DD2000GT
Well-Known Member
First off - I am an AG brewer for over 20 years, YES I clicked on the link on the sticky about this - it did not take me to the answer, NO I did not read the entire 100+ pages of the sticky, YES I tried to search for this - typing in Mr Beer once again gets me 100+ pages of posts most not even about this, and lastly it is OK if you don't want to post because of this.
For those a bit more forgiving - my son bought a Mr. Beer kit to get into home brewing as I have been a brewer all of their lives and they see my love for the hobby. I warned him - but he did it anyway. Followed their directions and hated the results (an "I told you so" moment). Anyway, I invited him over to brew and had him bring his Mr. Beer stuff and showed him how to use DME, hops, and yeast to make his own "kit". Now, I live in Texas so to get the fermentor under 70 degrees requires a swap cooler method (large tub of water with frozen gallon jugs, tee shirt over the fermentor, fan blowing on the tee shirt). Works great with 5 gallon carboys - not so much with the Mr. Beer fake keg barrel design. Obviously could not turn it on its side to stick the spigot up in the air - the big top lid screws down to a knoched base to release fermentation pressure. I "ass"ume since no beer leaks out of the spigot during normal fermentation - it should be safe to have this submerged underwater in my swamp cooler that is filled with star san water.
Any real life experiences on this?
For those a bit more forgiving - my son bought a Mr. Beer kit to get into home brewing as I have been a brewer all of their lives and they see my love for the hobby. I warned him - but he did it anyway. Followed their directions and hated the results (an "I told you so" moment). Anyway, I invited him over to brew and had him bring his Mr. Beer stuff and showed him how to use DME, hops, and yeast to make his own "kit". Now, I live in Texas so to get the fermentor under 70 degrees requires a swap cooler method (large tub of water with frozen gallon jugs, tee shirt over the fermentor, fan blowing on the tee shirt). Works great with 5 gallon carboys - not so much with the Mr. Beer fake keg barrel design. Obviously could not turn it on its side to stick the spigot up in the air - the big top lid screws down to a knoched base to release fermentation pressure. I "ass"ume since no beer leaks out of the spigot during normal fermentation - it should be safe to have this submerged underwater in my swamp cooler that is filled with star san water.
Any real life experiences on this?