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Alright, I'm a kegging noob. I got a basic system set up and kegged my first beer, let it chill, and then put it on gas with the "set and forget" method at 12 psi (Hopslam clone). No problem there. My second beer I split an RIS and put it into a smaller 3 gallon keg. Here is where the...

We had a very new freezer sitting in the back room, doing nothing. We'll put a hog in it later this summer, but for the time being it was doing nothing. So I told SWMBO that I bought a Johnson controller and was going to turn it into a fermentation fridge for the summer. I got the controller...

I have yet to cold crash my beers, preferring to give them more time in the fermenter to clear. However, I have a club beer which I need to dry hop with pellets. Normally, when I do this I just rack to secondary and put the hops in a sack, however, I'm a wee bit short on pails and carboys at...

Can anyone please help me wrap my head around, what appears to me, to be a math error that doesn't make sense. I'll simplify it in round numbers to make it easier. I'm finally making the transition to all grain brewing after a year or so of extract brewing. I have my equipment (false bottom...

Okay, this is my first pale ale attempt. I used Beersmith for this, and made both an LME and DME version. I realize this is "vanilla", but am I way off base, or will this make a decent APA? Other than ABV (on higher end), and color (on darker end), am I missing anything? Any concerns about...

My name is Joe, and I'm a beer whore. Sorry, that's just a fact. My wife will confirm this. However, being an incredible enabler, she bought me a BB Starter Kit for my birthday (which I've wanted for a while, she could have gotten around to this quicker), and I am in the homebrewing business...