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I brewed a beer the other day and began fermenting in a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket with a 3 piece airlock. After three days, I noticed that the airlock had been clogged and the beer blew off the top to the bucket exposing the batch to air!!!!! I've never had that problem in the past. I...

I'm somewhat new to kegging my home brew. How should I be adjusting the pressure on the regulator? Should I adjust the screw until the needle reads the desired pressure without pulling the release valve, or should I focus on the reading associated when I pull the release valve and see where...

Where is the cheapest place to buy 5 gal kegs? ebay? Is $30/keg delivered a good deal?

I do not understand the benefit of threaded flare disconnects over barbed? Can someone enlighten me?

I recently built an immersion chiller 50' of 1/2" OD copper and I tested it by cooling 6.5 gallons of boiling water. It took 50 minutes to reach 70 degrees at a low flow rate of 0.3 gal/min or 1.2 liter/min. My input water temperature was 58 degrees from a garden hose faucet. My question is...

I inherited a kegerator from a college buddy and I just got into home brewing. I'd like to know if the tap it came with will work with corny kegs. It fits regular domestic kegs like, Miller, Bud, etc. If not, what kind of tap do I need.

I understand that you should bottle after the beer has cleared in your secondary, but how do you know when? Are you going to be able to see completely through the carboy? Can certain beers clear to a point and then your just wasting your time by letting it sit longer? I guess my question is...

I recently racked my beer and after cleaning my primary, it still smells like delicious beer. It's a plastic ale pail. Is my primary not clean enough? I know plastic can absorb odors, but do I need to worry about bacteria making a home on the inside of my bucket? It's only the second beer...

I've read about how the chemical composition of the water used for brewing can significantly alter the taste of a beer. I live near a university and I have access to distilled water. Should I brew with distilled water, add minerals to tap water, or just using plain tap water without any...

I recently made my first starter about 24 hours ago and I haven't seen any real signs of activity. It dawned on me that I may have had a significant amount of boil off (steam evaporating from the pot) and in fact the SG of the starter wort is too high for the yeast (although I never thought to...

How does everybody clean siphon tubing after each use? What solution to you soak it in to clean it, not sanitize? After one use, my siphon tube seems cloudy and there are lots of water spots on the inside of the tube. Is it possible to make it "like new".

1. I know this is a total noob question, but how does everyone use Star San? On my first attempt using it, I got sooooo many bubbles as I filled my carboy. To sanitize my carboy, I first added the appropriate amount of star san and then I began to fill it with water. WOW, there were more...

I'm brewing my first batch of beer and I have a question pertaining to transferring to a secondary or a possible stuck fermentation scenario. To begin, I brewed my first batch and everything when smoothly except I did not aerate sufficiently. I "aggressively" poured the wort into the fermenter...

I'm new to brewing, so I'm only doing extract recipes, but I recently had a Boulevard - Lunar Ale and I loved it! I'd like to brew something similar to it but I don't know where to get a recipe that would match it. I'm not looking to make a clone or match it exactly! Any suggestions on how I...

I recently purchased a brew kit that contained two ale pails, one of which is a bottling bucket that contains a spigot on the bottom and the other is a plain fermentation bucket. However, I also purchased a glass carboy that I would like to use as my secondary. My question is... can I use the...

I read that storing dry yeast in the refrigerator is a good idea. However, I'm concerned that when I make my yeast starter prior to pitching, I will be "shocking" the yeast because of the change in temperature? I've already put the packets in the frig and then thought about this so I took them...