Recent content by alyanddrew

star san has worked for me. I've only done three batches, but so far so good! And just so you know, it's sanitized, not sterilized ;)

I poured my first beer last night. I had about a 1/4" of foam at the top of my glass. The beer has been slowly carbing at 12psi @ 36F for a week and a half. I thought it was a bit under-carbonated. It was certainly drinkable, but nothing to get too excited about. It's an American Wheat all...

Awesome, thanks!

So, I'm all for replacing the beer line. However, there's a metal clamp (looks like a cinch clamp) on the barbed connection to the faucet. How do I get this off? Is there a special tool to remove this? Or do I try to cut it somehow?

I was able to couple them together with a barb reducer and some clamps. I ran santizer through them and didn't have any leaks. I'm using barb connections, since that's what came with the set up.

I have my first keg carbing in the fridge. I bought a tower with 1/4" lines coming from the faucet, down the tower. The lines that came with the keg were 3/16". Instead of cutting the line from the beer tower, I simply coupled them. :confused: I now have about 5' of each size of line coupled...

Thanks guys. It's been >24 hrs, and it's holding steady at 11.5. I guess it just needed some time.

I just kegged for the first time this morning. I'm planning to "set it and forget it" for the next two weeks. I set the psi at 12, and the temp has been steady at 37F. I checked on it twice today, and both times the psi had dropped to 10, and each time I cranked it bank up to 12. Does...

You can piece together your own brand new 2 tap kegerator without having to convert a fridge and save about $100, and get better faucets! Consider the edgestar br2000 (~$300, with shipping). I then purchased a dual tower with perlick faucets off ebay for $180. Can't find a dual tap kegerator...

I brewed a irish red ale kit. It was a dry yeast packet that I used. I'm going to try to refrigerate them for a few days and see what happens. I'll also try to resuspend the yeast and see if that works. I think I may investigate kegging. I purchased the bottles and caps from a local supply...

This is my first batch of beer. I brewed using a kit and followed the instructions. I left the beer in primary for 1 week, secondary for 2 weeks, then bottled. I used the priming sugar that came with my kit, cooked it according to the instructions, poured it in my bottling bucket and racked...

Well, I just bottled it. I thought for sure I'd have to throw it out after touching it. It looked like beer (no obvious growths floating on top), it smelled like beer and guess what, it TASTED like beer! Thanks for all the help! I've since purchased a beer thief, so I won't have to touch my...

Evening Brewers, With the help of this website, a darn easy recipe kit and brew kit, I've bottled my first batch of beer, an Irish Red. I had a taste, and I must say, it's pretty awesome. A big thanks to all of the top contributors!

Thanks for the responses! I woke up this morning to an aggressively bubbling airlock. Hopefully it too off fast enough to eliminate any potential threats

Does anyone have a recipe for this? I brewed my very first beer last night and I'm eager to see how it will turn out. I'd like to try this for my second beer if possible. Thanks!