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So how would you suggest I adjust my alkalinity? Sorry if this is obvious.

I've read my water report and I get it.... except for alkalinity. It says the alkalinity is 210 mg/L. I keep trying to read about alkalinity but I just get confused. What does this mean?

I moved it into a room that was slightly warmer before going to bed last night. And wouldn't you know, bubbling quite nicely this morning. Bucket thermo strip says 66. Thanks for the advice!

Hi all. Yesterday I brewed an AHS Coffee Sout and pitched white labs London ale yeast at 75°. I put it in a cooler room in my basement, hoping to ferment at the lower temp range for the yeast, which said 66-71. I checked today and the thermostrip says it's 61°. There is no activity from the...

My concern is the beer being kept cold and then allowed to warm up for an extended period of time

I use a kegging system and just did a summer blonde. It turned out awesome and I was thinking of taking it on vacation. We are traveling from Illinois to Outer Banks North Carolina. The beer would go from cold to warm for probably 30-36 hours and travel in a car. I currently use 2 liter...

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I would say build the keezer for two reasons. 1. You can build it to your specifications and create a setup that works best for you. 2. Just like with brewing your own beer, there's a great sense of satisfaction of being able to say "I made this." I looked on these forums for a few months and...

I just recently started kegging. I found I had a keg in my keezer with a leaky post. While putting on a different post tonight, which fixed it, I made an embarrassing mistake. I released the pressure and changed the lid seal and left the out post loose. Well, of course I turned the gas on to...

No leak when the disconnect is off. I will go buy new seals tomorrow and try that. Hopefully thats all it is.

Tried again, like you said. This time, tried a new line with a different disconnect. Didn't come from the collar, but came from the base of the post. Does this mean I need new seals?

I looked at the forums, but never found one that applied to my situation. I hooked up my keg tonight and immediately had a leak from the "collar" for lack of a better term on my liquid out disconnect. I tried tightening the top, like some posts suggested, but no luck. What should I do?

I guess I should have included more info. I was just ranting I guess. The pumpkin ale has a buttery flavor to it and seems very thin. I used my new aluminum fryer for it. Did boil water before to oxidize. I hit the OG and FG like the instructions said. 2 weeks in bucket. Fermentation temps...

I have been extract brewing for two years now. My last 3 or 4 brews have turned out really good. So I wanted to step it up. Built a keezer. Works awesome. Then I wanted to do full volume boils. And here my troubles began. My first full volume was a pumpkin ale. It turned out thin with a...

I added a bottle opener to the collar and painted the top with chalkboard paint. Here's the finished product. Here's the internal lines all hooked up. You can also see where I mounted the temp controller to the collar on the right hand side. I know it's not very flashy. It...

I normally just hang out in the forums and read as much as I can. And it was from this forum that I learned how to build my own keezer. So I figured I would show my keezer build and hopefully it helps someone else out, much like all of you guys have helped me. I started with a 7.2 cu. ft...