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Ok, I bought a keg kit online with no instructions. Filling my co2 tank today. Can someone direct me to an easy to follow site for how to set the line up, pressure info, etc? Any help is appreciated.

I have been using 5gal buckets and mixing but bought a glass jug and its my first use of it so I can see now that I didnt mix it enough. Any suggestions on how to mix when using glass with such a small opening compared to the 5 gal bucket which I can use my big stirring stick? Also, after a...

I recently purchased American bock from truebrew. Followed the instructions to a T with one exception of adding 1/2 lb of brown sugar just to boost the og. When I took my OG reading it SHOULD be between 1.052-1.053. You would think that adding the sugar on top during the boil it would be closer...

I just made an ipa and the recipe says it will end up with 100 ibu's. Thats high I think right? It calls for a secondary and to dry hop while in the secondary. If I leave that dry hop out will it decrease the ibu's? Btw per recipe the og is 1080 and will end at 1016. I think this is just...

I want to add some extra hops to a lme batch that has very low ibu's. Should I add early or later? What gives the most hop taste, early or toward the end?

Thanks Denny. Thats what I was looking for. Lol.

Since we are on the subject, I have a question. Does using champagne yeast do anything different to a batch of regular beer?

You used to much fruit. Use 1/3 if adding at the start of fermentation. If you are new to this use extract. Lets learn some chemistry kids. Yeast lives off sugars. The bi-product of this is c02. If it stops bubbling all together the yeast is almost all done. If you carbonate your keg, who cares...

My argument wasnt about whether its doable or not. The plastic did the job. Just when you open it you really need to drink it that night because it will lose carbonation. And I drink my beer alone for the most part. Its 7% and I got toasted. Had nothing to do with the bottle other than the size. Lol

Just a follow up. If you are drinking by yourself I suggest NOT using a 2 liter bottle when brewing high gravity. You open the bottle you gotta finish it or it will go flat. And 2 liters is a lot of 7% beer. Whoa. Stick with 1 liter or 1.5. Or get a friend to drink it with. In the end plastic...

Not exactly a hefe but yeah. I guess it is. Lol. I didnt really read up on wheat beers and now im noticing that the yeast will tend to ferment on top???

I should have added that this is my first batch of wheat beer. So I am not sure if it was supposed to ball up or not. I know it will not be as clear which it is not and Its not been put into a secondary yet. Just wondering if anyon knew if this was an infection or commen.

Little balls of what looks like yeast. It doesnt have any negative odor.

I guess that would have helped to post, huh? Lol. 5 gallons. Tonight I did a batch of canadian blonde ale, added 3 lbs of dme to the prehopped kit with 2 lbs of light brown sugar (ingredients= brown sugar and molasses) with half oz of dried lime peel I bought in a packet to cut the sweetness...

Ive been lazy lately and been doing extracts only. Been using dme instead of lme. The recipes typically say to add 2.2 lbs of dme and the bags of dme come in 3lbs. So ive been adding all of it. Seems to start my og at 1055ish and ending at 1011 or 1010 which is plenty good for me. Puts me in the...