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Cheers guys. I've replaced all poppets with universal so maybe it's the dip tube. I didn't realise they had different sizes. They've forecast 36C up here today so there's a good chance that other keg will be empty by tomorrow so I can compare :)

Buggered if I know, which is sort of why I'm asking. A slower pouring keg should empty over the week end.

I only have one tap on the fridge.

I got one keg out of 4 serving kegs that flows at twice the rate of the other three. All have new seals etc on all kegs so I can't fathom why one pours so quickly compared to the others. I have the gas bottle external to the fridge, going through a one way valve then into the fridge. I then...

We'll need an account name to do a DD cranky

If the freezer is working then it's most likely the fan. It blows freezer air into the fridge part. My keg fridge cost $25 plus $10 for paint. I've greased the fan twice now to keep it alive. I also use an upright freezer as a fermenting fridge. It had a mechanical defrost timer which got stuck...

Incidentally, the guy that bought the old keg was going to use it as a hungie. Drop it into a fire pit to roast meat inside. I would never have thought of it. Kiwi of course. But I made and used this for whirlpool in that keg.

I had a lot of issues getting a whirlpool to work as expected in a keg. I think it has something to do with the concave base. I've since changed to a thin skinned 55L SS pot with a flat bottom. Heaps better.

I spent a lot of time with ph strips, meters, acid etc and eventually gave it all the arse. Don't matter what you do, so long as beer comes out. We're not running a commercial enterprise here. That said, I use RO water to make it. I can mineralise it anyway I want. Beersmith tells me what to add.

1. Terry 1 x BB Ale Malt, 1/2 x BB Wheat, 1 x Gladfields Munich , 1/2 x Gladfields Med Crystal 2. Maheel 1 x BB Pale 1 x BB Ale 3. Adbrewer 2 x BB Pale, 1 x Gladfields Ale 4. RobinW 2 x Gladfields Ale, 1/2 x Gladfields Medium Crystal, 1/2 x BB Wheat 5. 6. 7. Total 11

I don't think magnetically driven pumps are self priming.

I had similar problems and found a primer valve fixed everything. If a picture is worth a thousand words a crappy pic is probably 500.

I'm way to lazy for that caper. :) Spending 5 hours brewing is already a bit of a push.

Cheers for the input. I always use starters, even for dried yeast, but I've only ever put a new wort cube on top of the 1st iteration. I'll try for 2nd iteration in about 10 days and see what happens. 6 to 10 iterations is way more than I thought. Better start drinking to make room :)

I kegged a couple of brews this arvo and dropped a new cube of wort onto the yeast cake from one of the brews I just kegged. I've done this a couple of times before without issue. Question is, how many times can I repeat this before the yeast mutates and produces rubbish?

I recently dumped my keg boiler and changed to a 55L pot to try and resolve several of the issues you mention. Lately doing double batches I seem to have to scoop the hot break out or the pot will over flow. But mainly for me, it was taking a very long time to bring all that stainless to temp to...

I had 800ml of wort left from a brew last week so put it in a flask and dropped in a pack of us-05. It showed no activity at all even on a stir plate. Left it for a couple of days then cooled it in the fridge and poured off the spent liquid. I then made a 2L DME starter while it was cooling and...

It gets used as a freezer during events like xmas and easter so I want it working. Parts are in the mail so I'll have em Monday anyway.

I use inkbirds screwed to the wall for the fridge and HLT. I'm just going to leave it in bits till the parts arrive. They're only coming from Sydney. The beer on the bench is sitting just under 18C today but it'll get cold in there tonight which should only slow it down. They only started...

Power was off this morning, the main breaker was tripped. Isolated it to the fermenting freezer. Inside had a strong electrical burning smell. Got the fermentors out and found the problem is the defrost circuit. Looks like it has been stuck in defrost mode. The motor side of the defrost timer is...