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Thanks for the tips! I believe the inside of the kegerator is plastic, the base may be a thin layer of stainless. I should have been paying better attention to some of the areas that have grown a bit of mold. Maybe a combo of good scrubbing with some above methods will do the trick.

I plan on taking a short summer break from my brewing pipeline (unless something comes up requiring beer) and I want to give all of my gear a really good deep clean that’s probably a bit overdue. I know PBW for all of my stainless etc but I noticed my kegerator is a bit scuzzy in some spots...

Oh nice! I’m a bit northwest of DC in Maryland. I should make the drive down there sometime and check out the source. Even at $12 for a pouch I’d say that’s good especially considering wyeast probably has half or less the yeast count. I was really impressed with the Franconian lager yeast, and...

I think a pale ale (English or American), amber ale or a brown ale could be tasty

Yeah it was me - realized after I replied that I’m fairly certain I commented on another thread of yours saying that’s what I used. If you go on their site and look at keg products and scroll down they have pins and firkins too. Hopefully they give you a good quote!

Dang that’s a bummer. I can imagine it would be hard to rip through a firkin before it went off too! I would check out g4 kegs. They sell to consumers as well, just have to ask for a quote for a pin. They have them in stock. Got mine from them years back and I would again if I needed another.

I’m sure you’ve checked already but sometimes you can find them on Facebook marketplace or craigslist, at least I’ve seen them before

Ha! I’ve seen that thread before it’s full of some crazy, funny and also frightening things.

Could’ve been a worse mistake and lesson learned. I just hope it doesn’t cost me my fridge!

Brewing a lager, bumped from 52 to 60 for a d rest over a couple days, figured hey I can just shut the mini fridge off and let it come up to mid-60s basement temp on its own. Proceeded to open the fridge door and walk away. Did not unplug the fridge/temp controller. Thing has been running...

Also at Maryland Homebrew where I get my supplies the pouches are $9.99. You can’t beat the quantity and quality at that price point.

I really enjoyed the Franconian yeast. Apparently the TUM-35 strain fell out of favor because it had unpredictable performance with the malts of varying quality from yesteryear. It was discovered in a lab freezer in Munich I think I read. I think Jasper is a solid yeast supplier - granted I’ve...

I think it looks solid as is. My only suggestions would be to swap the chocolate for a British pale chocolate since I like that better in a bitter. I’m an EKG fan so I would go all EKG and if you’re not limited to dry yeast I would say go for wyeast1469 West Yorkshire.

I am tempted to buy a second beer engine now…..Angrams are nice. I like that they’re still in business so you could get replacement parts if needed. My old Higene isn’t made anymore so I have to contact RLBS and hope they have what I need

That’s a good point, something to definitely consider. Heating to boil already takes a heck of a long time, that’s the only drawback to the 110V system I have. Maybe someday I’ll be able to bump up to 220V but that’s a ways away