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I am in the process of designing my basement which will include a bar. I want to put my kegerator under the bar with the beer tower mounted to the bar top. Does anyone have any advise on how I should mount the kegerator to the bar? Should I make plans to be able to take it out just in case I...

Hello everyone, I have always exchanged my CO2 tank but I am wondering if when filling a CO2 tank there is anything special that I need to look for? Does the gas have to be sterile? Is it 100% CO2 or a mix? Thanks for any advice.

Has anyone used wyeast 1007? I brewed a Sam Adams clone yesterday and placed it in primary in my basement. Currently the temperature in the area is about 53 degrees. Normally, I have seen some action in the airlock by now but I have never used this yeast before and I'm not sure how long it takes...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I may have to delay my brew day by one day. I was going to brew tomorrow but I done know if that is going to happen anymore. My question is, I made a starter of 1056 yesterday and the pan was to cold crash it tonight. If I have to delay, should I hold of on...

I accidently bought the UK WGV Golding hop instead of the US Golding. Is it worth running back to the store to get the right hop or should I give it a try? I am brewing an Irish Red.

I just keg-ed an IPA and am sucking a lot of hops into the dip tube. I know I have a lot of the hop sediment in the bottom of the keg and this may be an ongoing issue. Does anyone have a suggestions on how to reduce/eliminate this problem? I fear that this problem will persist with this...

Does anyone have any experience with using Wyeast 1187? I brewed a porter on Friday (almost 48 hours ago) and I am still not seeing any signs of fermentation. I know it can take up to 72 hours but I have never not seen any sign after this long. Let me run down a quick recap. I bought a...

I have been having carbonation issues with one of my last batches I put in the kegerator. I brewed a Red Lager extract kit from my local brew supply store. Everything during the brewing process went well. I have been experimenting with different forced carbonation methods and this time I put...

I have two of this style tap handle pictured here. The issue I am having is, the handle sticks the first time I use it for the day. I think what is happening is the beer is sitting in the handle, dries up, and which causes the handle to stick. I have taken them apart and cleaned them real...

I am looking for ideas of how to increase my mash efficiency. I have two all-grain batches under my belt now and I have not hit my target O.G. on either. The first time I think the issue was too much water volume, which diluted the wort. The second batch I was more careful about the volume...

A friend gave me an old 10gallon stainless steel pot. He had no idea what it was used for in the past. It probably sat in his barn for the last 20 years or so. It is scratched up but I other than that I can't see anything wrong with it. Any concerns with using it as a boil kettle. I washed...

I got a new refractometer for Christmas and I am wondering about ho to read it. It has both the brix and SG scales. If I am looking for an O.G. of 1.065, will the refractometer read that after I am done mashing? How much does the O.G. change from the end of the mash to the time you take an...

Ok, I am going to attempt my second all grain and just have a few questions. My first one did not go as planed, but I believe that was because I had too much mash water. After the batch sparge I still had liquid left in my mash tun and no room left in my boil kettle. I am hoping not to repeat...

Ok, this may be a bit of an odd question, but I am wondering if anyone has a cast iron sink in their brew house (kitchen). We do and I have always been very careful when placing my brew pot in it so I don't cause any scratches. I normally boil and chill outside but using my wort chiller...

I am wondering if anyone has any experience with replacing the beer tower on a Nostalgia Electronics KRS-2100 kegerator? I received a new one as a Christmas present and the mounting plate is one inch larger in diameter then the original. There is a mounting bracket the tower screws into and if...

I am going to brew a Alaska Smoked Porter clone and my SRM is not even coming close to what it should be. The recipe says I should have a SRM of 58 and beer smith is telling me I will be around 32.8. Now I am fairly new to beer smith so I figure I have something enter in wrong. The recipe...

I have a pin lock keg system and noticed I have a leak in the pressure relief valve. I had it apart and now it does not seem like I can get it tight enough. Either that or I lost some gasket when I had it apart. I am pretty sure I had it tight when I put it back together, but this is a...

Has anyone ever used a double CO2 regulator on a single keg system? I currently have a single keg, kegerator and am looking to replace the regulator. I have room to expand so I was thinking of getting a double regulator just in case I ever add another tap. Am I going to lose too much gas out...

I have just keged my second batch and for some reason it is not dispensing. It worked the other day because I washed it and ran sanitizer through the tap lines. Today when I went to try a sample only the leftover water came out. I checked the relief valve and the keg is pressurized. I had it...

Okay, I just had a bottle of home brewed S.S. Minnow Mils that was extremely over carbonated. I don't mean the carbonation took a long time to go down, this was a geyser and didn't stop. It just kept going and going. I had other bottles from the same batch that were just fine. Does anyone...