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It wouldn't be very stable because the exploratory hole was bigger than the tower mounting area. Im going to make a wood top for the kegerator and mount the tower to it.

After working with this model, I think I would much rather have bought the model that has the removable plastic top, which would have been a cleaner installation. This model has one large piece of sheet metal that wraps around the sides and top of the fridge. I have to make a wood countertop to...

I am having the same issue. Definitely dried or burned DME from the inner walls of the pot I boiled the starter wort in. Is this going to affect the performance of the yeast and/or the taste of the beer?

You can cut out the plastic freezer shelf with a Dremel. Here is mine:

I am in the middle of converting the Frigidaire FFPE45l2QM and it has it's pros and cons: PROS There are no freezer coils under the freezer shelf, so you can cut it right out without cutting cooling lines. CONS There is no removable lid so you need to build and attach a custom...

I'm new to all grain brewing and just transferred my wort to the kettle from the mash tun. My recipe's OG is 1.070. I just took a refractometer reading of the wort and it's at 1.045. We added 1 gallon of extra sparge water at the end to get the right pre-boil volume, so now I'm worried that I...

So the beer came out PERFECT. I was very surprised, since it was my first attempt at all grain. It doesn't have the syrup taste, was very clear and had a fresh, creamy taste. Thanks for all of your advice!!! I bottled half the batch in growlers and found that the carbonation level was higher...

I'm bottling - thanks for the info!

Not quite sure what you mean. I'm still new to this :)

Like an idiot, I added my dry hops addition (loose pellets and leaves) in the secondary without any way of removing them. The beer needs to sit in the secondary for another week. Is it ok to siphon into another carboy, leaving behind the stuff that has settled to the bottom? I need to separate...

After 6-7 days in the primary, I racked it into the secondary. I did the dry hop addition at the same time. Is this the right time to dry hop and how long would one dry hop for this recipe. Thanks for any advice you all may have. :)

Yeah? Any suggestions on how much to use?

I'm new to dry hopping and just put my Stone IPA clone in the secondary fermenter. I did the dry hops addition (whole and pellets) to the carboy at the same time. Is this the right time to dry hop and for how long should I leave it in the carboy? Thanks!

Thanks for all the advice. I just put her in the secondary. FG is spot on and it tastes good!

Thanks for the info. I actually used a refractometer. Does the carbonation still make a difference?