Bottle conditioning, I would get a counter pressure system if I were to go back to filling already carbed.
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I was donated some cellar boards last week and found I had a dozen working gas motors so made this as a test/experiment.
It's a cleaning loop running off compressed air. I can clean 3 kegs at a time now plus my beer lines without consuming any CO2
It's a cleaning loop running off compressed air. I can clean 3 kegs at a time now plus my beer lines without consuming any CO2
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Cool that you can fill multiple bottles at a time!
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Make sure you have got some really good filtration on your compressed air. Even "oiless" compressors pass some oil into the air.Compressor is a bit of a monster, not sure that the neighbours are as impressed as I am
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Only really works good with 2 at a time. I have the tension turned up on the springs and you have to hold the bottles.(saves on leaks and bottles falling off).
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The air just runs the gas pump, never comes into contact with anything being pumped; a very clever little item. I have an airline there that I can purge kegs with but they're all sanitised with Perbac as a final step anyway.
Those motors are very common in pubs over here.
The small but annoying drilling projects continue. Finally added a thermometer to the mash tun. Added a return port to the kettle. Added fittings to the anvil lid to attach a normal sized glycol coil inside
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Less clutter and a drying rack...now the question is to paint or not to paint.....
Nice ! I say no paint. maybe oil
Need to seal it up somehow, or you'll have a playground for bacteria. None of which you want. Maybe urethane so you bring out and show off the woodgrains. Very nice.
Bees Wax
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Helllllooooo Mr. Polly Parrot! ...I mean Polyurethane.
Love the way that stuff really brings out natural colors in wood. Even old ugly southern yellow pine is pretty with a good coat of urethane on it. A good red oak heart will turn nearly blood red, and so will cedar. WC, what kinda wood did you make that with? Looks pretty dense grained.
Waddaya do to make the bees wax permanent and seal up the wood completely? Would you warm the wood in an oven or something to make the wax really soak into the wood? I like natural approaches too.
I would suggest "Block & Board wax". It's a food safe combo of bees wax and mineral oil for cutting boards, butcher blocks, etc. Easier to apply than beeswax, in my opinion
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I think it's beech...it's really light and soft but not sappy like pine. I think I have some exterior paint in the cellar.
