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During my fall keezer cleaning I noticed that the ball retainer in my sanke coupler was broken. Any one know a place that won't charge me $13+ for shipping on this $3 part? Been looking for about a week now and everyone that carries it wants insane shipping costs. your pal THE CAD

Finally getting the parts together to convert the chest freezer into a keezer. This is the list I made of what I think I'll need https://www.birdmanbrewing.com/wishlist.php?publicwishlist=6c5f74d23dde4ca3f68b194621fbc9a3 anything I'm missing? I already have the temp controller, kegs, co2...

Put to gether my keg set up from the LHBS with the very poor directions provided and had orings left over. Figured out where all of them go except for one. I've gone through 2 CO2 so far in my quest for on tap beer. I have no idea where this goes but I'm almost certain it is the cause of my...

I'm thinking of going to Grad School and I'm wondering if I should take the GMAT or the GRE. I've been out of college for about 10 years nowThe school I'm looking at accepts both and most of the research I've done says they're pretty much the same. Since most of the people I know or work with...

I am on the eve of kegging my first beer and started wondering what is the best way to clean the lines etc. I plan on building a keezer in the future, but for now am using the picnic tap set up. Taking it everything apart and cleaning is easy now, but what about when I get a more complex set...

I am in the process of planning my next mead and I'm torn on what honey to use. The local super market sells 5lb jugs of a local honey (from Douglasville for you local folks) for about the same price that the LHBS sells the fancy honey. Here is the link to the LHBS web site and thier honey...

I recently was given a kegging system and quckly ordered supplies to make beer to fill my new keg. I just realized that the keg will not fit in the fridge kept in my lair. All attempts to seize the food fridge for beer prodution was defeated by the alleged wife and her minions (mostly the...

I came down into the basment today and notice a single cork sitting next to the couch. After careful investigation I discovered that one of the bottles on my near by mead rack was missing it's cork. The mead had spilled all over the carpet. The alleged wife now fears that this will happen to...

To loyal followers, I may be moving to a new location soon. Since I get lazy with bottling (Plan on going to kegging soon) I have about 3 full carboys sittingin the basement. Will it be easier to move with it in the carboys or should i bottle it all ( or option C drink it all)? your...

Actually saw this as a prize on the price is right (don't judge me :cool:) and now i want one. http://www.kegworks.com/brew-cave-walk-in-beer-cooler-kegerator-1472-p175669 Any body have anything this bad ass?

My 2 meads are at 1.020 and 1.045 after several months. Should I add more yeast to try to lower the gravity or just wait it out? One was made in June the other August.

I had my hops and yeast in the fridge awaiting my next brew day when Sandy hit my area. Lost power for about 36 hours and the women that lives with me just started tossing everything after seeing a news report that said to throw out everything if power is out for more then 4 hours. My question...

I have to admit that in all my time brewing I have never dry hopped anything. i get the concept, to add additional hops while in the secondary, but is there a process to this? Do i just toss them in the carboy in pellet form? Or is there some kind of gizmo that is used to assist? If so how...

The woman gave me an earlier birthday gift of a bigger brew pot (12.5 gal) :D it barley fits on the stove and takes 2 burners to heat properly, but I'm pumped all the same. It was tested today and works perfectly. I have stuff ready for another batch based on my old pot, but I'm looking for...

Just noticed some scratches in the walls of my plastic bucket style fermentor. How much does this raise the risk of infection? should i just toss it and replace or continue to use? burnt a hole in my grain bag so i'm going to the LHBS anyhow. never had any major infection issues. your pal...

was sorting through my homebrew stocks and noticed one bottle looked funky. this is the only bottle like this. poured it out and it had a grainy consitancy and smelled like yeast. there was also no carbonation in the bottle. Any idea what this is :confused: Already dumped it, the woman...

I have various small amounts of grains, DME and a few hops sitting around in my house. All leftovers from various recipies I have made. Should I combine them all into some kind of twisted frankenbeer or save them for future use? I'll try to post a list of what I have over the weekend when...

Just sevred up my first batch of mead at my viking feast last night. This was my first time making mead and it turned out fantastic. I only have 3 of 23 bottles left, everyone ignored my home brew beer and drank mead all night. I have decided to try and make this a annual event and hope it...

I've been drinking this for the better part of the weekend and am now intrested in making it my self. Any body got a recipe? Checked the search with no results.:mug: your pal; THE CAD

I have a vacation coming up and with the women out of the house at work I will be free to brew and commit various misdeeds. The only question is what to brew, the women likes light beers, I have made a bunch of darker beers and a mead recently for an upcoming viking feast, a co worker...