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Hello, I am brewing the New England IPA 5 gallon extract kit from brewers best (attached). First time doing an “advanced “ brew. Step 3 calls for Steep the grains, however, it is different than what I am used to. Typically, I just steep grains for 20 minutes with 2.5 gallons of water. This...

Hello, I am brewing an American Amber Ale from a Brewer’s Best beer kit. The recipe calls for an original gravity of between 1.050 to 1.054. My reading, at 62 degrees, came to 1.044. Is there reason for concern I came that much under? What could I have done wrong? I did not spill any Malt...

I don’t remember the name of the yeast, whatever came with the “brewers’ best” kit. The OG was around 1.055

The fermenter has been in the same spot, with very little to no variation in temperature. I dry hopped last sunday, so a week ago.

Hello, It has been two weeks since I brewed my pacific coast IPA. The FG is pretty close (recipe says FG of 1.013. Last I checked, after 7 days fermenting, it was at 1.010). I usually keg at two weeks, however, I noticed the airlock is still bubbling at about 1 bubble every 10 seconds. Does that...

I just use a simple bucket, but I like the other idea of just kind of cold crashing it on the keg for a few days then dump the first couple pours. Beer will have to sit on the keg for a few days to carbonate anyway, so get both things done at the same time!

Hello, I recently brewed a Pacific Coast IPA (11 days ago). 4 days ago I dry hopped using a dry hop filter canister thing. I am wondering if I should cold crash or not? I don’t care if beer is crystal clear or not, but do like the added benefit of a cleaner beer (eliminating bunch of particles...

I carbonated regular at 10 PSI, did not force carbonate. It was pouring much better until today I noticed it much worst. The keg and CO2 can have stayed all the time inside the kegerator at 38 degrees. Weird thing is, now that I switched regulators, this other one is maintaining the set...

Also, I was trying to downgrade the PSI hoping to control all the foaming issues I have, I am now wondering if the issue could be associated to all the pressure in the keg, my beer flow out of the tab is pretty fast

I have never done that, interesting, I will give it a go. I always have it at 10, and it usually stays, I just noticed that today when I tried to downgrade it, the needle keeps creeping up. I just switched regulators for now just in case. In regards to the PRV, how do I know how long to pull or...

Hello, I was trying to downgrade my PSI, from 10 to 8 on my beer. I cranked the kegco knob all the way to the left and nothing happened. So I just shut off the valve, pull the pressure pin and that managed to bring the PSI needle back to 0. Now, I opened the valve again and I crank up the...

Hello, I am troubleshooting to know where my CO2 leak is, so I started with the CO2 can and regulator only. I connected the regulator to the CO2 and put on 10 PSI to see if it held the pressure. I saw it held it for about 20 minutes, so I just let it sit like that overnight. I woke up today and...

Hello, I brewed an amber ale 6 days ago. The airlock bubbling activity is now very low, I see a bubble come up on the airlock about every 6 seconds. Given the slowness of bubbling activity and that it has been 6 days since I brewed, is now a good time to take a final gravity reading? Would I...

Hello, I just brewed an amber ale about 4 days ago, which I have fermenting at 70 in a fermentation chamber. The fermentation is beginning to slow, so once done, the recipe says to condition the beer for another 7-10 days before kegging it. For the conditioning, should I just leave it at the...

Hello, I am force carbonating at 30 PSI. It has been two days and I want to bring it down to regular serving PSI, which I believe is around 8-10 PSI. My question: When bringing down the PSI from 30 to 10, do I first turn off the CO2 and lift the pressure release valve ring on the keg to...