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Well price is a relative thing I suppose but most start up keg kits I've priced have been around $150 and thats just with one keg. If they're throwing in two I don't think that's out of line. Keep in mind that a big chunk of the cost is a one time shot other than refilling your C02 tank. When...

What he said ^^

I've got a wheat sitting in my primary and a stout in my secondary, both carboys are in my basement covered with towels. The wheat I made last Saturday and I still have a large krausen covering the top although little activity in the airlock. The stout on the other hand is been sitting for a...

Yep, date every batch with a sticky on the cap and the date bottled.

Great, thanks. I'm still getting some slight activity, some bubbling coming up in the carboy itself but nothing like it was doing all day Sunday. This is the second batch I ever used a starter versus a smack pack so I was wondering if that had something to do with it.

I wish I had that problem right now :o. I had a really active one for about 24 hours and then it stopped. If it was me, I'd put in a blow off hose. I had a real active one last year that I thought would be ok and I can home to find brew all over my walls because the airlock got clogged and...

I have a Irish stout I made on Saturday afternoon and used the yeast starter that I made on Wednesday. By 1am Saturday I had a nice krausen and the airlock was bubbling like mad. Monday morning before work I head down and there is no activity in the airlock and the krausen dropped completely...

Oh crap! Not 9/22, 8/22!

I started up a Oktoberfest batch on 9/22, left it in the primary about 9 days and then transferred to the secondary. Last Saturday I planned to bottle so I took my FG and it still read high, 1.20. I go back down the next day to check on it and lo and behold, I've got bubbling in the airlock plus...

Thanks guys. Appreciate the help.

Had a question regarding carbonation levels. I've been using the standard 5oz of priming sugar when I bottle and my brews have what I think is too much 'fizziness' especially with my porters and stouts which I don't really care for. Would reducing the amount of priming sugar say by 1-2ozs...

Very nice. I love free beer stuff. Thanks for linky

Yeah you'll be fine. I'll leave my ales in the secondary for 2 weeks minimum and have gone almost 2 months on some so no worries. :cool:

In my experience, wheats fermenting above 70 will produce a lot of esters which will give your batches a banana flavor. Not that's a bad thing but if you're trying to avoid any kind of fruity flavor, try and ferment below 70. Cool water bath with some wet towels or t-shirts over the carboy will...

What he said. :rockin: I've done mostly kits that my LHBS designs (my last personal recipies were horrid) and have spent up to $45 so $50 is not outrageous. Even so, $50 for 5 gallons of quality hand crafted beer is a bargain. Now if money is a real issue for you and it very well may be, then...