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Hi All, Does anyone have any tips for 'saving' hoppy beers that won't get drunk for a while after brewing? I like the convince of being able to brew double batches, but it will be awhile before the second batch will get kegged / drunk. Anyone tried leaving in the primary for 4-5 weeks and only...

Hey Folks, I've got some old (like 2-3 years in some cases) mason jars with small yeast cakes in my fridge (I harvest off the starter when I'm making one -- usually pour 500ml into a sanitized jar and put it in the fridge for the next starter). Assuming there is no visible weirdness in the jar...

Hi All, Has anyone tried filling a bottle or two from a nitro setup? I have a RIS on Nitro and was wondering if it would be worth trying to bring a bottle to a friend's to sample. It would be in the bottle for a few hours max before drinking. I have a (homemade) bottling gun and a growler...

Hi All, I brewed a dortmunder export a while ago, using WLP830 yeast. As luck would have it, the compressor on my fermention freezer I hadn't used in a while had become (according to a repair guy) "weak" and so the best it could get the temp down to was about 15C-16C. So it fermented out at...

Hi All, I was thinking of getting natural gas run to my backyard where I brew, and had a question: do all of you brewing with natural gas have more or less permanent setups? Depending on the weather I sometimes brew on the deck, other times in the yard. With gas would have to decide and...

Hi All, My lagering fridge can only fit 1 fermenter or keg, and it doubles as a cold-crash fridge, fermentation chamber etc. . . I'm currently lagering a Helles in there, and am wondering what the implications are to move the helles out of the fridge for a few days (prob about 65-70f in the...

I just bought a used Sinbo 280 vacuum sealer and am looking for some help: I can get a decent seal during the vacuum stage, but when I press the bar down to seal / restract the snorkel I always lose some it during the dealing process, so I end up with air in the bag. Also -- I can hear a...

Hi All, My fermentation chamber holds one fermenter, and I want to maximize it's use, while still making the best beer possible. I have a lager that's been in there now for 9 days and almost done, around the time I'd do a diacetyl rest anyway, and I am brewing an ale tomorrow. Would there be...

Hi All, I've been carbing a porter for a few days, and last night when I want to attach the liquid (pin-lock) connector, I couldn't for the life of me get the pins to lock. I tried 3 different lines but it was like the post wasn't "tall" enough or something -- the rotating sleeve just...

Hi All, Last year around this time I made a vanilla porter, and had 5 or so beans soaking in Bourbon. When it came time to add I used only half of them. Do you think I can use the other half now? Beans soaking in bourbon for like a year? thanks!

I removed my faucet for cleaning, and noticed some Gunk and fuzzy stuff around the outer coupler connection. Is there any way I can remove the coupling nut and get at it without removing the whole shank from the collar? I am trying to get between the coupling nut and the next ring (the one with...

Hi All, I'm attempting my first Guinness pour with a stout faucet and beergas. I was in a rush to try it out so after racking I did a very quick shake carb to just get some CO2 in there, and left it at 10PSI CO2 overnight. Then switched to 35 PSI Beergas on the stout faucet. When I pour...

heyo, I've been cleaning my beer lines with Oxiclean followed by hot water every keg or so, but have never bothered disassembling & soaking the perlick faucets (kegging about 8 months). Is there a compelling reason to do this? Presumably whatever part of the faucet is in contact with the beer...

Hi All, I got a deal on a bunch of 7 gal food pails. BUUUUT they were used for chicken parts. Which is disgusting.They came clean, and I soaked a cleaned them more with OxiClean. But there is still a faint / maybe in my mind whiff of chicken about them. i wouldn't use for fermenting but...

I'm trying a Vanilla Porter that calls for 5 vanilla beans soaked in Bourbon to be added to the secondary for a week. I'm lazy and don't normally do secondarys. Will 5 beans be too much if I just toss the beans / burbon into the keg and keg it? Is the idea that it only sits on the beans for a week?

Hi All, My first attempt at a lager and using my new fermentation chamber and I'm wondering if it's normal for it to ferment so quickly: it's the BYO Bohemian Pilsner recipe, Wyeast Urquell Lager (2001). I made a big starter (4L in two steps), and pitched into OG 1.055 wort at 10C. When I...

Hi all, I'm having excessive foam in one of my brews, and am a little confused about beer line length. I have 6ft of 3/16in (ID) bevelex line to perlick taps in a keezer at 42F 14PSI. Pretty much any calculator I look at will come up with a length between 4-6ft. It's actually pretty hard to...

Never seen this when filling a keg before, but also my first all grain. Is that bits of grain in there? There is a sort of stringy film around it. Smells and tastes fine but seems weird.

Hey All, I made this for a special occasion http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/10-award-winning-home-brew-recipes-3#slide-3 It's been in the primary for 2 weeks exactly (it's at 1.010) and I have 12 days till the party. I plan to cold crash for a day or two before kegging. You...

Hi All, Attempting my first all grain this weekend. I'm planning on batch sparging, and for now don't have anything large enough for a HLT. So was going to heat strike water in the kettle, pour it in the tun, heat sparge water in the kettle, drain tun to bucket, pour in sparge water, drain to...