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For some reason co2 is breaking out in my beer line but only when I reach the last gallon or so of a keg. I'm can't for the life of me seem to figure out why... Pertinent details: Fridge temp is 40F PSI is 14 10 foot beer lines taps are mounted in door 2 taps running off a "T" splitter with no...

Hirsch 21 year rye whiskey.

Be nicer to her? :mug: Really though, did you make sure to gently stir in your priming sugar? Unless your priming sugar is mixed into the batch well you'll have inconsistency in carbonation between bottles.

I brew a kolsch using German pilsner malt and a little white wheat. Ferment at 65 for 7 days then cold crash for at least 2 weeks. It's a great beer and will appeal to almost everyone from bmc to craft drinkers. Very crisp and with a lot of similarity to a German pilsner.

Use PBW. 30 minute soak will remove nearly any label.

Started out with my alt but then got talked into a side by side tasting of our last two batches of ipa...

Yeah I love mine! It seriously is a beast. I've found that while I blow through propane getting it to a boil I am then able to turn it down so far it's nearly off during the entire boil which makes up for the initial burst.

I have a 2.5 year old assistant brewer. He's great. My beer intake didn't suffer after he was born but i was on a brewing hiatus then. Just tell the mother that beers, especially hoppy ones, help with breastmilk production and you'll have her on board for you to brew her a "mothers little helper"!

My recent Kegerator build with a fridge my work was tossing out.

Buy a 40 quart pot. You won't regret it.

Yeah just boil some water in it. Once it has the oxide layer only clean it with a soft rag or sponge, no harsh scrubbers like brushes or anything of that sort. I don't use soap on my brewpot at all and have read that pbw is not good for aluminum as well. I just use good old hot water and a rag...

Yeah...cap on the bottle then capper on that usually works best. Also check craigslist for bottlecappers and try to get yourself a bench bottle capper for cheap. I got mine for $5 best bottling purchase ever...besides bottle tree and avinator. Also, although some people swear by it, I wouldn't...

I would just pitch the whole pack. Better to have too much yeast than not enough. Also what appears as a giant amount of trub is also some of your fermentable sugars that will be eaten up as fermentation progresses. You will have far less at the end of fermentation than you do on the day you...

Yes definitely too much sugar. Use 1 oz. per gallon if you're not carbing to style. So 2 oz. for 2 gallons which is way less than 2/3 cup. Measuring with volume is inaccurate, go with weight measurements and you'll always be good.

I'm usually adventurous but I wouldn't try the beer in the kegs. If the seller didn't bother to empty them that would be a sign to me that either they forgot because its so old or there is another reason not to. I mean did you open the kegs and verify it's beer or shake them and feel liquid in...