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I moped the keezer out yesterday as I have 2 beers almost ready to keg so thought it would be a good time to do so. Cut and assemembled 4 new beer lines. Took the taps and shanks apart..... you name it. Looking to help prevent some mold and condensation . What are some of you using in this case...

Hi brewers. I brewed a pale ale on Aug 3. It called for a 3 day dry hop but I was away on a family vacation and only returned last night. Beer is in fermonsters with lids I adapted for closed transfers. I am weary of opening the lids to add hops due to oxidizing the brew. what do you all think...

Hi all Brewed a double batch of amber ale 11 days ago. 2 fermonsters sitting in basement bedroom at 18-19 with space heater. The 090 super yeast is done but but leave another week . My 1332 is sitting and has 1.5" of krausen and carmel colored foram still on top. Is this typical of 1332 as I...

As title suggests, I find some of my pale ales good but not great and I find often they are too malty for my tastes. I do know there are many factors such as mash temp, profiles, yeast , etc but also wonder if there is too much crystal malt as per recipe? I recall reading that the crystal malt...

I brew double batches and keg . When I put a keg in keezer all is good and great beer flows. It seems the second keg that sits on a second co2 system in spare bedroom is becoming oxidized. It has happened a few times and always the second keg. These kegs can sit for some time , even a few...

I am in Canada and best price I see is 180 bucks!!!!! Is that what you guys paid for these nice luxuries???? Thanks

Use fermonsters with posts on the lids for transfers into kegs. Use a gas disconnect off the keg into a bucket of starsan to watch the bubbles and the inflow of beer. Usually I can transfer 5 g over in 15-20 min . Not yesterday. I try only 8 psi as these are plastic fermenters ( fermonster 7 g)...

Hi all Still working on water profiles and reaching out with a question. I found this profile for a hoppy pale ale: Ca 140 Mg 18 Na 25 so4 300 cl 55 Caco3 110 Water report for Calgary Alberta in 2020, most recent I could find shows: Ca 55 Mg 16.1 Na 8.5 So4 74 Cl 11.1 CaCo3 143 We are known...

Hi all. Brewed a double batch of Big Dog brown ale yesterday. All went well. Hops called for later addition fuggles and I realized I was out so subbed in Willammet. the percent difference was only one so I used it. This seem like a good substitute? Also, recepie calls for medium crystal and a...

I know this has been discussed a lot but will throw it out as many of us ferment with different equipment. I brewed an IPA saturday. Double batch and I use fermonsters with adapted lids with CO2 and gas posts with floating diptubes to try O2 free transfers , or at least limit o2 exposure. It has...

Brewed a double batch of honey creme ale and it is at 9 days and sitting at 66. Yeast is a us 5 and a kolsch 2565 I think???? Anyhow, the krausen is still very thick and have never had a beer with this thick krausen 9 days in. Still getting the odd bubble in the airlock. All seem ok? I could...

I brewed a double batch of honey creme ale yesterday and forgot the honey at knockout. I realized it when I had both fermonsters filled!!!! Anyhow, I added it to both fermonsters and stirred in good with a sanitized spoon and hot it with the o2 and added the yeast . I think this will be fine? I...

Hi all I brewed a double batch of lake walk pale ale 2 weeks ago and time to keg one. I usually dry hop in my fermonsters dumping the pellets in whole and am aware of the oxidation in these types of beer and IPA and almost impossible to avoid without some way of a closed transfer. This time...

Brewing the 3 crops creme ale I found here. I usually add my salts to my tap water and also use spring water. This is a light beer with a 90 min mash and boil and should finish crisp. The spring water has the following numbers as per label. Ca 63, Mg 18, Na 11, K 1, SO4 45, Cl 13, HCO3 180, NO3...

Hi all. Going to try gelatin in the kegs for the first time. Bought a few boxes of Knox unflavored in the packets. Directions state ... one packet of gelatin will set 2 cups of water. A bit confusing. How are some of you using this in amounts/volumes, etc? Thanks

Was having a great brew day but forgot these two items!!!! Added the nutrient to each fermonster later prior to aerating but my IPA looks like caramel!!!!!! Hope it drops clear. I guess I can try gelatin later before the kegging or cold crash. Ah well. The wort was so clean too as I just milled...

Brewed a 10 g double chocolate oatmeal stout yesterday. All went well and did one fermonster with yeast starter irish ale and one of London 3. I hit numbers right on and this recipe has a abv of 6.9% making it the biggest beer I brewed in my almost 4 years at this! Had almost 30 pounds of grain...

Hi all. Ready to mill my grains for my first chocolate oatmeal stout and do double batches. I need 20 pounds of 2 row and only have 17 on hand. Can I sub in 3 pounds of crisp maris otter? Thinking it should complement fine. Rest of recipe calls for some crystal 40 and choc. malt. Big 29 pounds...

Hi all Happy New Year belated I know the water profile questions can be many and there are so many factors to contend with. I am brewing over 3 years now and the past year I have been working on the water additions. I use CC, gypsum, and L acid along with capden tablets. Local water report...

Hi all. Brewing over 3 years now and have a cooler conversion for my mash. I do double batches and fly sparge. Thinking maybe it is time to recirculating my mash. Currently I pump over my strike water with riptide pump and I have a copper 4 pipe manifold I made in the bottom of cooler. As water...