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    New Danby Keg cooler

    I just go the new two tap keg cooler :mug: . Anyway I am having problems getting it to pour right. I only have one keg in it now. First day I had the psi set about 10-12 and lots of foam. I let the keg sit for a day and bumped up the PSi to 15-18ish and it was pouring great. Today it is barely...
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    Peach wheat beer

    I am making a American wheat beer and plan on adding two lbs of peaches to it. My question is when should I add them? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Filtering sediment

    I am on my 3rd or so batch and wanted to know if there a accepted process to minimize sediment in the bottom of my bottles.
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    Recipe question

    This is my first go at putting my own recipe together and wanted to know if anyone sees anything blaring that I am missing. Do I have enough DME or wheat or am I missing something? I have two 3 lbs briess dme and 1lb of weyermann dark wheat malt and 1lb of Franco-belges Carmel wheat malt two...
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    hops and dogs

    I have some hops that I need to plant and wanted to know if my dogs will eat them it I plan them in my back yard.
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    Too Much Head

    Never thought those words would ever come out of my mouth but this last batch is very carbonated. I get over 3/4 head even when I pour it very slowly on a angle. It also looks like champagne. When I drink in out of a glass it is flat after all the action and when I drink it out of the bottle its...
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    Do I use both packs of yeast?

    I have another newbie question my kit came with two packs of yeast but the instructions just talk about one package of yeast I really need to use both packages. Also the back of the packs of yeast the Instructions for the Yeast tell me to rehydrate before using but the instructions that came...
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    Quick Question on hops

    I have a quick question I am brewing my beer right now and my kits came with two hops can someone tell me which one is the flavor hops and which one is the bittering hops
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    Watered down

    This is my first batch and it seams a little watered down to me. It has been in the bottles for two weeks, and it was in the ale pail for two weeks before. I do get a little sound when I open one and some head. It is a Scottish ale and the color looks good but I was expecting more. Any ideas on...
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    Why the seconed carboy?

    Just so I can understand can someone go over why you need to move beer into a new carboy right before bottling? Is it to separate the yeast before adding more sugar?
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    Controlling your Temperature

    As a brewer noob I wanted to know how important it is to control the temp during the fermentation process and how accurate that control needs to be? I just bottled my first run, a Shilling Scottish Ale, that I keep in my basement 50 to 70 degrees. Don't know how it turned out yet another week or...
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    First hydrometer reading

    I started my first brew 10 days ago and opened it up for the first time today. It smelled real good, anyway I took a reading and it looks like it reads 11 to me. The kit said to bottle about 14 - 21 days. So as I understand that I need should take another reading in about three days to see if...
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    Bubbles have stopped

    My first brew and I did not take a hydrometer reading. I am on day 7 of it in the carboy. with out a starting point would a hydrometer reading now tell me anything, should I take one?
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    First time & Brewcraft Kit

    So I just put my yeast in my first try at home brewing. I can not wait to see how it all turns out. I know I made my mistakes I am sure. But one mistake I think I made was getting a Brewcraft Kit and Recipe Pack. The first thing is that there are no instructions in the Kit other then the siphon...
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