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it may be able to be soldered and re-gassed but it also may need the casing atken off to do so. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is it worth it? or can you transplant the lid to another freezer?? cheers crackers

sound very similar to my experience, the first noise was the gas leaking :angry: the second noise was me kicking the crap out of it. :D it doesnt fix the problem but it makes you feel better. sorry to say stuffed. cheers crackers

i've gotta stop looking at this thread. i'm getting jealous. :( have a good day guys crackers

maybe there could be a page as a glossary all the common used acronyms and lingo with a description would of helped me out when i started. cheers crackers

that bloody fantastic but not sure on the potential alc table it looks as though the alc% is if it ferments to 1.000 or am i looking at it wrong, how does this work? bugger it, its still getting kept in the black book of crackers brewing. cheers crackers

yeah i understand all that, i was originally going to use the bruheat bag instead of a manifold in the mash tun that didnt work, so i built a proper mash tun. my setup doesnt allow for that size mash at the moment so i was wondering if this would work in a converted keg with gas as this is the...

reading one of jayse's recent posts he talked about not sparging his mash, but having enough mash liquor in the tun for the boil to start with, im assuming he heated up the mash before draniing to the boiler. now i dont have any way of incresing the temp of my mash as i do it in an esky, but i...

Bigfella, i use the porkett mill with no problems, i get an efficency of 70+% (which i'm pretty happy with) cheers crackers

the only place i've seen them is on this website www.Liquorcraft.com.au cheers crackers

thanks guys, the keg did seal tightly under more pressure without the 5 cent piece. now another question, my recent brews have been about 20-23L. when i rack into my keg i have anywhere between 2-5L left. can i leave this in the cube & top up the keg after comsuming a similar amout? i dont...

well guys, i added a bit of gas and it sealed the lid, not real tight, i can still push it down. i will try with the 5 cent piece tonight, that will probably do it. cheers crackers (still enjoying no bottles laying around)

hoops yeah the other keg had plastic feet but this keg lid is slughtly different will try tonite and report tomorrow thanks guys crackers

thanks guys the seals all look fine and not squashed at all. doc i brought the whole system off ebay from a australian hbs store. the lid was loose when i received the kegs. i asked the question and was assured that it was fine. mind you this one also had about 2 cups of beer still in it...

well were do i start. i think this is the first time that everything went perfectly. did just as you suggested justin, and had a beer by 2'o'clock. :D now for my next question i have two kegs, only one attached at the moment. the problem with the second keg is that although all the seals...

thanks for you comments guys, jasony i reliase beer evaporation will increase but these wont be any tell-tale bottle lying around :rolleyes: doc already into forward planning going to eventually mount 4 taps, one for each keg so the first is going to look pretty silly until i get the second...

FINALLY, i found a fridge to my liking and picked it up last nite. 350L fridge capable of holding 4 kegs, and a freezer on top for the hops. i already have 2 kegs, reg, lines, and a tap. picking up a gas cylinder from boc in the morning (i'll source a different method later, its a boc/air...

here, here justin i have the same situation/problem with my setup. going to order a CFC kit from goliaths cheers crackers

7 of us so far in may joecast must be right august is popular? cheers crackers

wax, if you brew inside why not plug it up to your laundry / kitchen sink ? if you brew outside, a beer drinking neighbour might trade water for beer! just a thought cheers crackers

i do the same justin. look on ebay and keep it to my self. maybe selfish, maybe not !! as for the item. :rolleyes: i'll tell you next week :D cheers crackers