cleaning and passifying question

General Homebrew Discussion
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It must have colic

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I’ll try giving it a Brewhemoth binky.

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Here it is

Here it is all put together sitting in it’s new spot in my man cave. Now Ralph’s Pub and Brew looks like a real brew pub.

Instead of a #7 stopper with an air lock I am going to attach a hose to the barb that is there for attaching the CO2 and run that to a bucket with a gallon of starsan in it.

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Nice looking rig, she should serve you well.  Nice brewdog too.  And I like the BNSF throw, the old man worked for BN Railroad for many years.

How do you intend to control fermentation temps?

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I have been working for the BNSF for 36 years now. I started on the BN in Burlington Iowa then moved to Alliance, NE after they layed 2/3s of us off, I was there a year and a half then got an opportunity to move to Topeka, KS.

Ralph is the best brew dog. He is a German Shepherd/Rough Collie mix. I got him at the Missouri German Shepherd Rescue nearly 4 years ago.

I will keep it in my basement which stays a constant 68F. That has been working for my ale pails and I don’t know why this would be any different. I am still doing 5 gallon batches.

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I like the BNSF throw too! GE’s ?

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You should be OK temp-wise, you have a thermometer on the thing so you’ll know what it runs.  I sometimes use a fan blowing on my conical, that helps.  Mine’s in the basement too.

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Those are EMD MAC 70s that is what was assigned to Alliance when I was there.

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I used to be able to tell the EMD and GE locomotives apart at a glance, not so much anymore, as the cab roofs and full tanks are too similar these days.

Used to be round cabroof and square-ish tank was a GE. A square-ish roof and a round tank was an EMD. I did a project on a EMD GP 39-2 about 29 years ago.

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That all changed with the EMD M60s

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10% w/v citric acid solution heated to 160°F is used as a safe alternative to nitric acid. 10 minutes contact is indicated in the ASTM Metals Handbook, but I like to leave it to cool overnight. You can also save the solution for reuse, just heat it back up. I’ve also been recommended to use 5% w/v citric acid and 5% w/v ascorbic acid, but ascorbic acid is more expensive.