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We have a brewery in Sussex England called darkstar Their APA is super yummy. Csn only get it on cask. After I had it I went on a craft discovery journey. It will never end. 😊 Primary - Mosaic pale ale Conditioning - Wife's birthday brown porter (12 day experiment) Drinking - APA

I scanned back over this thread and I think they have limited usage because: • they are tin plated steel NOT stainless and scratch very easily • they may have a food grade plastic insert which can degrade over time and lead to contamination. I also believe that if these kegd were stainless...

Just wanted to share my thoughts with you fine people. What I have found is that these mini kegs are a bit more delicate than I first thought so, I primary then rack to pressure barrel and prime a couple of points from my FG, after conditioning and pressurising, I cold crash for a week and what...

I went and bought an upright large freezer that will fit 2 fermenters or kegs or combo of both. Seemed simpler than messin with unknown temps. Will post pics soon, I also got a large upright fridge that ill use as a bright beer cooler and storage cooler. Lots of space in that one :) Primary -...

Wow. That's gonna be über hoppy I hope u like cascade hops. :) Well who doesn't I guess! Primary - The wife's birthday EPA Conditioning - APA Kegged - Centennial/cascade pale ale

Ok guys I want to use a fridge freezer as a fermentation chamber. Here's what I know so far. If I use an external thermostatic controller for the fridge section, this would render the freezer section redundant. Joint fridge freezers run off one compressor and use fanning or another means to...

Eucrid That dry hopping schedule sounds fine, not too much exposure time. I would suggest cold crashing after at 0oc or 32f for about 5 days. This will help lots of hop haze particles to drop out and on my experience it takes the harsh tones off the dry hop additions especially if you use a...

Hi cannman Cask ale or real ale is the term used for ale which is brewed in such a way that leaves live yeast in the beer for the purposes of conditioning. In England we have an organisation called CAMRA, if you search for them on google, they better define the style. My mission is to...

Super. That's kind of what I was thinking but unsure how long I could store the beer in the keg for at like 0oC Primary - The wife's birthday EPA Conditioning - APA Kegged - Centennial/cascade pale ale

Ok so I get 5 litre mini kegs from my local fav brewery and the beer is ice cold wen they fill it up, so I'm assuming it comes directly from the bright beer tank. My question is, how long can finished beer (or bright beer if you like) be stored in a bright beer tank at very low temps? Anyone...

I use 2 electric brew kettles. One as a HLT and the other as the BK. I tried putting a little water in my HLT and boiling/steaming my fermentation bucket before use. Seems to be a super way to get things mega clean without any nasty chems or chlorine stuff. Anyone else done anything similar...

Anyone had experience with using sodium percarbonate instead of pbw or oxiclean? Primary - The wife's birthday EPA Conditioning - APA Kegged - Centennial/cascade pale ale

Anybody ever double dry hopped a beer? His did you do it? Racked? Filtered? Cold crashed? Please share your thoughts as I heard that a micro brewery near me do it. Primary - The wife's birthday EPA Conditioning - APA Kegged - Centennial/cascade pale ale

Anyone have experience with these? I've kegged up a couple recently and they seem to be good. Tastes like casked ale. Very smooth. Surely this is the way forward for homebrew storage? Primary - The wife's birthday EPA Conditioning - APA Kegged - Centennial/cascade pale ale

I will be experimenting with splitting a batch possibly tonight. I have a 4 gallon Aipa that I did 2 weeks ago and I'm gonna dry hop it with 4 different hops. 20g citra 20g Amarillo 20g cascade One with nothing They will be dry hopped with pellets for 7 days then cold crashed for 4 days. Any...