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I was wondering if there are any secret tricks to bottling a beer to have it last if you have already tapped a keg of home brew? I tried it once before by just bottling it straight from the tap, but it went flat within 2 days.

Any hints? Anyone try this one?

I was wondering if there are any secret tricks to bottling a beer to have it last if you have already tapped a keg of home brew? I tried it once before by just bottling it straight from the tap, but it went flat within 2 days.

Thanks! Can't wait to hook it up!

I just got the new kegerator in the mail today and starting to set it up. never got into any of the details about how to keg, use regulator, etc. Any suggestions where to read up and get good suggestions to make sure going from bottling to kegging goes as smooth as possible?

great prices and has about everything but the guy who runs it isn't the nicest, is there anywhere else around that has supplies?

where do you get your supplies from? Hearts?

I used it before in a dark wheat and pitched around 68, worked very well. I thought 72 wasn't too far off. Really need to invest in a wort chiller...thanks for the info. Hope it turns out ok, I will take a few readings and see what happens.

I wouldn't be able to tell if I lost too much yeast in the explosion though to complete the fermentation though right? Would it be too late to add more just to make sure?

My readings pre fermentation were- 16, 1.066, 8.5 and I pitched @72 degrees , what should my readings be now to know that fermentation is complete?

I added the the dry windsor yeast to my chilled wort after activiating it and it started fermenting right away (6 hours). It was bubbling fine for the first 12 hours then I left for the day to come back to a mess in the shower. I guess the blow off tube had gotten clogged and it sprayed all...