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I converted a fridge into a 3 tap kegerator. Homebrew pours from them just fine, but for commercial kegs each opening of the faucet results in sort of a puff of foam followed by normal flowing beer. It doesn't completely ruin the pour, the glass isn't all foam, but you get more foam than you'd...

I recently set up a kegerator with 3 525ss faucets. I ran a keg through one faucet and it worked wonderfully, maybe 2-3 quick drips after pouring. I'm running a keg through the second faucet and what I'm experiencing is entirely different. This faucet needs to be closed pretty hard or it will...

For some reason, my sister in law really likes this beer and has requested that I try to clone it for her as a Christmas present. From the NB website: Prickly pear and passion fruit mingle together for New Belgium’s return to farmhouse ales. Prickly Passion Saison is truly a beer for Belgian...

I received the score sheet for my wit and it did really bad: 22. The check boxes indicated this wasn't to style, was lifeless, and has significant flaws. The score should probably be lower given the comments. Anyway, the main feedback from both judges is centered around a significant presence...

My friend has requested that I make him a chile beer using his homegrown anaheim peppers. My friend pointed out a local chile beer he has tried and liked: http://coopersmithspub.com/Beers/sigdas-green-chile/ Sigda’s Green Chile Malts: Pale Hops: Cluster, Tettnang Yeast: English Ale O.G...

I understand the amount of priming sugar used should be directly related to the style of beer and volume of beer being bottled. How do you figure out the volume of beer prior to racking into the bottling bucket (since the priming sugar should already be in the bucket)? For example, I...

Back in May I brewed my 4th beer and first ever IPA. I did some reading on here, asked a few basic questions, then came up with my own recipe (for better or worse). The recipe: http://hopville.com/recipe/1356063/american-ipa-recipes/columbus---simcoe-ipa-remix It was recommended that I do a...

I'm going to do a partial mash White Rascal clone this weekend. The grain bill is 60% 2 row, 40% wheat. 1. I read that using flaked wheat is the best for witbiers but needs to be mashed at a certain percentage with other easily mashable grains (like 2 row). I'm still messing with the recipe...

When you read hop descriptions they mostly/entirely focus on the aroma and flavor of the hop. If the initial hop addition (say at 60 minutes) only yields bitterness, does the specific hop you use really matter (assuming you get the same IBUs)? Say you take two beers, both with the same grain...

This will be a 3 gallon batch of IPA with OG of 1.61 using wyeast 1056. Both options use the same amount of hops (I have 2 oz of both Columbus and Simcoe). I'm going for a dank/earthy/herbal IPA. #1 70 IBUs 60 mins 0.5 Columbus 15 mins 0.25 Simcoe 5 mins 0.25 Simcoe 1 min...

For my next beer I'm looking to make an IPA with more of a "dank" hop character, versus totally bright and fruity. I was thinking of using a basic grain bill to really let the hops shine through. However, I have no experience putting a recipe together on my own which is where you all come in...

I'm 3 batches in and totally hooked. I have at least 10 different ideas for beers I really want to try my hand at, but only get to brew once every few weeks. What to do next? It has to be the BEST choice out of all my ideas. Such a dilemma!

Brewed a Saison over the weekend and when I was about done noticed the inside of the LME container had black spots and swirls. The pic was taken after I cleaned the container out. The black stuff smeared a little bit when rubbed but wouldn't come clean completely (as you can see). I...

i've brewed two beers, the first a basic saison (recipe from LHBS, designated using "the hop of the month"), the second an extra pale ale (cloned recipe from northern brewer). recipes used saison http://hopville.com/recipe/1259140/saison-recipes/basic-saison xpa...

For my next brew I'm hoping to make a clone (or as close as possible) of an Imperial Saison produced by a local brewery. I contacted the brewery directly about ingredients and they were gracious enough to basically tell me everything. Here is their response: OG 1.065 FG 1.007 5.6 SRM 30 IBU...

My first batch of home brew is in bottles so I'm ready to have another go at it. For my first beer I used a kit put together by my LHBS. For my second beer I was hoping to do an extract clone of NB Hoptober. About Hoptober (from NB website): Five hops and four malts make Hoptober Golden Ale...

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