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brass bulkhead - $9.95 Throw on a valve and a nipple and you're golden.

0 minute addition = aroma steep, unless I'm mistaken.

Is there a good reason for transferring to secondary? If not, don't.

YMMV, but I kept my last batch of dry orange melomel @ ~14psi, @38F (temp does matter) for a week and it's as fizzy as I can stand it. You have to serve it at the carb pressure or it won't remain at that level of carb. It's fine, though, since it won't foam the way beer does.

The square root of 15,345.86 is 123.8784081. What do I win? No, wait...that's wrong. It's Salma Hayek. Or maybe Daphnaie. Hell, I'm so confused.

You may not get much the first year, but I can't imagine why they wouldn't be worth using. My first year, I used them all for playing around...mostly "dry hopping" Coors Light in the glass to improve the flavor (moderately successful, since flavor > no flavor). Not sure what you mean by...

This may be a stupid suggestion, but have you ever tried to make a batch with bought water (RO, for instance) to see if the flavor goes away?

What was the crush like on the grain? Poorly crushed grain (as I've seen from the online HBS's) = low efficiency = low OG. Did you leave a lot of liquid in the cooler but still hit your desired batch volume? Extra sparge H2O + poor drainage/stuck sparge = low efficiency = low OG. What was the...

Pay no attention to Snopes. Microwaves use bursts of demonic energy (hellfire) to heat things. It's no wonder that plants wither and die when fed Satanic water! Your beer is all tainted by evil. PM me and I will tell you where you can ship it to have it properly disposed of by a priest. In the...

I placed my last order on 9/25. I received the shipment on 9/28. Satisfied as usual.

The guy in the helicopter is estimating the airyness of your house, even as we speak. "even as we speak" ...anyone hate that one?

Those are just CO2 bubbles. Why is there a krausen ring in your secondary? Why do you secondary in a bucket with so much headspace?

Yeah, looking at that thing, I can't figure how you'd adjust it. Is there any play in the wingnut on the back side? Could you take the nut off and add washers to increase the pressure?

How do you get the grain into the bucket? Seems awful far away to me. Also, you need an ugly hopper to go with it.

Find out if it works first. It could be that the fix is easy. I'd buy it, expecting to strip it for parts, and then test it. If it works great or can be fixed easily, then you're golden. If not, then trash the box and keep the goodies. A decent regulator is $50, new, not to mention the tank...

Do it. It's worth it just for the parts.

I think we're going to need a bit more info. Pics would be helpful too. What kind of kegs, faucets, QDs, etc.? Sounds like the problem is with the faucet, but it's hard to say for sure without more info. Did it stop in mid-keg, or had it been sitting unused for a while?

Ahh. Thanks for the explanation. Great idea. I may have to bug Santa for a Foodsaver.

Forgive my ignorance, but you boil burgers? I just nuke my leftovers and they're great. Am I missing out? Wouldn't the boil water take away some of the good flavorful juice that I worked so hard to sear into my burger?

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