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If there’s been one issue in my 15ish years of brewing that’s nearly pushed me to the brink of throwing my equipment into a pond it’s carbonation. I have two kegerators at two locations. One is a standard single tower kegerator with two taps and one is a DIY keezer with a 4” collar with 4 taps...

Long story in case something may be relevant that I’m missing… I’ve been switching over to sankeys from cornies. I had the keezer setup with my last corny and a Sankey and two unused taps. Both brews were well carbed and had been good for a couple weeks. When I went to put a second Sankey...

I have a 5 cu ft freezer that I'm using for a fermentation chamber. It's controlled with an Inkbird with the probe in a thermowell in the fermenter and I also am using a Tilt hydrometer. I've only been doing 5 gallon batches in here so far but in preparation for 10 gallon batches with 2...

I picked up this keggle a few years back and only got to use it once. And that was only for Apfelwein or cider. Any thoughts on what I should do with the outflow on this? Leave it as? Get a mesh tube thing (yes, it’s been that long since brewing that I can’t remember what they’re called)? Put a...

I created the Open Beer Data Project which can be found at http://www.openbeerdata.org/. It is meant to be a repository for ingredient and other similar data in a central place which is not reliant on any single person. All code involved is stored at http://code.google.com/p/openbeerdata/...

I have a kegerator that can hold only 2 cornies because of the compressor hanging off the top in the back. It has a single tap tower and I just have a picnic tap for the other keg. I want to mount a second tap and was toying with either building a new PVC tower like I've seen around here or...

1) I just moved my first naturally carbed keg into the kegereator tonight and when I pulled the relief valve it was a foam geyser. I followed the priming sugar calculations for kegging which was (if I remember correctly) 2.8oz for 5 gals at 40degs. Should I have released pressure throughout...

I'm thinking of giving the no sparge technique a try as mentioned in this post. I have the same cooler and converted it to a batch sparge mash tun as shown in this post. Although I lost the braid and have to redo that. Since I have to redo the braid anyway should I go with a manifold...

We have an old D/W that's been up for the taking on Craig's List for a while, but no one's biting. Before I pay to have it hauled away, is there anything I basterdize from it? The pump that empties it is probably what's broken. Any ideas?

I guess this would fall in the American Barley Wine category. Comments? Thoughts? 18lb 2-Row 1lb Melanoiden .25 Crystal 40L .25 Special B 1lb Molasses 2oz Chinook @ 60 min 1oz Cascade @ 20 min 1 oz Cascade @ 5 min .25 tsp ground cloves @ 15 min 1 cinnamon stick @ 15 min 1...

My wife has developed a minor allergic reaction to some beers. First off, this is not gluten related. Fortunately, one of those beers was by a local brewery and I was able to get a recipe of the beer in question. There's no unusual ingredients, just hops and grains. I've used all the hops...

I started brewing a couple weeks ago after a 3 year hiatus. I like to harvest my yeast, but can you still do this if you skip the secondary? Sorry if this was answered already, but I could only see it asked a couple places with no answers. I'm guessing if not, the alternative would be to...

I racked a brew to secondary last night and saved the yeast/trub to harvest the yeast. I read that you should put it in the fridge for a little bit to separate and you should get two layers and save the top, but I don't seem to be getting that. Not much happened after about an hour in the...

I'm going to try to make root beer. What suggestions do you guys have for yeast-less carbonation? I'm going to be using Zatarains but I'm assuming that following the recipe will make it too sweet since there will be no yeast to use up some of the sugar.

I'm working on my first mead and it's been sitting in a bucket for a couple months now. I can't remember for the life of me why I used the bucket instead of a carboy, but that's moot now. Should I keep it in the bucket for it to continue aging or should I transfer it to a carboy? Thanks

It's been quite some time since I've been on here so I thought I'd re-introduce myself. I just relocated from Pennsyltucky to Colorado Springs, CO. Can any locals recommend good home brewing stores? Also, is there anything I have to worry about due to the increased altitude, 6600 ft...

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Senate Bill 674 is up for a vote in the state senate. It would allow 6, 12 and 18 packs to be sold at distributors. Be sure to write your state senator to let them know you support the bill. You can find out there email address here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/ Depending...

I noticed that in How To Brew, John Palmer states Typically, I see a mash ratio of 1.25 being recommended for the mash. I was considering shooting for a 1.15 qt/lb ratio for mash-in and a target of 1.45 qt/lb for the mash-out. Of course shooting for a 1.45 qt/lb ratio for the mash-in and...

I got the ingredients to do a Cream Ale for my next brew: 5# 2-Row 3# Vienna 2# Flaked Corn 1# Cara-Pils 1/4# Lactose My question was for suggestions on which hops to use. My original inclination was: 1/2oz Northern Brewer - 60min 1/2oz Tettnang - 20min 1oz Cascade - 5min I...