I got one and used on my last beer. I like it and it was fun being able to "see" what the current SG and Temp was. That being said do I really "need" one? Nope. But that could be said for a lot of the home brewing gadgets on the market. Like others have pointed out, I can wait th...

Kealia wrote:So, I see your Brite Tank and raise you one Quick Carb:

Too much work for me... I prefer to just let the keg set for a couple of days at 30 psi and call it good

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Hmmmm... BBQing and drinking beer.

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A couple of bags of ice in a cooler with some water and the circulate that through my chiller using a sump pump. Cools down to @68 in 20 minutes or so. Saves on water. Being in California this helps the water bill

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Glad I'm in California... only have to deal with the rain

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Lols... I'm from the sf bay area and I can get Pliney on tap from my local ale house every monday. It's usually gone by early Tuesday afternoon

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I'll just wait until a keg of it shows up at my local ale house. They tend to tap the keg on a Saturday morning and it's usually gone by mid-morning I don't get much done on that day

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I just swapped out my Johnson single stage controller on my fermenter with an STC-1000 dual stage controller. Just cooling was ok for the summer time but the garage is getting cool enough it was time to add a heater to the temperture control loop. I used the instruction in this video; https://www.yo...

Thanks for the welcome all.



KB

I brewed the same kit recently. I'm lucky enough to have an alehouse that I go to that has a new Pliny keg on tap every Monday so I could do a comparison. The Northern brew is a good beer but not the same as Pliny, at least according to my taste buds :). Regards, KB Are you Bay Area local? Yep... o...

I brewed the same kit recently. I'm lucky enough to have an alehouse that I go to that has a new Pliny keg on tap every Monday so I could do a comparison. The Northern brew is a good beer but not the same as Pliny, at least according to my taste buds .

Regards,

KB

In keeping with the Mel Brooks theme...
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I was trained to open the cylinder valve all the way as most gas valves have seals at both ends... i.e. both the fully open and fully closed positions seal the valve stem and cylinder. If the valve is only partially opened there is a possibility of gas leakage around the valve stem. This is from my ...