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Yo HBT! You guys have always been so awesome at answering my questions that I thought I'd just drop some questions I had about my keezer build in here! Basically I have the freezer (plenty large enough, just forgot the dimensions) four total kegs (for now) two 5lb CO2 tanks and a temp...

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Hello once again, sorry to bother all ye sages of HBT. Anyways, on to my predicament! I am VERY new to kegging, and to keep this short and sweet I'll just dive right in. I have beer in my keg - finally. I am confused about what I do next. I have had the keg (with beer in iit) in my...

Thanks a lot! I got a whole mess of oxiclean I'm gonna soak em in now, then I'll just get em to hook me up tomorrow at my LHBS, I hope with the pics I provided and with you guys worthy advice I'll just be able to dive into this venture. THANKS AGAIN!!

No kidding there!! What could I soak the rest in? I was thinking CLR, and should I just get all the parts from my HB store or run up to Home Depot and try to piece it together myself?

Yeah, so basically I found a kegerator on a Facebook marketplace for $150, went and picked it up without hesitation. It's a kenmore fridge, had a coors tap handle on it (no idea if that matters). I am going to attach all the pics of it I can, and really want to clean it THOROUGHLY, this will be...

I have some off brand I literally got at our local country general store. It is something "Brite" I think. I just worry with them being in oxiclean so long and just a solid dunk not being sufficient. Still, that is a better method than what I have been doing, thanks! (I won't admit the technique...

Hi! Been a while since I posted, brewing has been going good. My current predicament is that I have a 5 gallon batch of a brown ale ready to bottle and I'm very under prepared. I have plenty of bottles and about 50 soaking in an oxiclean free solution to clean em good and remove labels. My...

How do I wash the yeast? It will last in a STERILE container for 2-3 weeks?! Neat?! How many times can you pitch it?

A week or two at most

Hello again HBT, I was planning on re-pitching on top of this yeast I brewed a stout with (WYEAST American Ale) and have run out of funds for hops/grains. If I sterilize and refrigerate, how long can I wait by saving the yeast and pitch it again? Thanks! -Zach

I brewed a stout and want to add a vanilla extract to it at bottling (since it has already aged about 1.5 weeks). So how much should I add? I don't want it too powerful, just noticeable. Thanks! -Zach

I had bottled after two weeks in the fermenter and then aged another two weeks in the bottle. I had reached my target FG according to the recipe I was following. My bottles were pretty clean on this batch, but have since bought some OxyFree for future bottles. How do you decide how much to...

I feel like I'm blowing this thread up, but damn if it isn't super helpful. I've made 3 batches in the past, and drank most all of them with no problems. Here lately every time I open one they foam up into a ridiculous volcano. No black ring around the bottle or any obvious signs of infection...

Yeah, was keeping it short since I'm on my phone. I used Wyeast American Ale (not 2), I attempted (for lack of swearing) the BIAB method (I have since built a mash tun and love it) and my voile ripped, thus wort/grain everywhere. It was a recipe from beertools.com...

Alright, noob again. Every time something happens I feel new at it. I brewed a BIG Stout, spilled half my wort, had a bad brew day. OG 1.045 and when I tested it recenty (very sterile) it was 1.010(ish) is there any way I can get a bit more out of that yeast? Could I add sugar or something like...

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Yeah, really need a mash paddle. Thanks! I've gotta use the 8 gal pot, it was a gift and I think I'm past the return date haha. The copper immersion cooler is the odd man out I guess, should I just add more copper to the coil and use it or what? What is the best way to cool wort?

What do you use as a wort chiller? The oddball is the 5 gallon immersion igloo cooler with the copper tubing. So that is where I am. The other poster has me nervous about my 8 gal brew pot as well , haha.

Meh, bag ripped. The real reason I wanted to switch over is already have everything I need for an actual mash tun to save me from that heavy bag lifting, haha. The 10 gallon igloo could be my mash tun, I also already have a false bottom to fit it.