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I have a 6 gallon stainless pot. All of the kit instructions state to boil 2.5 gallons and add the remaining 2.5 gallons to the finished wort. Even some of the books I have state to only do 2.5-3 gallon boil. Is there anything wrong doing a full 5 gal boil? Does it affect the hop addition...

I had about 8' of PVC tubing for the beer line in my kegerator. I get a perfect pour. I heard that the internal resistance in EVA is less, thus requiring less tubing. Anyone have any experience with this?

I have an older MiniBrew 7gal conical fermenter that I just resurrected. The top is just a rubber cap that stretches over the opening. Its tight but not airtight. Ive ran at least 10 brews through this unit with about 70% success. I've always thought that this can be a weak point for...

I'm brewing from a American Light kit with dry yeast. I'm not crazy how it tastes. Doesn't have much flavor. I followed the instructions. Two things I'm a little fuzzy on. How long after the fermentation is complete(mine took about 5 days), do I let it sit in the conical fermenter? I don't...

Hi all. My kegerator flucturates from 36* to 41* over the coarse of 40min. Seems like all of these cheap mini fridge units are like this. Is there a fix to get this to be more stable? Maybe an external temp control or an internal adjustment?

I currentley have my gas line hooked up to its normal "in" post while I'm carbonating my beer. Now I'm reading that I should have retrofitted it to connect the gas to the internal draw tube so it carbonates from the bottom up. Does it really matter? I'm doing the low & slow method using the chart.

I understand that Star San is a no rinse sanitizer, but isn't anyone concerned about the chemical residue left behind from this? I'm watching videos of people spaying there equipment down with this solution and introducing the beer direclty afterward. I dont want this in my beer. If you pull...

I'm doing a light ale right now. It's kegging time and I've read many posts here about the benefits of cold crashing in the fridge for a day, before kegging. I understand the benefits of it. My question is, is there any difference in just transferring the beer from the conical to the keg and...

I'm venturing into kegging in a 5 gal corny this weekend. I have a kegerator that I'll be storing it in. My question is, after around two weeks of slow carbonation at around 12psi, how do you assure that it doesn't over carbonate? You have to keep operating pressure for it to pour from the...

Not new to the forums, as I was here many years ago, but I just dusted off the old equipment and started brewing again. I knew John Palmers "How to Brew" book like the back of my hand, but I forgot so much. Hopefully with this forums' help, I can get back into the swing of things.

After taking a 15 year break from brewing, I resurrected my 7gal conical fermenter, and boiled up a batch of American Light. I'm a little rusty with timing and procedure. After 4 days of a healthy fermentation, I dumped about a cup of trub. Everything looks great. If I remember correctly, I...