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I recently picked up a sack of Rahr Pale Ale malt from a semi-local brewery for $20. Any time I head to a brewery/brewpub, I talk with the brewer and see if they'll sell to homebrewers. This place even told me to bring some mason jars next time to also get some yeast for free...

What are you planning on doing if/when the ball valve should fail?

Beverage Factory has decent prices. Look under "draft beer equipment".

No. They are not rated to handle the pressure from the CO2 tank directly; only secondary pressure. I don't have one near me, so I don't recall the maximum working pressure (it is on the label). You are dealing with an extremely dangerous component of your kegging system. Don't skimp on safety...

What I meant by not needing to remove the dispensing line to force carbonate is that the easiest and most common (read cheapest) CO2 setup is to run tubing from the regulator to each keg, using barbed tees to branch out the single line from the regulator to the four kegs. If you were going to...

Also take into consideration how you plan on carbonating your beer, and if you plan on having soda on tap. If you force carbonate, you will not need to remove the dispensing CO2 and adjust the pressure; all you need to do is set the second regulator to the force carbonating pressure. If you...

http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~workman/homebrew/Sanke.html

You could buy a Hop Stopper. He has a PDF that shows it in use with the Therminator.

I've got one of the 14.5 Fermenators. The legs attach to the outside by bolts that are welded to the outside of the conical. Blichmann's claim of "weld-free" only applies to the inside of the conical, where it matters. FWIW, the Blichmann has three-piece ball valves, meaning they can be...

I have different hose lengths for different applications, and cleanup is a lot easier since I can simply disconnect the hose from the pump.

Take a look at McMaster-Carr for the QDs: Straight Through Coupling Plug, 1/2" Nptf Male, 3/8" Coupling Size 6739K59 - $1.75 Each Straight Through Coupling Sleeve-Lck Sckt X Barb for 1/2" Hose Id, 3/8" Cplg 6739K64 - $6.01 Each Straight Through Coolant Hose Coupling Sleeve-Lock Socket...

Just pick up a Craftsman #43365; one tool will cover it all.

I thought the crush was too fine the first time I used mine too. In fact, I ended backing it off a bit (don't remember what the setting was on my feeler gauge, it might have been only .002) until I had a crush that didn't look pulverized and the husks looked intact. Efficiency has been around...

Have the welder weld on some small squares of stainless sheet metal (or scraps from the cut top) to the drain holes on the bottom of the keg. This will prevent any heat from coming up. Other than that, there really should not be any problem with flame reaching your ball valve. The bottom of the...

No problem; glad to help. I bought two of them from him; both times the service was great with a quick shipping. As a matter of fact, my second one just showed up today...

This guy sells them (March 809 HS) for $95 shipped on ebay.

But in Boulder you wouldn't get the question of "why?", you would get the question of "can we have some???"... Hops Direct is great. Got over 5 lbs for a 3 lb order.

No problems with Austin; they're good. I ordered some stuff from them and had it a couple of days later - quick turn-around and good service. Only thing is they don't have everything I need, and they charge shipping.

I've had a wrong size sight glass sent, no response to questions submitted, and tax problems (I was charged tax for an out of state order). The sight glass and tax issue were eventually corrected; I guess I still order from them because I have come to realize that almost anywhere you go, you can...

If I recall, you cannot fit a 1/2 barrel into a 4912. There is the shelf in the back, and I think it's not wide enough.