Greetings, all,<br><br>So, we knuckled down on Saturday and while I was sawing off the top of the keg, Clinton finished drilling the manifold holes in the copper tubing. He conducted a series of tests to verify siphon efficacy and leak-proofing, and he was in the process of measuring the tun's thermal mass when I left. Clinton, would you post the hardware profile numbers when you get them so we can plug them into Brewtarget?<br>
<br> 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">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!<br clear="all">
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