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I've noticed that after I keg, often times I will carbonate the keg hut end up with big head/foam but very little carbonation in the beer itself. I keg, then carbonate to about 25psi so it speeds up the process. After about a week I get carbonated beer but it's all head... do I just need to wait...

I've noticed that after I keg, often times I will carbonate the keg but end up with big head/foam and very little carbonation in the beer itself. I keg, then carbonate to about 25psi so it speeds up the process. After about a week I get carbonated beer but it's all head, the foam disappears and...

It would be nice if Santa has access to them come December. Is there a spec sheet available? Height was too tall on the first generation for my fridge so I cut the bottom of the stand and have juuuuuusssssttttt enough room to get q.d. connections on top and room to unscrew the collection bottle...

I was thinking about doing more along the lines of a Marzen/Oktoberfest for the second runnings. I know thats gonna be a lager but would work good. I did an American Brown recently that was heavy on Munich Malt and turned out good so you might want to add some extra base with some specialty to...

I'm looking to do a 10 gallon batch. Curious on the oak chips too. Using 5 gallon buckets for fermenters. How much oak into each fermenters? I was thinking 2oz in EACH fermenter for two weeks??? Any other updates on this recipe?

I'm curious about how this beer came out? I am about to do a American Brown Ale with extract and want to try the Munich LME from MoreBeer. Was it overly malty?

Thanks Nug, I think I got a contamination issue. I used 2 different yeast strains in the separte 5 gallon batches and same funk in both. I was trying to blame it on the mash but I think I gotta accept I just screwed up somewhere along the sanitation process. :o The first pumpkin I did was with...

@Nugget, do you also add pumpkin in the mash? That was the first time I added in the mash. Before I would use cut up pumpkin, roast it with some spice and add it in the fermenter. Thought I would try the canned pumpkin in the mash this go-round and maybe something in the mash caused the malt to...

I followed a recipe for a pumpkin ale that chose to use canned Libby's Pumpkin in the mash. Not the way i usually do my pumpkin ale. This time I have a sour tasting beer, reminds me of a Gose I made... I wanted to know if there is something I can do to improve this cuz I didn't want a sour...

Well this old post sucked me in so was hoping to have someone with the power to make it disappear so someone else doesn't get drawn into an outdated post... if you're not the one with the power than this post is not for u...

So I got impatient and took the BJCP entrance exam early. I passed that sucka! :rockin: There are some serious stumpers on there and with not much time to think about it you really gotta set aside some study time. I've had some free time while on IR so took advantage and hit the...

Same here, it doesn't matter how "easy" it is to get away with. All it take is one power hungry politician wanting to make a statement and BAM, your house is raided. Mary Jane is supposed to be legal under medicinal use in California but last year a bunch of those shops were raided too. And...

You could get a Brita Pitcher. That's how I did my extract batches for the first year. Plus drinking water tastes much better after running it through the pitcher. Also you may want to look at a flavor wheel for some possibilities...

Think it may be time to retire this post. Looks like the deal ended...

That article is talking about the same guy. Kraig I think is how you spell it. He is the one that owns the store Hop City in Atlanta and wanted to expand into Alabama... pwkblue : I would suggest reading the law...it is very specific on how much can be taken outside of the home. I should...