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Hey all, New to kegging here...had a bit of a mishap. I racked my beer into a ball lock Corny keg, set the PSI to 8, and left for vacation for a week. When I came back home this morning, my keg was empty & the beer was about 3 inches deep in my chest freezer. I did leave a...

Just picked up fresh Heady at The Alchemist on Thursday. ISO: Hunahpu Dark Lord Chocolate Rain Mexican Cake Also open to other suggestions - PM me if interested.

Just did my first all grain batch & all went well, until I went to vorlauf... Just had a slight trickle. I'm using a Keggle w/ a Jaybird false bottom & dip tube on a 3-tier gravity fed system. I figured the dip tube was clogged, so I blew into the tubing & cleared it (mash bubbled up) -...

Hey all, Not really sure the best place for this thread - mods please move it as you see fit. I'm looking to find the manfacturer for the 38mm black polyseal growler caps. I work with a brewery and we would like to contact them to see if they can manufacture some white ones. Every...

Hi all, Looking to make the jump to all-grain. I already have 3 kegs set up with ball valves & have my false bottom for the mash tun. Next in the process is figuring out a brewstand. I'd like to go 3-tier gravity & am planning on buying a bunch of cement blocks and stacking them. I'm...

Hi all, I'm new to this & just sent out my first bottle for trade. It was a single 12oz. bottle & shipping via Fedex from NY to OH was $13. Ouch. The bottle of beer itself was only $10. Just curious to know if there are any tricks to UPS or FedEx (besides weight) Do they measure the...

Fresh Dogfish head 120 just released late Feb (several bottles available) Still looking to try Pliny the Elder & New Glarus Red Raspberry Tart PM me if interested & we'll sort out the details!

Hi all, For anyone that's interested I can pick up a 6-pack of Nugget Nectar & would be interested in trading for Pliny, Blind Pig IPA, or New Glarus Raspberry Tart. PM me if interested.

Hi all, Recently made up a Berliner & wanted it to be nice and sour, so I pitched Lacto and let it sit for a week around 85 degrees. I pitched my saccharomyces the other day (was too stupid to think of taking a gravity reading!) and have basically seen no fermentation signs. If the...

Just did my first bottling tonight - the beer tasted pretty decent so I'm really looking forward to where it's at after 3 weeks or so. I'll say that I was thinking "some of this cleaning & sanitizing is just ridiculous...does it really make that much of a difference?" However, I trusted...

Hi all, I've read Papazian's The Complete Joy of Homebrewing & have finally put to use my homebrew themed Christmas presents from a few years back. I racked a Porter into my secondary carboy a few days back & now am trying really hard to be patient. Thanks for all the great tips...

Hi all, First timer here & naturally nervous about my first brew. It's a true-brew porter kit. As I was putting my wort into my 3 gallons of cold water, I strained it. As I look back on the directions, this was not suggested. Could it be possible I strained out some vital elements...