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Unfortunately, a Chinese Jiao is too big. I'll look for a bolt tomorrow... :(

Hi All, I think I've found an 'under-served' topic: How to take a Euro (S-Type) Sanke to bits for cleaning / sanitation and put it back together. So far, I got the spear out with a flat-head screwdriver and a hammer. *** LET THE PRESSURE OUT FIRST!!!*** Hit the lugs in an anti-clockwise...

Hi orangechicken517, Guangzhou... I go there once a week right now to do training for a German company. But geez, it's too big! And driving in the city is a bit of a nightmare. Been stuck in traffic for 90mins before... Thinking of starting a proper (meatspace) brew club here in Dongguan...

Hi jsowenshall, The place I go to in Dongguan (Guangdong) is pretty straight-up about whether the CO2 is 'beverage grade' or not. In fact, I think round here they are generally. Approx 5 out of 7 of the places I've asked here (from Guangzhou to Shenzhen) have pro-actively checked with me...

Hi All and thanks for replying. chickypad: You're right: No point venting and then immediately recarbing. Stoopid. I think I did that a couple of times before I realized. I posted the PITA method back in the earlier thread, and pasted it into here without changing it. Me Culpa...

Changed this to a new thread; latest post to date here.

My 40-minute interval turned into a one hour interval, and not much difference. I'm going to try it again before I go to bed, and if it's still furious, I'll leave it overnight and try it again tomorrow. Any comments?

Earlier I posted here that it was a PITA to vent the Sanke keg (in order to stabilize an overcarbed beer). In particular, a Sanke coupler without manual PR Valve. If your Sanke Coupler does have a manual PR valve, as I’m told most do, then this post is two minutes you’re never getting back...

One more thing... I can't get keg lube or 'food grade spray silicon' here. My best bet so far is Vaseline (which has actually worked OK, BTW, so far). Of course this is at least in part due to the language thing (IE it might be there, but I can't see it / locate it...), and/or the fact that...

Thanks Bearclaw215. My corny kegs all came with this kind of lid: Most of the ones I've seen online (including all of the ones in China) are like this: So, I guess my first task is to get replacement lids (about $10) which have the more easily replaceable PR valves. After...

JuanMoore: Great post and thanks in particular for the picture. I'm 99.99% sure my Sanke couplers (I've got two) do not have have the pressure release valves you described. I've looked at them both hard and often and haven't seen it; and I think I would have done, had it been there. I'm out...

Thanks fuzzy2133. I think what I'm going to do is drive to the nearest CO2 plant with the full bottle and ask their advice. What I'm expecting is to empty the bottle and refill it with beverage-grade CO2 (should cost about $10 plus the fuel for the round trip). If they won't do that, then...

Thanks all. I'll try venting. Bit of a PITA with Sanke keg, as the quickest way I know of is: Turn Off the Gas at the Bottle Remove the Coupler Unscrew the Gas In Hose Clamp at the Coupler, and Disconnect the Hose Remove the Check Valve on Gas In at the Coupler Reinsert and Press Down...

Hi All, I bought a Sanke keg, and got free beer with it, from a brewer much better than me. The beer is good (I think it's a Pilsener SMaSH), but it's coming out all foam, and I'm having to sit it in the fridge [in the glass] for 5mins) before adding more for drinking (maybe 15 mins and two...

Thanks for the responses. jahdub My concerns precisely. k1ngl1ves I didn't realize my webcam was switched on. It's [COUGH!] not so bad if you filter it through cigarettes. Lead paint? Is it someone's birthday? Usually we chew discarded nuclear waste.

Thanks all for considered replies. Here's what I think 24 hours later: Oversensitive? Me? It's possible I'm just over-thinking this. I let the fridge relax a bit, and reduced the carbonation, and the 'mean' flavor seems to have dropped back a bit; or conversely, the malty richness and...

Hi All, Again, thanks for the advice on past posts, and the general awesomeness of this forum. I kegged beer a couple of weeks ago, and I think it's infected. I'm not too bothered (heresy! but wait... see extra information below). I've had a similar 'off-flavor' before after bottling...

Hi jsowenhall, I have something similar to your problem. Posted here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bad-co2-china-483556/ I bought a gas bottle on Taobao. 200 Yuan and they shipped it full(!). They can't tell me if it's 'food grade'. I read on some posts that it's the bottle (has to be...

Hi jsowenhall, I have something similar to your problem. Posted here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bad-co2-china-483556/ I bought a gas bottle on Taobao. 200 Yuan and they shipped it full(!). They can't tell me if it's 'food grade'. I read on some posts that it's the bottle (has...

Hi All, and thanks for many happy hours of productive reading and guidance. Over the weekend, bored, distracted and perhaps a little lethargic (RDWH4HB - I did, thanks), I ordered a 4L bottle of CO2 from Taobao.com (Chinese Ebay; I live in South China). So far, I'm unable to get...