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My question is in regard to mashing/sparging, then setting the wort in a sanitized/sealed container, with the intent of doing the boil a few hours later. There seems to be a fair amount of information out there in regard to mashing at night, and then boiling the next morning, but I am interested...

I hate to sound like just another home brewer prematurely panicking here, but I am looking for some sage advice. Brewed a brown (starting gravity was 1.055). I pitched WLP005 at 72*, and the fermenter has been hanging out at 67*. However, 2 days later there is no activity. Part of my concern...

I am working on my portable 5-gallon corny setup, and came across the tap faucet that attaches directly to a ball-lock quick-connect. This is basically eliminating a picnic tap. Anyone ever use one of these? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZZRR3K/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I have read...

I have a double-gauge on my home set-up, but am piecing together a 20oz cylinder for bringing cornies to cookouts, camping, etc. I was curious what you guys recommend; is the double worth the extra price? Part of my dilemma is that from reading other people's postings, it seems as though the...

I have a single 10# cylinder dispensing multiple kegs. If all of the kegs are already carb'd, what is the time frame that I would have to get my CO2 replenished when it runs out/low? Also, I would assume that length of time would be shortened if there are kegs still carbing. Thanks in...

I have been scaling up some of my recent batches (to compensate for loss to trub). I have mainly been utilizing liquid White Labs Yeast. How far above the 5 gallon mark, in your experience, will one tube of WL still be sufficient, without having to pitch a second tube? Thank you in advance!

I am looking for input in regard to any increased ABV due to priming sugar additions when bottling a home brew. I am not sure it is much, but it seems to me that there should be some increase. If I brew a batch, keg 1/2 and bottle the other 1/2 with priming sugar, would the bottles have a...

When recipes refer to "batch size" or "yield", is this your post-boil volume that is going into the fermenter, or is this what you are likely to get out of your fermenter after removing it from the trub? If it is the former, then a 5 gallon batch seems to rarely produce a true 5 gallons. I...