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I am trying to eliminate a persistent CO2 leak on a ball lock keg that I've had for years. It is leaking at the bottom of the liquid post. I tried replacing the o-ring on the dip tube a couple of times. When that didn't work, I put two o-rings on. Both times, I applied keg lube liberally. But no...

I got a Bucket Blaster for Christmas and have found it to work really well with kegs. Unfortunately, the stand does not work well with my Big Mouth Bubbler fermenters. The ring on the stand would be perfect for a carboy with a narrow neck but it is the exact same size as the Bubbler's wider...

Anyone have any experience with this? Lockdown Silica Gel with Rechargeable Beads [Kegerator Condensation] – $16.99 + free prime ship. I've tried the Eva Dry in my fermentation chamber (fridge with a small heater and an Inkbird) and my keezer but was not thrilled with them. This might be a...

The flange nut and spring that holds the handwheel on my older (manufactured in 1994) CO2 tank has gotten quite rusty. The place that fills my tank won't fill it again until I replace them. I am finding this much more of a challenge than expected. I found a replacement handwheel with the...

My Mark II pump, which I bought about 3 years ago from Williams Brewing, has died. I plugged it in for the first time in about a year and all I get is a faint hum from the motor. I took the head off and the impeller turns freely and is clean. Any ideas before I throw it out?

Not sure if this is the place to post this but... As I get older (turn 53 next month), I am trying to refine my workflow to involve as little lifting as possible. I don't have a problem lifting full carboys now but who knows what the future will bring? I have a keezer built around a chest...

I have a couple of the older plastic Big Mouth Bubblers with the wide mouth that features a lid in two parts: the lid itself and the threaded collar that screws on to hold it in place. I was looking at the universal lid shown at Big Mouth Bubbler® Universal Lid - Dual Port. Does anyone know if...

I brewed the Ordinary Bitter from Brewing Classic Styles and kegged it with 1.5 volumes of CO2, as the book suggests. To get that volume, I used the chart in How to Brew and dialed the pressure to 5 PSI (I keep my keezer at 50 degrees). The beer seems really flat. I’m trying to keep an open...

I'm a little late to the party but just started listening to Dr. Homebrew on The Brewing Network. In the earlier episodes, they talk a lot about the recipes being posted to BrewToad.com. I joined the site but there only appears to be a couple of recipes there. Does anyone know what happened...

I cross-posted this as a review on northernbrewer.com. Apologies to those who may see it twice. These are the colored bottle caps. First time I tried them, I couldn't get them to seal on the bottle. I used a Bench Bottle Capper ( NB SKU: 6890) and, no matter how hard I tried, couldn't get...

I've got a beer, fermented with Wyeast 1056, that has sat in the primary for seven weeks. For bottle conditioning, do I need to worry about the yeast settling out? I'd rather not stir up the sediment at the bottom of the primary unless it's absolutely necessary. Will it be OK if I just allow...

I have a friend who is visiting Australia in a few weeks I'm putting together a list of local beers that she and her husband should sample while there. Any suggestions? I searched the forum and found a pretty good thread on this topic but it was seven years old and, obviously, a lot has...

Cross-posted to the Northern Brewer forum I'm upgrading my brewstand by adding a second burner for heating mash and sparge water. For this, I re-purposed the burner from a cheap turkey fryer kit (from which I also got the pot I'll use for water). I was not really thinking about pressure when...