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I have a 10 gallon batch that I put into 2 (new to me) used kegs. Prior to putting beer into the kegs, cleaned, replaced and lubed every o-ring. Did a pressure test for 48 hours. Both held that pressure and did not have any soap bubbles during the test. Since I had a keg in the fridge, I...

Was looking for some used kegs that were the dimensions of the coke (pin) style corny keg that were converted over to ball lock style. Found something similar, so I ordered it online. What I received was a corny keg that had a company called "Doosan" on the rubber ends but what looks like a...

I am going to brew up some centennial blonde ale tomorrow, the instructions call for adding .25 oz cascade hop pellets at 50 min into boil and .25 oz at 55minutes . Could I substitute the fresh hops that I picked? If so how much and when should I add the fresh hops considering the...

So I brewed the centennial blonde beer for the first time. Followed the extract version of the instructions and started with a 1.044 gravity. The original time for fermentation calls for 4days primary/ 5 days secondary / bottling. I thought that was a bit fast so I planned on 10d primary /...

to those who do rack to a secondary, Is there a general rule to guide you? All my experience (so far) has come from the prepackaged 'beer in box' which explicitly tells you time and the FG to aim for. However, I tried out the 'centennial blonde' recipe and although the author give you an...

I putting together a crate and I was wondering if anyone could take a tape measure and tell me the circumference of a 6 or 6.5 glass carboy? I have a 5 gallon carboy which fits, and Im hoping the the 6.5 and 6 gallons carboys are the same circumference as the 5's but just taller. Maybe...

Tried my first pilsner (lager) so I bought Brewers best Continental Pilsner. Followed the instructions on making the wort cooling it, pitching their supplied yeast. I placed the primary into my fridge which cooled it to around 53-51 degrees. (directions indicate 53 to 59 during primary...