What PSI do you have your's set too, as well as how long do you let your keg sit before it should be good to go? I'm getting a lot of foam on pours,
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It all depends on the temperature and line length. I had to change my lines to 10' because the one that came were too short but at 38 degrees with 10' lines I set my pressure to 12-13 psi.
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I will have to send you pictures of my set-up later on this week. Briefly I have three Weber carbs and a fuel distributional block from Mr. Gasket and I placed it upstream of this, but if you have fuel injection the pressure is about two or three times what the gauge will register
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I used it when the keg was one third full just to try it out before I took the keg away from the main CO2 bottle and regulator . I would say it might take two or three of the CO2 bombs to do a whole 5 galon keg. This is to push the beer out not to carbonate the brew. I will still use the regulator for that as it would give you more control.
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Coors Kegs are a bit funky shaped but I have two Dogfish 60 min IPA's in mine right now no problem
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Hi there, I have the same problem, and I just ordered one of those. since you posted this in november, did you get lucky with it? by the way, how do you intend to brew your beer? I've just started, but I'm brewing with malt extract, and I don't need to boil 5 gallons at once. I can make the wort with 1.5 gallons and add to pre boiled water.Thank you.
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Ours just went out as well after inserting a new keg... had it since Dec of 2008 without any issues. I'm hoping someone has an answer for this problem as we can't figure out what went wrong!
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I have cut it open to fit my keg inside. It's got a plastic shell around a type of dense foam. Not sure what the foam is made from.
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The newer kit's directions are a little confusing. Put the liquid and dry malt/DME in at the same time. Put one in and stir to mix well and not while boiling. Put the hops in next. Stir and then you begin to boil and heat for the 45 minutes. You can hold some out til the end but that kit re really doesn't have enough hops to make a difference between flavor and aroma. Keep stirring and be very careful of boiling out the foam. This will stop after a while but it will make a nasty mess if you don't watch it. Enjoy
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Should be fine. Mine is under 1700 PSI and I have had no issues. Plenty of foam.
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David, I use 2.5 gal mini kegs and this charger will empty two kegs with one 16 gram cartridge. My taps are mounted directly to the liquid quick connect with no lines used so pressure is not an issue. When the flow gets weak, I pull the trigger a couple times to give it some more gas. I like them, no leaks and the control is good. I hope this helps.
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You can have one keg tapped or two. You can't have two kegs set up at different pressures though. That would require a second regulator.
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hold onto the handle and twist to the left.. if it dont budge try holding it under hot tap water for a minute or so and try again.. its very hard turning and i cant do it when it is really on there good, my husband does tho so u might ask a guy u know if u still cant get it, but sometimes the hot water allows me to get it off, this is not good but i love the keg otherwise~! good luck with yours!
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David, I use 2.5 gal mini kegs and this charger will empty two kegs with one 16 gram cartridge.My taps are mounted directly to the liquid quick connect with no lines used so pressure is not an issue. When the flow gets weak, I pull the trigger a couple times to give it some more gas. I like them, no leaks and the control is good. I hope this helps.
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In general, most US produced ales and lagers should be dispensed at 10 to 12 PSI. Stout and other nitrogen reliant keg beers are usually dispensed at 25 to 30 PSI.
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I've used it for similar purposes. It has held carbonation for over a year. Replacement gaskets purchased in the MidWest are a bit thicker and will probably give an even better seal. With respect to bursting under pressure, I don't know what equipment you have or your process. If you're keg carbonating and transferring, you shouldn't have any problems with bursting. If you're bottle carbonating, make sure don't go crazy with the sugar charge. With typical bottles, if there is more than 10 g/l fermentable sugar available to the yeast at bottling you might be risking an explosion problem. (This should be easy to calculate assuming you let the yeast consume all fermentable sugars and gravity has stopped dropping prior to adding the carbonation sugar charge). Most beer charge rates are below 10g/l sugar, so you shouldn't have a problem. But if you monitor a gravity drop of more than .005 units during carbonation, you might be getting into the danger zone. I bottle pasteurize carbonated cider in these bottles to 150F which dramatically increases the pressure inside the bottles. I had one explode out of about 150 bottles (which probably had to do with not leaving enough headspace above the liquid to absorb the pressure of the expanding liquid). That's the long answer. The short answer is: Yes they'll be fine, if you control the sugar charge and leave a couple inches of headspace. You might find some valuable information by googling (giara clamp top kitchen bottle).
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I have a heavy-duty brewpot, 15 gallon, and everything is good. I notice some char buildup on the bottom, but if you have a decently made brewpot you should have no problems. I have made 100 batches so far and love everything about the King Kooker! Joe Norrellps- as a footnote, keep all valves, thermometers,drip tube, and pipe wrap away from being directly over the flame; simply move the brewpot so that the add-ons are not directly over the flame;
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Actually, depending on what you're brewing, that can be normal. My first batch foamed out of the airlock for about 10 hours after my first day. Just replace the airlock and be sure to fill it with either boiled water or high proof vodka only to the fill line. See here for more info: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/foaming-out-air-lock-286541/