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Brewed an Irish red for the fourth. Party has increased in size. Not sure one keg will be enough. Brewed a Rye beer that was meant for faction on July 11-23. Anyway, I never rush a beer.......but I can force carb the rye but wondering how bad an idea it is.

Alright, this forum is costing me some serious change. Going to the panhandles and need to keep a keg going for 2 wks. Had a post about best options. After going back and forth, bought a kegarator for my rental house that I live in during the summer. I made one for my primary residence. Anyway...

Traveling in July in Florida and its obviously very hot. Not sure I will be able to keep the keg in a frig (won't know till I get there). Was trying to figure out the easiest way to keep it cold for 2 wks without running to get ice everyday. I have a keg blanket but that is only a short term...

Had a leak in one of my kegs and ended up going through c02 very quickly. Anyway, I brought c02 tank into welding store and he told me that I should never use the gauge on the regulator. He said as long as their is liquid in the tank it will read as full. I have watched the gauge go down and...

Looking for a heated for a smaller fermentation chamber and want to see what everyone recommends. I haven't been using a heater since I live in Florida but from reading it appears without it there can be wide temp swings.

I just brewed a triple and want to let it age for 6 months or so. In the past I have aged all my bigger beers in bottles. Anyway, have this one in the primary for 5 wks which is pretty standard for me. Should I bottle, leave in primary, transfer to keg and let age uncarbed (already have 6...

LHS just went out of business. I think there is another one that is 60 miles away. Was looking at them online and price is great but shipping kills the deal. Anyone, find any good deals or suggestions.

Wife has been meeting with a decorator and she complains about the 4 buckets in the living room. They corner me and I explain the garage is too warm in Florida. My wife says you have to figure out a way. I tell her that I can get a chest freezer and use a fermentation chamber ( already have a...

I do 5 gallon batches. I have a 5,8 and 20 gal pots. The 20 gallon doesn't have a drain and thus a pia to work with but it never boils over. Was thinking about investing in a good 10 gal like a boilmaker vs putting drainage valve on 20 gal. What size pots do you guys use and what do you wish...

I had a good supply line. Had a friend paint our house while I was away. Told him to help himself. Well 10 gal in 1 wk. I have about 2 cases of bottles that were aging. Needless to say, got up early and brewed the following AG recipes American pale ale (very lite for my parents 50th...

Well, I spent a ton of time trying to formulate a recipe. I thought I would share the results with you guys since the cider came out mighty fine. 3 Gallons of apple juice ( I used 2 different brands) 1 lb brown sugar tiny bit of cinnamon I dissolved the brown sugar in some of the apple...

In 1994, I swore off Porters. My brother convinced me that it was the porters I tried. Fast forward 18 yrs, I finally tried another Porter. After spending some time deciding which Porter to try, I settled on Samuel Smith. I have to say not bad. My palette might have changed, might not have...

Well doing a full grain American Red Ale. I live in Fl so I'm sweating my ass off. Hit mash temp perfectly, everything went great. Added hops but was too lazy to run to the garage for new hop bag and just reused one. Well, it disintegrated on me. Now I have hops and hop bag that I need to...

I have been brewing for years but about to keg for my first time. I usually let all my HB sit in the primary for a month, then bottle and usually don't taste for another 2 months. I have found that gives me the best results. I just did a wheat beer and I'm 3 weeks into it. Was thinking about...

Not sure all the states that his bus went through in delivering his beer to Iowa but wonder if he broke any State laws. Maybe a good way to get publicity and get the laws changed so we can transport our on goods for our own comsuption without any issues.

Friend is dropping off a free full size frig. Debating whether to use as fermentation vessel ( I live in Florida and temps are too hot) or kegarator. Anyone, have ideas how to do both?

I have recently started bottling in a variety of different size bottles. If friends are over I break out the 22 ounces, otherwise I stick to 12-16 ounces. I have notice that the head on the 22 ounces is not as good as the one on the 12 ounces and the retention is poor. I have noticed this on...

Alright, I have been doing a ton of reading on this forum and decided that I would do the whirlpool method to transfer my wort to fermenting bucket. I was able to leave a ton of hops/grains behind but also left about 1" of the wort and decided to just take the clean stuff. I was doing an IPA...

I have a question that maybe I just overthinking it. We cook our wort for a couple of reasons including sterilization but also to invert the sugars so that the yeast can use them to make alcohol. I know that is true in making spirits but maybe isn't true in making beer. If malt is added at...