33 replies to this topic

[HVB]

Seeing as how I don't anticipate carbonating at 60 PSI, no, something else.

I meant that your gauge in the picture went that high.  20 PSI seems enough for me.

 

You may also want to take add a gas disconnect instead of a liquid out but that is just me.

[itownmike]

Looks like its on an out post

[positiveContact]

Looks like its on an out post

 

well done!  I'm thinking that's it.

[HVB]

well done!  I'm thinking that's it.

Er .. um .. Had you by 4 minutes ..

 

I meant that your gauge in the picture went that high.  20 PSI seems enough for me.

 

You may also want to take add a gas disconnect instead of a liquid out but that is just me.

[Deerslyr]

I meant that your gauge in the picture went that high.  20 PSI seems enough for me.

 

[color=#ff0000;]You may also want to take add a gas disconnect instead of a liquid out but that is just me.[/color]

 

[positiveContact]

Er .. um .. Had you by 4 minutes ..

 

well not me - whoever that other guys is

 

I just didn't notice that in your post.  it was tl/dr

[HVB]

well not me - whoever that other guys is

 

I just didn't notice that in your post.  it was tl/dr

 

I am hurt

[Deerslyr]

I am hurt

You shouldn't be... it would have fit on Twitter!  

[haeffnkr]

what was getting in there?  I've never found fermentation to leave any residue on surfaces provided the krausen didn't come into contact with the item in question.

 

I never found anything in the assembly but my beers had this lacto/acto cidery wang infection that I could not track down.

 

My local microbrewery also confirmed that you can get an infection from a dirty blow off tube, without the beer touching it, which I thought was crazy... but hey he should know more than me.

On their big conicals they clean the blow off tube assembly/pipe with chemicals and sanitize it before each brew. 

 

I have also have gotten infections from a dirty CO2 line in my kegerator-frige, all be it my fault that some beer backed up in the line, but now I anal about bleeding off kegs before I put on the gas to keep the gas from the kegs  from backing up in the lines, etc.(hope that made sense...) 

I have also read that others have had this issue and some guys, like me replace all CO2 lines every 6 months just to be sure to eliminate this point of infections. ( along with sanitizing the connectors/manifold/etc) 

 

Again 

Your Malt May Vary... have fun with the valves.

 

Kevin

[gnef]

I've built two of those exact setups (one for ball lock, the other for pin lock), but I only use them for keg-keg transfers when I want to move a keg with clear beer, and I know there is stuff on the bottom.

 

The markings are not accurate at all, nor are they precise from my limited use, but the assemblies work well enough for my keg-keg transfers.

 

Also, I do like gadgets, even if I don't use them all that often (I just built two direct keg sampling/serving setups using perlick 650ss faucets).

[denny]

My local microbrewery also confirmed that you can get an infection from a dirty blow off tube, without the beer touching it, which I thought was crazy... but hey he should know more than me.

 

Never make that assumption.

[positiveContact]

I never found anything in the assembly but my beers had this lacto/acto cidery wang infection that I could not track down.

 

My local microbrewery also confirmed that you can get an infection from a dirty blow off tube, without the beer touching it, which I thought was crazy... but hey he should know more than me.

On their big conicals they clean the blow off tube assembly/pipe with chemicals and sanitize it before each brew. 

 

I have also have gotten infections from a dirty CO2 line in my kegerator-frige, all be it my fault that some beer backed up in the line, but now I anal about bleeding off kegs before I put on the gas to keep the gas from the kegs  from backing up in the lines, etc.(hope that made sense...) 

I have also read that others have had this issue and some guys, like me replace all CO2 lines every 6 months just to be sure to eliminate this point of infections. ( along with sanitizing the connectors/manifold/etc) 

 

Again 

Your Malt May Vary... have fun with the valves.

 

Kevin

 

I don't have a spunding valve but it seems like a fun idea for carbing the beer as it ferments.

[positiveContact]

Never make that assumption.

 

+1 big time.  just b/c someone works at a brew pub or microbrewery or whatever doesn't mean they really know their shit.  there are a few people around here I'd readily trust before most pros.  also kai is someone whose opinion/views I take fairly seriously.  I need to see proof that someone has really done their homework.  just being a "pro" doesn't mean you've done that.

[denny]

+1 big time.  just b/c someone works at a brew pub or microbrewery or whatever doesn't mean they really know their shit.  there are a few people around here I'd readily trust before most pros.  also kai is someone whose opinion/views I take fairly seriously.  I need to see proof that someone has really done their homework.  just being a "pro" doesn't mean you've done that.

 

Which is why I refer to them as "commercial brewers".  "Pro" implies a skill level that may or may not be there.