Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Thanks Wellsy. I’ve been wondering how to get it going thinking I was doing something wrong because my mate said there’s 8 schooners left in a 23l wort after kegging and he just drinks them straight out the fermenter. Seems to me now, that he’s just easier pleased than others

If you're itching to taste your latest creation in a keg it can be force carbonated in 5-10 minutes.

Cheers

There are many ways to speed up the process.
I would initially doing things the standard and simplest way, just to make sure you get the levels right. To much gas can mean it is impossible to pour the beer without loosing half of it to froth.

Lots of mistakes can be made that lead to that so best to limit the options initially. Hell you can even misread the bar pressure chart as the psi chart and have the beer trying to be poured at 18psi don’t ask me how I know that can happen lol.

Whatever way you do it is fine as long as the end product is the tits!

Watched many a purchased barrel get poured as "ice cream" in the younger days.

After setting up to brew beer and getting a kegerator, all I know is they're a deadly piece of equipment.....just one more, just one more, before you go inside bouncing off the sliding door frame and internal walls! Then get the evil looks from the missus :laughing-rolling:

Cranking that handle is far too inviting.

For that reason I haven't brewed since moving in to QLD. However, I have 3 fresh wort boxes, better get to it....I'd hate for them to go off! :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Cheers

Funny you say that Wellsy, I’ve had to buy another carton today because I’m pouring froth. Now rather than having flat beer, I’m burping an over carbed keg :angry-banghead:

I have just been brewing the extract cans. does a decent job.

been having a hell of a time trying to rig the new keezer up without gas leaks. I have put it on the back burner for the last month.

Also NFI on force carbing the kegs. always taste flat and end up overcarbed. I have resorted to just letting them condition for 2 weeks.

tried getting some soft drink and a premix in the keg going but they just taste flat or pour foam.
Just another project I put in the too hard basket.

B man stick with it mate. I am paranoid about gas leaks so turn my bottle off. I chased a nine existent gas leak for a few days initially until I realised the leak was actually the gas being absorbed by the beer, rookie mistake lol.

Wellsy wrote:B man stick with it mate. I am paranoid about gas leaks so turn my bottle off. I chased a nine existent gas leak for a few days initially until I realised the leak was actually the gas being absorbed by the beer, rookie mistake lol.

haha,
Mine is an actual gas leak. setup all the gas turned bottle off and everything has dropped overnight and dont even have freezer turned on yet. Cant get any fittings to bubble after spraying soapy water, everything I can put in water has been and no leak visible.
redone every fitting and still leaks...

been sitting there 2 or 3 months waiting for the gas to be fixed so i can put the kegs in there.
don't get me started in my crappy tig welds that leak through some non existent hole too. I feel like not back purging it is half the issue but I just cant seem to get it better trying to back purge apart from waste all my gas. thats about to go on the back burner again aswell

haha,
Mine is an actual gas leak. setup all the gas turned bottle off and everything has dropped overnight and dont even have freezer turned on yet. Cant get any fittings to bubble after spraying soapy water, everything I can put in water has been and no leak visible.
redone every fitting and still leaks...

been sitting there 2 or 3 months waiting for the gas to be fixed so i can put the kegs in there.
don't get me started in my crappy tig welds that leak through some non existent hole too. I feel like not back purging it is half the issue but I just cant seem to get it better trying to back purge apart from waste all my gas. thats about to go on the back burner again aswell[/quote]

B-Man,

No guru TIG welder here, but I've spent some time around a few! On any tig weld (especially sanitary, back purge or not) when you come to the end of the full lap don't extingush arc in the molten pool. Roll your wrist to drag out arc length for 10-20mm then kill the arc if it hasn't done it itself already. If you finish in the molten pool. that little dark spot is 8/10 a small pin hole.

Cheers

Hey B-man, I chased leaks in mine for a while and found a couple of issue you could look for.
1) I have CMB disconnects and the top of it had a very small leak near where the big slot is. I mixed up some tarzan's grip and spread that all over the top of it.
2) The gas post o-ring on my soda water keg wasn't quiet sealing inside the disconnect. Bit of grease and that fixed that problem.
3) One of my disconnects was slightly cocked on the post and that was letting gas escape.

haha,
Mine is an actual gas leak. setup all the gas turned bottle off and everything has dropped overnight and dont even have freezer turned on yet. Cant get any fittings to bubble after spraying soapy water, everything I can put in water has been and no leak visible.
redone every fitting and still leaks...

been sitting there 2 or 3 months waiting for the gas to be fixed so i can put the kegs in there.
don't get me started in my crappy tig welds that leak through some non existent hole too. I feel like not back purging it is half the issue but I just cant seem to get it better trying to back purge apart from waste all my gas. thats about to go on the back burner again aswell[/quote]

I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

iOnaBender wrote:No guru TIG welder
Roll your wrist to drag out arc length for 10-20mm then kill the arc if it hasn't done it itself already. If you finish in the molten pool. that little dark spot is 8/10 a small pin hole.
Cheers

Yeah know that and always check. 90% of the time I don't get the pinhole. Not too bad until it's an awkward position.

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

Yeah they got a good lubing

Trento wrote:Hey B-man, I chased leaks in mine for a while and found a couple of issue you could look for.
1) I have CMB disconnects and the top of it had a very small leak near where the big slot is. I mixed up some tarzan's grip and spread that all over the top of it.
2) The gas post o-ring on my soda water keg wasn't quiet sealing inside the disconnect. Bit of grease and that fixed that problem.
3) One of my disconnects was slightly cocked on the post and that was letting gas escape.

:twisted:

Haven't even hooked a keg up yet on the new keezer. Need to spend some time trouble shooting each line one at a time but haven't got the time. And the xmas period gets crazy.

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

I bet you do!!

Cheers

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

Happy Birthday Stig and I reckon the above must be true as 101 years old :scared-eek:

iOnaBender wrote:

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

I bet you do!!

Cheers

:laughing-rolling:

RuddyCrazy wrote:

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

Happy Birthday Stig and I reckon the above must be true as 101 years old :scared-eek:

I wondered who would pickup on that :-B

The Stig wrote:

iOnaBender wrote:

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

I bet you do!!

Cheers

:laughing-rolling:

RuddyCrazy wrote:

The Stig wrote:I use lube everywhere :happy-partydance: :romance-kisscheek:

Happy Birthday Stig and I reckon the above must be true as 101 years old :scared-eek:

I wondered who would pickup on that :-B

Look on the bright side mate if beardrinkshomebrew aint had too many he may just come in and G'Day youngster :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Thanks to the Scorchers playing early today, I’m having an early sample and it’s pouring well.
Cheers

Congrats Listo :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Congrats to you too Stig, happy hundred and first :obscene-drinkingdrunk: