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Questions about the forum? / Re: Main Page Glitch

« on: June 05, 2013, 06:56:51 AM »

Same thing just happened to me.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Who's going to NHC?

« on: June 03, 2013, 07:38:54 PM »

Directly accross from the hotel is Reading Terminal market with tons of food vendors. Could always meet there (or meet in the hotel lobby and walk there). There are places to sit, but finding room might depend on how busy it is. And in such a huge place we have the risk of heading cats.

Reading Terminal Market is always fun. Great food and a nice price.

I really like the Reading Terminal Market, but it has no space to get more than a few people together in any one spot.  I suggest we pick up some food from there and meet in the hospitality suite on Thursday after the seminars and before Pro Night.

Good idea, Jeff.

I'll second that!

So say we all.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Who's going to NHC?

« on: June 03, 2013, 11:01:15 AM »

Directly accross from the hotel is Reading Terminal market with tons of food vendors. Could always meet there (or meet in the hotel lobby and walk there). There are places to sit, but finding room might depend on how busy it is. And in such a huge place we have the risk of heading cats.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: First Stuck Fermentation

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:58:54 AM »

You might get a few more points by raising the temperature and pitching an active yeast starter. If it goes nowhere, at least you can be confident bottling it.  If it's sweet tasting, bottle and stick it in a corner for a few years.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: ~40 gallon plastic coke barrels

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:51:45 AM »

Soak in bleach and they'll smell like bleach instead of plastic.
 
I'd do oxiclean or baking soda - possibly alternate the two - but don't mix them. They might react with each other and cancel each other out.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Keg line cleaner

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:48:16 AM »

Oh. Mine doesn't do that. Yeah, sounds like the post threads were wrong.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Who's going to NHC?

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:38:39 AM »

I would very much like to arrange a Forum hook-up so I can place faces to names and hideous hats.

I'm cool with a forum meet-up, but I don't know about a forum hook-up.
 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Competition routine question

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:29:00 AM »

In case you didn't know, all BJCP competitions are listed here.
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/competitions/aha-bjcp-sanctioned-competition/calendar
 
I wouldn't plan on NHC just for feedback. Not that you won't get great feedback there, but it's twice the cost and demand currently far exceeds entry slots. You could easily brew for it and wind up not being able to enter.  It's a little too much frustration just to get feedback.  Plus, using other competitions will allow you more brewing schedule flexibility.

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Equipment and Software / Re: Keg line cleaner

« on: June 03, 2013, 08:12:59 AM »

My poppet actually doesn't stay closed either - unless it's pressurized. So I fill with cleaner, connect the disconnect, pump to pressurize and go.  Without the disconnect it leaks until the pressure builds up.  I'm going to put some stainless washers inside the post to see if I can get the poppet to stay closed by applying more pressure to the poppet spring.

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Equipment and Software / Keg line cleaner

« on: June 02, 2013, 08:26:46 PM »

I built the line cleaner from Pimp My System and it's great! I don't have any spare kegs, so I really could only clean my lines when a keg kicked. This is both cheap and easy to use.
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/pimp-my-system/show?title=pimp-my-system-beer-line-cleaner
 
My only change would be to see if the adapter will fit on a larger sprayer. I have four taps so I have to refill often. Then again, small is easy to store.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Spartangburg kegs - plastic gas in tube

« on: June 02, 2013, 08:14:43 PM »

I had one of those and bought a stainless tube (not realizing it was narrower).  I shortened the SS gas tube so it did not stick through the constriction. I mean really short - it's about 1/4 inch long now. It is just big enough to hold the o-ring, but it works fine.

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Is there an adapter for this?

« on: June 02, 2013, 06:16:13 PM »

This will do it, though it still involves cutting.

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/BALL-LOCK-KEGERATOR-HOMEBREW-CONVERSION-KIT-P1701.aspx

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Re: Who's going to NHC?

« on: May 31, 2013, 05:06:48 PM »

I'll print my forum avatar on my name badge so people recognize me.

That's a great idea!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Who's going to NHC?

« on: May 31, 2013, 01:12:51 PM »

It's only a month away, so who should I look for?

My club will be at club night too. Delmarva United Homebrewers.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Good Ale for BMC Drinkers

« on: May 31, 2013, 01:07:03 PM »

German ales are probably good choices too. The noble hop varieties are nice and easy going.  It depends how hung up they are on color. Some people are convinced that any darker beer will get them wrecked. If it must be a light colored beer, I'd go with cream ale or wheat beer.

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