A Couple of Handsome Brutes

Fujimo: Dual Blast Airlock failure, Subsequent "fountain" Effect

Two Focii of Attack

Piece of airlock, embedded in ceiling.

Fujimo: Dual Blast Airlock failure, Subsequent "fountain" Effect

Fujimo says: Forensic Proof of Ballistic Airlock Failure

The Ceiling

The Airlock Pieces

Fujimo says: All the Ingredients for an all Grain Beer

The crew and the gear

Aspiring Brewmasters

Fujimo says: My Cup Overfloweth!

It is imperative to maintain a sanitary environment, to prevent contamination from wild yeasts...
;P

Fujimo says: This guy needs a beer!

This man could obviously use a beer. Matt, somewhere in the outskirts of Alaska, he sets about catching the days meal...

Mission accomplished! It's that time of day... head for the mountains.

Fujimo Beer, castings...

Here's some nutrition for ya!

Fujimo Beer with a kick!

This reading means nothing in the end:
But this one does:

Specific Gravity Reading, final: 1.024!

Fujimo Delivers Beer!

Here I am getting the pour on.

Can't help but taste the vapor:

FOAMY!

Specific Gravity Readings to follow:

Fujimo Says: BAD seal... BAD!

Cornelius kegs are a little bitchy when it comes to their seals. Each corny comes with a history of use, and of course abuse. So, each of the little seals, new or not, adjusts a little under pressure. Mind as well take the poppit release valve out and find if it's seated properly.

Now i sit and wait for the boiled water to cool down, and i be transferring the beer.
I'll hookup the hose for the tap to the spigot and drain the sucker into the clean corny.

I got the CO2...

From a welding supply store in Ybor, no problem. Rent the tank. Swap and fill technique. This insures I never have to get a tank inspected (which costs as much as the tank..)
Additionally, I got the hose clamps from Sheaffer Boats... which are #4 ss.





I hook up the hoses and fill the empty keg, and this brown shit flies through the hose. Chunky brown shit!

I guess old coke or something.


So now i gotttasterilize, and then get the fermenter out and transfer the beer in, pressurize and cool it. And of course get ready for the next beering.

Fujimo Zymurgy

Recipe for Voodoo beer?

What is happening in the laboratory?

As for the fridge

It will hold one keg, closely. but it will need the bottom of the door shelf, cut-out.
Squeeker.

CO2

found a supplier, tentatively... ben says you sometimes have to wait for the guy behind the counter to get to ya... will do that routine hopefully in moments.

Fittings... or not fitting...

These suckers are like the Tower of Babel... All different diameters.

Pictures

Pics of the kegs. The open one smells like root beer...

From the Fermentor to the Keg

All the bits and pieces are together. Of course, some don't fit, especially hose clamps and nipples, and the hose diameters.

So off to home depot or Sheaffer boats to get the ss hose clamps. #4 should do the trick. The nipple for the flange and tap is very small. even after wrapping in plumbers tape, it still is a stretch. CAn't wait to test it under load (pow).

Finding a co2 supplier... close to home...

maybe i'll experiment with different hose diameters, try to match the nipples...

stoopid nipples...