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I dry hopped in the keg 2 days ago and I am now realizing that I forgot to sanitize my hop bag. I did wash it but in my haste forgot to spray it with Starsan. Should I pull the bag out of the keg or let it it ride? It is a reused hop bag. TIA

I have used apple juice concentrate to sweeten my last few ciders in the keg. I cold crash in the keg for 48 hours, add 2 thawed cans of concentrate, roll kegs. My first gallon is very sweet (concentrate at bottom). Is there a good method for thoroughly mixing the concentrate into the cider so...

Made a golden Belgian ale. Fermented at 60 for a week then I brought it upstairs for 3 days for a 72 degree rest. After that I put it on the back porch for a couple of days of cold crashing. When I went to check it the plastic carboy had frozen solid. Since it has thawed (23 days ago) it is very...

This is my first crack at an Imperial IPA. I have been doing a lot of reading/research on the style and hombrew recipes. Any feedback would be GREAT. Thanks for taking the time to look at my post. Imperial IPA Batch Size 6 gal Boil Time 60.000 min Efficiency 72% OG 1.083 FG 1.012 ABV...

I dry-zested lemon and orange peel in my keg two weeks ago. I feel that the citrus may be taking over the flavor. I have two questions: 1) Will the orange/lemon zest "rot" in the beer? 2) Any ideas on how to retrieve a stainless tea ball from a full keg of beer. PS. I don't have a...

I have had issues with leaks in my system but I think I have most all of them solved. The issue I am having is that when I turn the screw to increase the keg (low side) pressure to 10 PSI the needle on the low pressure gauge goes nuts vibrating and bouncing. I can also hear the regulator...

6.5 lb Western 2 row 1 lb Victory malt 12 oz Crystal 40 malt 8.0 oz Carapils 6.0 oz Chocolate Malt 0.75 oz Northern Brewer [10.5%] (60 min) 1.0 oz Fuggles [5.7 %] (10 min) 1 tsp Irish moss (10 min) 1 Pkgs SafAle US-04 TIA

http://www.amwater.com/files/PA_6370011_TWQ.pdf This is the on-line water report from my water supplier. I have contacted the supplier to send me a more detailed report. The guy in charge of creating/sending the report called and left a message asking exactly what I wanted in the report. I...

Pitched a pack of Coopers from 5/22/10 (2 yrs 3 mns old) that has been in fridge for emergencies. Took off in under 18 hours. It has a beautiful "toasted marshmallow" krausen. Just curious, how old was your oldest pitched yeast that actually worked?

Started with Geary's Pale Ale from Clone Brews and then made some adjustments. Shooting for a northern English Brown Ale. 8 lb British 2 row Pale Malt 1 lb Victory malt 8.0 oz crystal 60 4.0 oz Chocolate Malt 2.0 oz Cascade [5.0 %] (60 min) .5 oz US Goldings [4.9 %] (15 min) .5...

I am planning on using BierMuncher's "No beer gun method" this week to bottle some beer from a keg and my question is... ...will this method work with 70 degree beer? The reason I ask this is 2 fold. 1) I have a keg that has been conditioning with corn sugar for 3 weeks and I haven't put...

I brewed a batch of brown ale (OG 1.062) on 9/13/09 around 3:30 PM. I pitched S-04 and it was bubbling by evening. 9/14/09 in the morning it was going well at about 72 degrees. By Monday the fermentation was going crazy, all kinds of large chunks zooming around in the carboy but I noticed the...

I use Starsan on a regular basis for all my beer making. I have a 25 oz spray bottle I use exclusively for the Starsan. I have done the math and calculated that I only need .23 tsp of starsan for 25 oz of water so I use 1/4 tsp (.25). Can someone please ease my mind and check my calculations...

I am on my 4th brew and I had a question about OG and FG. My 2nd and 3rd brews never got close to the FG suggested in the literature. My second brew (Am. Wheat from True Brew) ended @ 1.020 @ 68 degrees, after 2 weeks. The OG for that brew was 1.052. My third brew (Ironmaster American Light w/ 2...

I am a noob and for my 4th brew I have decided to make my own recipe. Please give me some feedback. I put this in the extract section because I am not ready for grains and partial mash yet: 3.3 lbs - 1 can Coopers unhopped dark LME 1 lb - Amber DME 1 lb - light brown sugar 8 oz - mollasses...