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I recently brewed a Bohemian Pilsner. I naturally carbonated it with priming sugar then put it in the keggerator. I currently have it set at about 11 psi, but every time I try to serve it I get mostly foam. I tried to turn the pressure down to five PSI and had the same results. Any ideas?

I bottled the first batch I ever made with DME, and it worked better than any of the other batches I've made yet. It was a black lager, and if anything it was a little over carbonated. The wheat DME gave it a great, lasting head and really complemented the brew well.

I just bottled a batch of Strawberry/Rhubarb wheat. I used 5lbs of fresh strawberries that I had frozen, along with 2lbs of fresh rhubarb that i froze as well. After racking on to the fruit, I didn't see any noticeable fermentation, and the finished gravity was the same when I bottled as it...

Tomorrow will be the 7 day mark for primary fermentation. Do I need to take a gravity reading to determine when to raise the temp for D-rest, or am I safe waiting until the krausen falls back in?

So once the d-rest is finished do I drop to 40 gradually, or can i take it right down?

sorry, no. I pitched at 72F. Can I add more yeast after 72 hours?

wow...the more I read, the more confused I become. The recipe I followed was out of Clone Brews, for Xingu Black Beer. It is as follows: crush and steep in 1 gallon 150F water for 20 min *1/2 lb German Vienna Malt *12oz 80L Crystal Malt *12oz US Chocolate Malt *2oz US Black Malt...

I just used the packet as the recipe called for, no starter. The OG was 1.063, as the recipe said it should be. I will remember to pitch at a cooler temp next time. I started this batch because I love the original, but didn't realize the additional things required of a lager until after I had...

After pitching it was at 70-72 degrees for an hour or so, then I placed it in the freezer which was at 52 degrees. I used the Wyeast Munich Lager pack, and had activated it a couple of hours before pitching. See the picture below for a view of the batch appx 10 minutes before I placed it in...

Hello, I'm brewing my first batch ever, and decided on a Xingu clone. I have a deep freeze set up with a temp controller. After I pitched my yeast, and before placing in the freezer I could see activity in the wort. Now that its been in for appx 48 hours, I don't see much activity at...