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Wont there still be air in the inlet/carboy side hose?

So, i got a brand new chugger pump and am going to use it to keg tonight. How would i go about priming the pump if i am pumping from a glass carboy to the keg? The inlet hose will obviusly be pumping from the top of the carboy so i camnot use gravity to get the beer into the pump to prime...

Does anyone know the legality of serving homebrew to the public at a benefit event? It will not be sold... thanks

I got same during a kolsch that I recently brewed, banana throughout fermentation. It gave way to more a subtle cherry that was more what I was expecting after it was on cold for a few weeks. I would guess the banana smell would fade away as did mine... and others when I was researching it when...

The kolsch I am using is from "inland island" inis-572... its a local company in Denver, 1st time using em. I have never raised the temp of fermentation after a few days, is this technique specific to kolsch yeast? Also I do plan to secondary and eventually lager for a while, just looking for...

What do you guy usually use for a kolsch fermentation schedule. I do have a chest freezer converted to kegerator so I can get it down to whatever I want. using a kolsch style ale yeast. Thanks

A buddy designed cause he wanted to make a kolsch for his 1st recipe. 7lb pilsner lme and 4 oz Munich 10L... beersmith gives 1.047 which was right on and 4.2 srm which is way off, pre fermentation at least

Took the og sample and it looks to be in the srm range of 12-13 and supposed to be around 5... will this change that much through fermentation ? Thanks

Yea it's cold crashing now - will be cold for 3 days by time I keg, will be in keggerator while time / thanks

So, I have a batch that I want to carb in 3 days... I'd usually just let it sit on serving psi for a while and wait. I also know how to force carb to get it real quick. But, I have 3 days to play with and wondering if anyone out there has a great 3 day technique? Thinking of - obviously purging...

Another question about this... would I keep the raspberries in the secondary fermenter during the cold crash? Or rack to another carboy? Seems another racking would be a lot of transferring and risky

Yea , higher pitch rates are another thing that they all point out;

Almost every pro I've talked to goes from brew day to keg day in about 10 days total... from what I understand this is due to the fact that the temp is precisely controlled more thn us home brewers have the ability to do. Also their ability to draw gravity samples more frequently with much less...

Cool thanks! 1st time ever 2 in same day and was surprised by the drastic difference ! Current IPA maybe the most active early ferm I've done and this Amber is least active! Thanks again

Both us 05,, blowoff tub to cup of water and sanitizer ... maybe it'll pick up soon, I guess I'll know when i get a gravity in a few days ... just don't know where the co2 could be going cause visible krausen has formed , hmmm