<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Steve Killen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steven.f.killen@gmail.com">steven.f.killen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I scoured the inside of the keg with oxyclean, but internet research confirmed my suspicions; I'm going to need something stronger (a la Barkeeper's Friend) to take care of the crustules (aka "beerstone," or calcium oxalate: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxalate" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxalate</a>) that remain on the inside surface of the keg. I'll acquire some this week if I have time, but I'm now going full-bore on a paper. But once the keggle is sanitary we'll be in full 10-gallon operation, so if anyone else can acquire some Barkeeper's Friend and scour the keggle clean this week, it'll get us in a position to make a huge batch of beer for solstice!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
</font></span></blockquote><div><br>I shipped a thing of Barkeeper's Friend to Evergreen with the magic of Amazon Prime. Should get there Wednesday. If I'm on schedule, I'll come by Thursday and clean the keggle; if you want to brew or bottle at the same time I'll be happy to help. (But if and only if I'm on-schedule with the paper--it's due Sunday, so I need to be damned sure I can spare the time. :)<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Steven F. Killen <<a href="mailto:steven.f.killen@gmail.com" target="_blank">steven.f.killen@gmail.com</a>><br>| elvestinkle @ twitter<br>| <a href="http://pursuing.calefaction.org" target="_blank">pursuing.calefaction.org</a><br>
<br>Etsi provectus in sententiis sis<br>Esse parvulus in spiritus debes<br>