made the switch from bottling to kegging. What is your concern at present? If you preface your posts with a statement that you have not yet begun kegging, the members maaaay be a bit more gentle with you.

I researched this issue a bit a few years ago. Believe it or not, standard 2L soda bottles are rated to a higher pressure than glass beer bottles. I was concerned because I packaged a batch or cider in 2L soda bottles and they began bloating. I'm not talking ultimate burst strength, but rated...