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Hi everyone, I've got a batch that I need to keg tonight and have ready to submit to a homebrewing competition with my local club by Monday evening. Should I do the shaking method or can I assume that with the time frame I have I can get away with setting it up at a higher PSI in the...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be borrowing a friend's equipment to force carb a batch of beer I have before I move to a new apt. on Friday. Unfortunately I don't have a kegerator setup yet, or for that matter a good place to cool the beer before I force carb it. I'm going to set it to 30 PSI...

Hi Everyone, I've got a 5 gallon batch of beer I brewed sometime ago in a carboy right now and I've been perpetually putting kegging or bottling off since I am getting ready to buy kegging equipment. Well my procrastination is doing me harm because I have to move to a new apt. by Friday...

Hi everyone, I am getting ready to build my first keezer and I have some “Keezer for Dummies” type of questions. I’ve seen plenty of threads about how to wire an STC-1000 controller but not necessarily lots of info on how to hook everything up. Am I correct in the following? 1)...

Hi everyone, So I'm getting ready to make the leap into building my first keezer and starting to keg for the first time. A friend of mine in the local home brew club has offered some useful parts (3 line manifold, shanks) to me for sale that he no longer needs and it's prompting a bigger...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be taking the leap into Kegging soon but there is one thing I do lament about no longer bottling and that's the fact that you can share a few of them with someone easily and they don't have to drink it ASAP. I found a CL ad that is offering a whole bunch of 16 oz...

Hi everyone, Attempting my first AG batch on Wed. and I'm wondering how much I should worry about the water I'm using. I am most definitely NOT educated enough on this to figure out the exact water chemistry nor have I had my water tested. I will say that it is municipal tap water with a...

Hi everyone, I brewed hard cider for the first time recently and I bottled last night with priming sugar and I was wondering how cautious I should be with the cider while it is bottle aging? I've read that it's wise to check a bottle after 2 weeks to see how the carbination is doing and...

Hi Everyone, So I started a 5 gallon batch of Hard Apple Cider this Sunday evening and I began with unpasturized pressed apple cider from a cider mill and I heated it up to 170 degrees for 20 min to pasturize it myself. Before I pitched my yeast I added 1 1/2 tsp of Pectic Enzyme for clarity...

Hi everyone, I'm a rookie homebrewer who is preparing to do my second all grain brew soon. Since my Mom is very sensitive to preservatives and she can't drink most comercially bottled beers because of that, I wanted to brew something for her using all organic ingredients. So I went with...