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So I was driving to work this morning and noticed that there was a restaurant style pony keg sitting in the middle of the road. I stop and noticed that when I threw it in the truck it was full. It was an untapped keg of White Thai from a local brewery here in Charleston. I know that some of...

I am planning on building a kegerator for the garage soon. Happened to be walking through Lowe's this morning and noticed they had a brand new upright freezer for 50 dollars. Said it was broken and was to be sold for parts. I figured at the worst it can't be fixed and I can get my 50 back if I...

So I have been using a swamp cooler to ferment and I have noticed that when the temp of the cooler will get up to 67-69 and then when I add the water bottle the temp will sometime drop all the way down to around 58 and slowly work its way back up during the day. I am gone from 730am-630pm to...

So it has been 8 days since I first brewed and racked to the carboy. I have the large krausen ring in the neck of the carboy and what looks like bubbles that have the consistency of spit sitting on the top. CO2 bubbles or something else? I want to take a pic but the flash on the carboy makes the...

So I have been fermenting now for two days and tonight I noticed that my beer is orange. It looks like the color of the inside of a pumpkin. It also has a orange or orange zest scent to it. Is an American wheat ale supposed to smell, look and taste like that? I drink wheat ales all the time and...

I was looking over my instruction for my first batch last night and noticed at the end that the recommend that you pour the beer from the bottle into a glass and try to leave any sediment that is in the bottom of the bottle in the bottle. I was wondering if ya'll stick to this rule or do you...

So my beer has been fermenting for the past 16 hours. I have a layer of foamy white looking stuff on top and wanted y'alls opinion on whether or not it is an infection or just the yeast working its magic. The airlock is bubbling about every 10-30 seconds. Sounds pretty cool to hear it working. I...

So I was looking at some old posts on the forum and found one that said that if the sanitation water gets cloudy after adding star san than it is no good and wont sanitize. I put together a batch today and the water was cloudy in it. I also added some Star San to my swamp cooler water and it is...

So I re-read my instructions today after everything was said and done and noticed that I missed the part where it said to wait till the wort cooler to 78 degrees or below before adding the yeast. my temp was prob between 85-100 degree when I added the yeast. Will this affect the brew?

So I put my beer together today and it is now fermenting. I tried to test for specific gravity and wanted to know how often yall check? Also in the process of testing how much beer do you lose? Do you pour the tested beer back in the primary or does it go down the drain? I was thinking if I...

I was just wondering about how full does everyone fill their carboys? At what level is the most you will put into it.

So all I have at home is an older electric stove top. I was planning on starting my brew tomorrow but a friend of mine was saying that my stove may not cut it. I sure don't want to start it if the stove wont work. Should I go and buy a one eyed gas burner and tank for my wort boiling or should I...

Can you use rubbing alcohol to sanitize some brewing equipment?

My kit from Northern Brewer said to put my yeast pack in the fridge as soon as the kit arrived but I am not going to be brewing for several weeks and the yeast has been in the fridge for over a week now. Is this bad? Do I need to get new yeast or can it sit in the fridge until a few days before...

Does anyone know the length of the three piece airlock? The kit that I ordered came with the S curve style. The problem I am having is that I am trying to turn my mini fridge into a fermentation chamber, my bucket will fit but not with the S curve airlock installed. The fridge is about two...

So a friend of mine who is a bar tender told me she would save me an entire trash can of bottles last night. I got a very large garbage bag full of them. I was thinking "Well there has got to be at least 10 bottles that have a pry off cap on them"...Well I culled through them this morning and to...

So I went to the fish store here in town and tried to find the temperature strips to stick on the side of my primary bucket and carboy. The strips that they carried only went to 64 degree at their lowest so i decided to go with an electronic thermometer. I have three ways that I can try to do...

Received my brew kit from Northern Brewer today and couldn't be happier. I am going to wait till I get more bottles saved up (which should be very soon) and a few other pieces for to be properly prepared for brew day. I was looking over the instructions that came with the kit and noticed that...

Hello all, I am interested in brewing my own beer at home and need advice on a good beginner kit. I want to do the malt extract brewing style as from what I have read and seen it is the simplest form for a rookie. Also any advice on essentials for home brewing and where the best place on the net...