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Background: I have built-in taps that are fed from a kegerator in a closet next to the bar. Lines are about 11' long, but kinda snake through the wall. Blower system isn't working well enough to keep lines cold - foaming issues with beer, carb issues with the fizzy water After a while the...

Argh... This is supposed to be a Sculpin clone (light colored IPA). First pic & second pic are the same recipe, same overall BIAB method, both fermented in SS Brewtech stainless fermenter, both temp controlled, both kegged (starsan & CO2 purge), with only minor changes in process... can you...

Came with my Insignia kegerator, but I didn't need these parts. Ideally would like to sell together. 3" Dual Tap Tower (black metal & chrome) Sanke adapter (single) Regulator (single) $100 + shipping All parts are brand new and have never been used. I purchased the Kegerator in...

After pushing for taps in the kitchen, SWMBO said why not do a wine/beer bar in the hallway behind the kitchen. Pretty happy with the result:

I'm looking to do something like the attached picture, with both a sink & the tap tower right next to each other (to save counter top space). I need to do the kegerator under the cabinet, but it won't be able to go right under the tower because of the sink basin. I won't be able to go out of...

Doing a cream ale: 4.75 lbs Pale 2-row 4.75 lbs Pilsner Malt 1 lbs flaked rice (5 gallon batch) I was shooting for mash of 149*F for 90 minutes... After heating water, then adding grains in, temp was 153*F. I left open and stirred for a little bit, but temp only dropped to 152*F. I...

My 3rd batch was a double IPA. Overall I'm pleased with it, but am looking to improve. I entered my first competition and got scores back (2 score sheets from BJCP judges) - one was a 36, the other a 38. I'm happy with that for my first comp., but both mentioned the aftertaste. In...

I have a stand-up freezer that I've set up as a beer/wine cellar that stays around 48* F. I want to cold crash my carboy from time-to-time and my fermentation chamber won't get below about 50* F. I could easily cold crash in my stand-up freezer, but would this change in temp (probably...

Has anyone else seen a color change after bottle conditioning? You can see my first glass at bottling time (from hydrometer sample right before adding priming sugar). Then my second glass was 1 week in the bottle - I know it's not ready yet, I just like to sample 1/week to see how it's...

So last night I was bottling my 3rd batch... I only had 3.1oz of corn sugar and was supposed to have 4oz. I added about .75oz of cane sugar to make up the difference. Now that I'm done I'm wondering if this was a mistake to mix the sugars, and if I would have done better to just use 100%...

First time dry hopping, I'm doing basically a Pliny clone, so seemed appropriate to follow Vinnie's tips from here: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/attachments/0000/6351/doubleIPA.pdf In this article he states: I gave the carboy a decent swirl, but none of the settled hops really move...

I'm looking at brewing the Bad Santa recipe from BYO: Bad Santa — John Zelazny (5 gallon/19-L, all-grain) OG = 1.085 FG = 1.018 IBU = 40 ABV = 8.6% Best of Show, 2010 New York State Open (282 entries) Ingredients 12 lbs. (5.4 kg) Canadian Pils malt 1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) Munich malt 0.50...

So this is batch 3 for me. I did a BIAB this time, and overall it went pretty smoothly. I brewed the Hop Hammer recipe from the Brewing Classic Styles book, which has a ton of hops (9.25oz before dry hopping), but I forgot to whirlpool when chilling the wort, and got the siphon in the trub a...

First time doing a yeast starter... found out it's a bad idea to heat your water in an Erlenmeyer flask first, and then try to add DME to it. It makes a huge mess. :o

Looking for feedback on a Beer and Cheese menu I'm working on for an upcoming dinner with some friends. Sorry for the attachment, but these are my work in progress notes, and I couldn't get it to format easily on the forum. Thanks!

This is my second batch, so there is a good chance I have missed something basic. Beer is in the fermenter now. This is a Brown Biscuit Ale - recipe pretty much from here: (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f67/bbd-brown-biscuit-121279/) It is three weeks today and I just did my first hydrometer...

Just finished my second batch, and it's in the fermenter now, but I have a question on StarSan... I sanitized my carboy, let most of the foam drain out, but still had a bit left in there (more than on my first batch). Based on everything I've heard/read thus far, the foam is fine, and can...

What is everyone doing to keep notes about their brews & later drinking of it? Simple paper journal, spreadsheet, note sheet from AHA, something else? I would like to have a good way to track my beers, so I took fairly detailed notes on a scratch pad, and snapped some pics with my phone...

Hi all! Thanks everyone for the great resource! I've been reading on here for several months now, gone through Palmer's book, and have been listening to Brew Strong for a while on my commute... tomorrow it the big day... my first brew session. Wish me luck. -Ryan