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it's the siren's call for homebrewer's . . . kegging . . . kegging . . . kegging . . . for now i resist, but for how long?

great suggestions, thank you. i have not been dry measuring my priming sugar. that very well could be the culprit. thanks for all the help everybody. to beer! :mug:

re: bacterial, it seems to systematic to be bacterial. but i suppose it could always be bacterial. i've been vigilant with liberal starsan this time. re: sugar, i used the tastybrew calculator - and it told me 3.7 ozs for my last 5 gal. brew - a milk stout. thanks for the ideas, i'm just a...

Hey guys. My first few homebrews carbed just fine. But my last five have all overcarbed, in various ways (including one bottle bomb!) I'm trying to cover all my overcarbing bases. -- As far as priming, I've readjusted the sugar based on the calculator provided elsewhere on the forums (cause...

first, thanks for the post. i would love to know how the recipe turned out. second, i'd like to convert this o a lme recipe? i get the 75% conversion rate for grain to liquid - but where do i start for a 5 gallon batch? and if i have it right, i multiply the ibu rating by the alpha % for the...

brilliant description. follow that up with a finish that tastes like sidewalk chalk, and that about sums it up. i know that there are a LOT of cheapskate homebrewers, i'm one of them. learn from our mistakes: stale malt isn't worth it. brew fresh! :mug:

several months later and the official verdict is in . . . absolutely foul. as an experiment it was fun, but it is wrong on so many levels. moral of the story: 18 year malt - great for scotch, bad for beer.

just used the rice method on two carboys i had used as my primaries. it worked like a charm. great idea! thanks! :mug:

used a wyeast 1056 american ale smack pack. got a nice slow and steady fermentation, two weeks worth of bubbling. after the gravity reading i tasted it; it had the appropriate qualities, but a STRONG chalky flavor. i chalked it up to lack of bottle conditioning (unfortunately, pun intended)...

a friend of mine found three cases of 18 year old malt. 2 "gold" and 1 amber from northwestern malt company. as one not to give up on free beer, i decided to try it. brewed up an apa and an ipa. both are still in primary, coming up on four weeks now. apa OG = 1.041, current 1.015 ipa OG =...