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I have a 4 output CO2 manifold in a kegerator and had a leak. I believe the leak came from the way I had ties the gas lines up. It out lateral pressure on the connectors causing the leak. I decided to test for leaks by putting the whole thing underwater, applying pressure and monitoring for...

This is my first Doppelbock, or Bock for that matter and thought I would ask for opinions on my water profile. These are values in ppm, Chloride 69 Sulfate 22 Sodium 21 Calcium 37 Magnesium 2 Anything obviously off?

I made a 4 L starter for a Festbier, finished fermenting yesterday. I cold crashed it over night at 36 and set it to 31 this morning at 5:00. Tonight at 6:00 I I went to decant it and when I picked it up the yeast, WLP838 all went back into suspension. Anything I can do to prevent this? Thanks.

Just looking for the other side of the coin. Are there any real disadvantages to BIAB?

Hello, I just took the second batch out of my Fermzilla and both times I have had gas leaks and liquid leaking from the collection jar. My first use I just chalked it up to user error. This time I sealed and tested for two days using 20 pounds of pressure and it held pressure and no Starsan...

If I was going to increase the OG of a recipe from say 1.050 to 1.060 I think I would just add more base malt and increase the hop level for balance. I was wondered if that would be the correct method if you were going from 1.050 to 1.100 or would you want to increase the speciality malts by...

OkY, maybe not that hard!

I won this in a drawing. Just wondering if anyone uses these for brewing, mead or wine and how. Thanks.

I have been brewing Helles beers lately and the last 2 I brewed with 838 and both came out with significant bubble gum esters. I searched on line and found nothing about this yeast and bubble gum. The particulars: 6 gallon batch 11 pounds German Pils. 9 ounces of Munich about 9L 3 ounces of...

Has anyone done the paperwork to ship beer legally through FRDEX. If so what is involved?

Hi I used about 8% Cologne malt in a Helles I brewed 2 weeks ago. I was trying to add some of the raw grain flavor to the beer. Anyway tried a sample today and am getting a crap flavor I have never gotten in a beer before. By crap I mean a close to poop aroma and flavor. It’s not real strong but...

Hi All. I have been brewing for a while and just started my first mead. Instead of using a hydrometer. To read SG I used a refractometer and what should have been about a 5 gallon batch diluted to 1.115 at a bit over 4 gallons. I now believe that using the refractometer resulted in an error and...

Hi. I’m going to be brewing a big lager and was wondering how big a starter can be made in a 5 liter flask. I’ll be using a stir plate and fermcap. 4 liters should be doable can you actually do a 5 liter in 5 liters? Thanks

Hi. I’m about to start storing yeast and would like to go simple and just add glycerin to yeast slurry and freeze. How would I go about ensuring the sanitation of the glycerin? Could you just boil it? Any help would be appreciated.

We have moved into an apartment and space is an issue so my freezer fermentation chambers had to go. Has anyone used two of the 7 gallon SS Brewtech Brewmaster Chronicals and their glycol chiller? IF so how well do they do cold crashing and lagering? Opinions welome.