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2082.25 + 5 gallons Pale Ale + 5 Gallons American Wheat = 2092.25 gallons

If the stopper keeps sliding out I have had luck with cleaning it with vodka instead of star san.

Just picked up a brand new 5 gallon slim torpedo keg. I filled with hot water and 2 scoops of PBW, let sit for 2 hours, then rinsed with hot water and scrubbed with a carboy brush. I was about to fill it with beer and gave it a quick sniff, it has a metallic smell which I do not want to transfer...

1986 + 5 gallons Bell's Official Clone =1991 Gallons!

1850 + 1.5 Gallons Zamba SMASH Pale Ale + 5 Gallons Hazy IPA =1856.5 Gallons

1015 + 5 Gallons Lager =1020 Gallons!

893.85 + exactly 5.15 gallons of India Pale Lager = 899 gallons

I have a friend that works at a bar and has asked me to show him how to make hard seltzer. I tried brewing hard seltzer with nutrient and yeast and that was a royal PIA! Anyways, I am just going to mix vodka and RO water in a keg and force carbonate. I'll figure out the flavoring part later. My...

742+ 5 gallons Wit beer and 1.5 gallons NEIPA = 748.5 Gallons

473.75+ 5 gallons Kama Citra IPA =478.75 gallons

Quick update, I cleaned the faucet, put a thin layer of lube on the pivot ball, and loosened up the bonnet. I have no clue how it got so tight. Anyways your advice did the trick and the springs are working as they should, slamming the tap shut with that satisfying thud each time you quit...

Sounds like it is the bonnets, if 2 of 2 forum members say it, I bet that's the case! Thanks!

Thanks for the reply! Not that I'm unhappy, they just aren't working:) I have them for all the reasons you mentioned(I got springs on all my faucets after SO left one dripping one night and drained a keg on the back porch!) Forgive my ignorance, but how and where and with what does one...

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start of the week. I was wondering if anyone has had any issue with the spring in Intertap faucets not "self-closing" the faucet. I have 2 with springs and they will stick open. When closing I can feel a little assist from the spring, but it won't spring...

327.6 + 5 Gallons Kiwi Kiss Hazy IPA + 5 Gallons Nada Nevada Pale Ale =337.6 gallons