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From Northern Brewer. Home Brew Keg System w/ Two Cornelius (Corny) Ball Lock Kegs & Pressure Regulators. Quite literally never used, keg boxes never opened. $300 obo

Thanks for the amazingly quick responses. At what point should I do something? How else should I check if fermentation is occurring, check the gravity?

Made a pale ale yesterday, 1.052 og. Pitched a package of rehydrated safale- 05 yeast. A bit over 24 hours now, barely any action in my airlock. Temperature is steady around 64 degrees. Never had this issue with any brew before. Should I pitch another package of yeast? Do I aerate the...

Thank you rwinzing.

I understand everyone prefers using a yeast starter, and I get that it ensures there are enough yeast cells. I have never had a problem with a lack of fermentation due to using only a wyeast pack with beers with an original gravity of less than 1.055. I would make a yeast starter, if I had the...

I know that it takes various amounts of time for different types of wyeast packs to inflate. I had planned to brew early today, so I smacked it last night. It was not inflated today, but it is showing signs of inflation. I am planning to now brew tomorrow. My question is, how long can these...

I know that yeast starters are needed for high gravity beers. What I am wondering is at what point original gravity wise do they become needed, and does it also depend on the type of beer? I was planning to make an IPA with an original gravity that should be around 1.064. Should I do a yeast...

I have only done a few brews, but as others have said, the beer seems to get better in the three to four week range conditioning in the bottle as opposed to the two weeks recommended as a minimum usually. Feel free to try one after the two weeks if the sediment is settled, then try more after...

In my brewing arsenal I have two fermenting buckets, but currently only one glass carboy. I have been requested to create two beers for the same event for my father, both of which I would prefer to do a secondary on as well. Due to a lack of notice I feel I am left with a couple options, and I...

I have been sanitizing my bottles in the oven without issue. I am wondering if anyone has an answer to how long the bottles will stay sanitized after if sealed with aluminum foil, or rather how long after other oven sanitizers have bottled with bottles from the oven without any problems?

I was wondering if anyone has any tips for sanitizing an auto siphon and associated tubing. I was thinking of just pumping a star San solution from my bottling bucket through the siphon and tubing, then letting it dry out a bit. Any input on this will be appreciated.

So, I already have a ten gallon aluminum pot I have been using. I was so enticed by another free starter kit from Northern Brewer that I bought a small stainless pot so I would have more fermenting buckets to up my output. It is only big enough for partial boils and sparging down the line, but...

This may seem like a silly question, but I figure it does not hurt to ask. I just finished my first brew, and I have it in the closet to ferment. Will there be any smell associated with the process that will taint what is left in the closet?(I took a lot of things out already). Thank you in...

Tell me about it, they shipped out within an hour and a half of ordering. Should get to me in a few days.

Just ordered a 25 foot copper chiller from NY Brew Supply through amazon for $52 and change delivered. Thanks again for all the advice.