August Meeting

We will be discussing:
– Fair Competition
– Barrel project
– Community Updates

Oh…and beer of course….

This meeting is open to the public, we welcome new potential members to come check us out!

When:
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Happy Hour: 6:00-7:00 PM
Meeting starts @ 7:00 PM

Where:
Home Brew Stuff
9115 W Chinden Blvd, Garden City, ID 83714

4 thoughts on “August Meeting”

  1. I am trying to come tonight but work is getting slammed and may not have the time/energy to make it if it drags into the evening.

    I do have a question I want to bring up since I don’t have Facebook I cannot post it there.

    Recently my kegerator has been acting super weird. The pressure has been totally fine up until two Sundays ago when I pulled one keg out to clean it, replace lines, carb a new beer etc. When I put it back on there, I pulled the relief pin to get my regulator to 0 and did not adjust the regulator from there. It should have gone back to where I had it before in a perfect world (around 11 PSI) and when I returned about an hour later it was at 30 PSI. I cranked the knob down, pulled the relief on the keg and regulator to reset it and went to bed. Went to work and came back to check it was at 20 PSI. I kept doing this over and over until I couldn’t reduce the pressure anymore and if the system was working properly I should have 0 PSI from the CO2 but it still keeps stopping at 20.

    When I pour a beer the system is definitely pressurize because I get a glass full of foam and a little beer. The CO2 is not absorbing into the beer so it is not ever carbonated now. My FG is where it should be and the beer is not infected. The CO2 has been replaced for a new bottle with gas less than a month ago. Anyone have any ideas?

    1. Sounds like a bad gauge or bad regulator. Would have to replace what you’ve got to see if it works right then can narrow it down from there. Whereabouts do you live? I might have an extra regulator to use for a test.

      1. I live in Meridian off of Linder and Ustick. That was my other guess. I was thinking I can bring it to the Home Brew Stuff and see if they can test it as well.

  2. So also had another thought, often when I over-carbonate my beer I’ll get a huge glass of foam and a little beer and when it settles enough to drink it will seem flat. Your beer may just be over-carbonated. So there is no way that CO2 won’t go into your beer as long as it is cold enough. You may just need to let some of the CO2 out of your beer to make it better. You can lower the pressure to the keg and pour a few letting the pressure go down slowly or use a spunding valve on the gas post to let the CO2 out. The safest way to carbonate beer is just to leave it at serving pressure for a week or so. It also allows the beer to condition. I usually don’t have much patience tho and start drinking it early.