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So I have a AG Bourbon Barrel Porter that has been sitting in primary about a month. I forgot about it. I have not oaked it yet. I have 3oz (I am probably going to use 1.5oz) of oak cubes that I am going to soak in bourbon for a few days, then pour into the fermenter. It will likely be in...

Hello everyone, I am just about to attempt my first mead. A little back ground. We have great water locally, its very clean and makes terrific beer! Which rocks! One of my buddies happens to have a couple of bee hives, and has lots of honey. With that said, I am going to try my hand...

Just came up with a great idea. A tap handle, that you can insert a card into that you print a label on. It would be pretty easy to make some fun labels to put on your various kegs. Do any of you know of a tap handle that has a plastic insert that you can slide a picture into...

Hello all, Just ordered a new Micromatic Premium regulator (http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/regulators-pid-642.html) and in a moment of stupidity I forgot to throw in a handful of extra seals. http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/regulators-parts-pid-3200086-N.html p/n...

I have this regulator, its old... http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/regulators-pid-842.html The gasket seal is bad, and it just leaked my whole tank of CO2. I looked at ordering a handfull of replacements from micromatic, but the shipping is 6.00 for a 1.55 part... Does anyone...

I am having some irritating foaming issues for a while now. The only thing I can think, is that my regulator may be damaged. Which is to say, it is. My tank fell over one day when I was working on it, and smashed up one of the gauges up. No biggy. It still works okay. Just dealing with...

Does anyone have any idea of the correct PSI to Carb / pour a quad? Thanks in advance. (Relatively high alcohol content +11%) (I quit checking when It got that high. :mug:

I made a quad the first week of October... life got busy, so that's the only beer that I have left in the fermenters at the moment. Do y'all think its ready to be kegged or should I wait a while and drink... GASP: Store purchased beer? Cheers

****2lb Maris Otter (Not in the original recipe, but I think it might be nice?) .25lb Caramel 80l .25 Chocolate .13 Black Malt 1lb amber dry extract 6lb amber liquid extract 1oz Golding 60m. 1oz Liberty 45m 1oz Williamette 15m 1lb amber dry extract 6lb amber liquid extract I...

Accidentally posted in wrong forum, I moved it... Sorry

So I just set my keggerator back up after not using it for YEARS... My house is a little cooler than where I used to live. And I did not take that into consideration. I set the keggerator to what I remembered was my normal setting back in the day for a full keg. Put my CO2 line onto my new...

I have a brown ale that a brewed about a week or so ago. I am anxious to get my kegerator up and running and brew another batch. So I would like to put that brown ale into the keg and force carbonate it in the near future. What are your thoughts as to the earliest I can do this with decent...

I like to force carbonate, I would really like to get a check valve for my CO2 line. Do any of you know a good one? Thanks in advance!

I know I need to take multiple consecutive gravity readings to tell for certain. Just took the first one today. I made a brown ale and used safeale-04 dryyeast. I rehydrated them, and pitched them into a beer with an og of 1.054. Within a few hours the airlock was bubbling like crazy...

I am about to brew a batch of John Palmers Elevenses, its a brown ale with some toasted malt and baked oats.... Being that the holidays are coming up, and it should be in the keg just before Thanksgiving, I am considering adding some Cinnamon and perhaps nutmeg to the boil. I havn't ever...

I am thinking about building an all grain setup. I am working on specking out a MashTun out of a 10 gal cooler. From lowes (About $50 USD.), I found a false bottom online for about 30 bucks. And lastly, I need to figure out how to redo the valve. I found some kits on Northern Brewer but...

Well, name says it all. My kegerator has been sitting for about 2 - 3 years due to a move and inconvenience of trying to brew at my old place. Finally in a new house with room to do it again. I have a batch aging as we speak and another about to go into the brew kettle. Question is...

I have a starter of WLP500 trappest yeasts left over from a high gravity quad I brewed about 15 days ago. I am going to make another beer next week, I am wondering if this WLP500 will do all-right making a Brown Ale type beer. Also, how long should that starter last under refridgeration. I...

Well, as outlined in this thread, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/aghh-436195/#post5568342 I had a valve bust on my bottling bucket which I was using as a fermenter.... Awesome... So 2-3 days ago I racked it in a hurry, now I have this film developing on the beer. I havn't tasted it since...

Making a quad with a SG 1.104, what would you consider a good final gravity? Due to what happened in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/aghh-436195/#post5568342 I had to rack earlier than I would like to? Its currently at 1.020....