You could try isolating the problem. Hook the 5 Gal keg up to a different air and liquid line. If the problem persists, its the keg, if it doesn't, its your liquid or gas line. Next hook it up on its original gas line and different liquid line. If problem persists, its the gas line, if it...
Awesome set up! Thanks for all the pictures, I'm going to be taking a few things from your space.
I have 700 to work with but I don't intend to occupy all of that space. I want to leave a good portion of it available for something that benefits the entire family. I'll probably end up only...
This was one of the things I was having the most trouble deciding on. I wanted something effective enough for 10Gal but didn't really want anything super permanent. I think I'm going to do more research into boil condensers.
This is really important to me as well. I'm probably not going to be...
Hey everyone,
So I recently bought a new house with an unfinished basement. I'm looking at building a brewery and I'm starting to compile a list of things I want. What are things in your brewery you couldn't do without and what are things you ended up not needing or wish you had done...
I've had some time to let them condition a bit and taste each one. I added 14g of whole coffee beans into one of the 1Gal jugs a few days before bottling. After tasting each I think the M47 is my least favorite. The one with just 550 seems to be having problems getting to proper carb levels but...
Brewed a few days ago. Should of figured splitting into smaller vessels would need a blow off tube but oh well...
Two smaller jugs have WLP550 and the carboy has M47. Might add coffee to one of the jugs.
The difference between 6.12 and 6, or 40 and 50 SRM is negligible. The BJCP are exactly that, just guidelines. If you aren't entering a competition it doesn't really matter, I wouldn't sweat it.
I'm fairly certain that lactose is mostly un-fermentable. Most of time I've seen it calculated more as a oz/gal instead of a percentage of your grain. If you have beersmith or something similar you can plug it in and it should add it to your gravity but I think its something like 1.042pppg?
I didn't want it to get too dry, I thought it would benefit from more body. To be honest though I brew belgian styles pretty frequently and I rarely add sugar.
I do have some Special B on hand, would you recommend taking the 5% from one of the other speciality grains?
Awesome advice! I think...
I did grab dehusked Carafa, perfect!
I've heard of people doing this before but never tried it myself. Do you recommend steeping and sparging with cooler water? Someone in my beer club said they'll crush it, add water and throw it in the fridge the night before a brew day and then add it at...
Looking to make a Belgian stout. Im aiming for a nice balance between light, but present roasty and strong Belgian yeast character. I don't brew darker style beers very often so I wasn't sure what I wanted for the darker grains. I decided against the typical chocolate malt or roasted barley in...
Don't bother with actual pumpkin, its sticky and messy and doesn't really add much flavour to the beer. Some guys in my beer club have said that they've experimented with other members of the gourd family and squash gives more of a "pumpkin flavour" than actual pumpkin but even then its not...