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I just got my first ball lock keg and I transferred my Irish Red Ale from the fermenter directly into a keg. I set the fermenter on the counter top and the keg on the floor, and opened the spigot - letting the beer pour into a keg. (No racking cane/hose. Just let the stream flow.) I got a...

Anyone attending the World Expo of Beer 2015 at Frankenmuth, MI? Either as a vendor or as an attendee? I'll be there working one of the food trucks (pizza) but plan to walk around and sample a little also as I'm able. Bill

I made a 1.5 liter Yeast starter a week or so ago. I let it ride on a stir plate for a couple of days and then cold crashed it for two more days. The plan was to then split off 500 ml. for future use and pitch the remaining 1 liter into an Irish Red Ale recipe. But foolishly I didn't look for...

I have been planning to brew a nice Irish Ale on Monday - the yeast starter is going along nicely now. But I just found out we will be leaving for 3 to 4 weeks, starting a week from Friday. That would make only 12 days in the fermenter before we leave. So I have options on how to approach...

I'm going to be using the Brewer's Friend Priming Calculator to determine the right amount of Corn Sugar to prime with. But I'm unsure which temperature I should be entering into the calculator. Here's what's happened to get to here: Primary Fermentation: 5 gallons at 58°F for 3 weeks...

I won't even begin to describe the previous 57 bonehead mistakes. I just got my wort boiled, transferred to primary, and pitched the yeast. Then I went to set up my blow off tube and the temperature probe for my STC1000. (Both are combined in one stopper). But the stupid thing went all the...

It's brew day for my second ever extract home brew. The first one had LME (liquid syrup). This one has lots of DME (dry malt extract). The directions do not tell me when to add the DME to the brew pot. While the water is cold? At a certain temperature? Or when the water begins to...

Okay, so I recently brewed my first beer - a nice beginner-friendly Nut Brown Ale. It turned out well and I'm ready for my second batch; this time a Kolsch that my wife requested. But this time I'm going to step up my brewing process a bit. Here's a list of the new things I'm going to try...

Hi all, Newbie here just did my first Brew - an extract kit from NB - Nut Brown Ale. Everything went well on brewing day. I don't think I messed anything up. I cooled the wort quickly and let it ferment in primary for 2 weeks at 65°F (more or less), then racked to the Bottling Bucket, and...

Hi all, as the subject line says I am a new Brewer in Northern Michigan. We just moved up here last May after 37 years in S. Florida. (Yeah, I know. I get that all the time.) Anyway, I got a Homebrew kit for Christmas and brewed my first batch about 3 weeks ago. A nice "beginner-friendly"...