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  1. frankjones

    Fill keg first time

    Hey guys. I got a three gallon keg from Midwest. Can I just fill it and carb it in the keg,, just put the beer in and the priming sugar? for.now, I don't have my gas tank yet but the beer needs to get out of my fermenter.
  2. frankjones

    Use wine yeast after ale yeast is finished

    Folks, I like an extremely dry, bitter, hoppy IPA. I ordered the midwest simply beer IPA kit and I'm going to add a 3.3# can of breiss pilsen lme to kick it up a bit. I also am going to add two ounces of cascade and at the end at 15,10,5 minutes I'm going to add mosaic hops. Going to...
  3. frankjones

    Anyone using a paint ball tank to push 3 gallons keg

    Any input on how many times a 22 ounce paint ball tank will push a three gallon keg?
  4. frankjones

    Bought a 3 gallon keg kit from Midwest

    Bought this https://www.midwestsupplies.com/3-gallon-cornelius-keg-system. $129 on sale. I'm going to push it with a paintball tank, with an adapter. I don't have the space for a full on co tank. How many times will a 22 ounce tank push a small keg. I brew small batches and just hate...
  5. frankjones

    Used montrachet in a IPA my only yeast was not viable

    Hey folks, I had to use a montrachet red star yeast in my IPA. Simply beer IPA from Midwest. There was no possible way to get another yeast packet asap so I pitched the montrachet. Wish me luck. Midwest is sending a new packet. Any thoughts on how this will come out? Yeah I know I should...
  6. frankjones

    Apfelwein from 2014 any good?

    Is this going to be ok to drink.it was packaged in Brown beer bottles. Is 2 years too long for thisthis packaging?
  7. frankjones

    Broken hydrometer can you help

    I have a one gallon batch of apfelwein with Nottingham going I know my juice is 1.05 I added a half pound of table sugar. Can someone guess what my sg will be. I ordered a new one, so I'll know what the fg is. Thank you very much
  8. frankjones

    Bottling apfelwein / cider long term in beer bottles

    Will the beer bottles caps that are sold as "oxygen absorbing " keep my cider products safe for up to 2 years without risking oxygen getting in the bottles or co2 leaking out?
  9. frankjones

    Questions : Making Nottingham starter for 2 brews

    I'm making a one gallon starter with nottingham. I used one pound pale ale malt, steeped for an hour and boiled for 30 munites. Letting cool and going to pitch a half packet of Nottingham. I'm going to wash the slurry and harvest. Will that slurry be enough to pitch onto 2 separate 5...
  10. frankjones

    1 Gallon recipe review.... input or ideas

    Will this give me a decent, medium body wheat ale? Was thinking of a one gallon biab wheat ale. 1 pound 2 row 1 pound wheat Mash 150 degrees for 45 minutes Boil 30 minutes US 05 for yeast 1/2 ounces cascade 30 minutes
  11. frankjones

    Dry out FG on all extract ipa

    I'm considering an all extract IPA at 1.70 Og Wich yeast will get it down to 1.012 ish OR just add corn sugar?
  12. frankjones

    One packet of uso5 enough for this or should I make a starter

    HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: 2 gallon mosaic IPA Brew Method: BIAB Style Name: American IPA Boil Time: 45 min Batch Size: 2 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 3 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.046 Efficiency: 65% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.069 Final Gravity: 1.012 ABV...
  13. frankjones

    Input or ideas for Midwest Nut Brown 20 minutes boil

    Has anyone done this kit? Could you compare it to a commercial beer for flavor and taste? Is it like Honey Brown or some other nut brown? Also, I can't find the abv of the kit, does anyone know? I'd like to do a quick batch for a family member and they aren't too fussy. Thanks
  14. frankjones

    How much / many dehydrated hops to use?

    Hi folks, I have a pound of liberty hops and a pound of fuggles leaf hops, in going to dehydrate them in my food dehydrator, my question is after they are dehydrated how much many would I use? Just weigh the dehydrated hops like I would weigh the store bought pellets?
  15. frankjones

    Big beer- Double IPA Kern Citra /us05

    Hi folks, I used brewers friend to scale this Kern River DIPA http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/247012/kern-river-d-i-p-a I'm going to do a 2.5 gallon batch. I think I have it scaled out right from the original recipe I found...
  16. frankjones

    Kern River D-I-P-A

    Hi folks, going to try to do a 2.5 gallon batch of this.. http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/17432/citra-double-ipa-clone-kern-river-brewing-company-cybi-podcast-version. However, the ibus are coming up higher than the beer smith podcast recipe shows I worked this up at brewers friend...
  17. frankjones

    Mr beer north west pale ale how do I enhance it?

    I was given a Mr beer north west pale ale can. I also have some carapils and pale ale malt. Could I do this as a sort of hybrid. How much pale ale malt and carapils should I steep? I don't want the can to just sit here and go out of date. Thanks in advance.
  18. frankjones

    3 gal keg leak

    I have a three gallon keg. I filled with work water and put the small screw on 16 gram co2 cartridge and it pushed out water just fine. No leaks. I did this to test out the keg This morning there's no pressure or push opened the vent and no hiss. It has new "thick seal o ring" on the...
  19. frankjones

    three gallon keg priming sugar

    Hi folks, I can't seem to get a clear answer. How much priming sugar goes into a three gallon keg filled with three gallons of beer? Thanks.
  20. frankjones

    krausen not dropping after ten days

    Hi folks. I have a batch of mount mellimick hopped extract with 2 pounds on DME in the fermenter. It's been ten days and the ring of krausen still looks fresh and is not dropping. Should I let it wait l longer or hydro test and rack to secondary? Using. Safale 05
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