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+1 on General Welding. That is where I get my CO2 and they will fill your own tank and not do that swap tank thing. They fill my 5lb...

100% sure. Been through a long list of troubleshooting. SG/Plato issue was one of the first things I looked into. I tried...

thanks. Not the issue with mine.

This forum helped me save a lot of money with DIY tips and hardware purchases.

Yeah i guess i will swerve these kegs. I dont need them right now i have many aspects to work on before i get to large kegs. It was just...

priming or using CO2 is pretty much the same for carbonation. The CO2 is also needed to maintain carbonation and keep O2 air out as you...

yes. Not as effective as a canning pot but for a home brewer, it would sufficiently kill enough wild yeast spores that you would never...

This is for US sankey kegs. The coupler has a connection for the line in for the CO2. It then has a line out for the beer to a...

ahh. it's the presence of air that makes acid based sanitizers acceptable in food service. Botullism spores need less than 2% oxygen...

thanks. The diagram in the linked USDA was misleading. Visually it appeared that is way saying water boiling point was for low acid...

as this is a beginner forum I'l try to limit my reply to the basics. Kegging is great and I keg and hate bottling. That being said...

Could max psi and operational psi be different? For example, while Instapots says they cook at 240° at 12 psi, they also rate the...

the opposite. low acid food require lower temp (180° - 212°) for sterilzation. The acid is helps prevent spores, yeast etc for doing...

A few of the club members took the motorcycles out in the sub- 40° Monday tor ride out East (Long Island) for a Ramen lunch. Had the...

Cool, damp day today. Homemade potato leek soup topped with chives and cracked pepper, with a Telera roll on the side.