Recent content by TK421

Step 1: Find Hydrometer Step 2: Throw Hydrometer in the trash All those things do is make you worry.

How long can I leave beer in a secondary fermenter? It's my understanding that it can stay in there for months and be OK. Truth?

You don't need to do anything different. A kit is for 5 gallons whether all 5 are boiled or whether you're diluting it later in the carboy. Doesn't matter. FYI, I usually start with 6.5 gal to account for evaporation during boil as well as transfer loss between brew pot and primary, then...

Step 1: grab hydrometer Step 2: Throw hydrometer in trash All those things do is make you worry. Wait 1 week and move from Primary to secondary, wait 2 more weeks and move from secondary to bottles or a keg.

I've only been brewing with Kegs for a little over a year, but I have never disassembled one to clean it. When I blow a keg, I... 1) Rinse it out thouroughly 2) run hot water through it to purge any remaining beer in the keg 3) fill with PBW and sit for 20-30 minutes 4) run PBW through...

Got 'em on. Thanks for the tips fellas. :mug:

I can't get these friggin things into the tubing. Ordered the barb nuts from Northern brewer and it said they should fit either 3/16 or 1/4" tubing, but the damn things won't go in! :mad:

I do 30 psi for 10 minutes, rocking it vigorously back and forth in my lap.

I just refilled my 5lb at lunch and it cost me $8.58. You got hosed.

You guys who refuse to drink before noon must be a blast to tailgate with for Football games

I just made up a kit that I had left upstairs in a closet for about 7 months. I was wondering about the pellet hops too. Beer will be ready in a couple weeks, I'll let you know how it goes...

Couldn't you just use carboys for ageing?

If you added your yeast when your wort was 94 degrees you're :cross:

5 gal carboys are really for secondary, as others have said get a 6.5 gal carboy or a bucket fermenter for Primary. As a point of reference, I do full wort boils and I start with 6.5 gallons in the brew pot to yield 5 gallons into my primary when I rack it. I usually lose a gallon in the...

Midwest is where I got my kit from, though I did buys some stuff through Northern Brewer. NB seems to ship faster than does Midwest.