Recent content by whodeyCGBOSU10

My friend let me borrow his Charred Oak Barrel while he is attending master brewing school in Berlin. I seasoned it with 1 litre of Woodford Reserve. I swished it around three times a day for a month while my FBS Clone Fermented (very nice by the way OG1.094-FG1.022). I emptied the Barrel this...

I am planning on using a jockeybox for an upcoming camping trip. Currently one of the kegs I am using is chilled down to 38. Is it ok to take it out of the chill chest and let it warm to room temp and use it all weekend?

so I tried to keg my first beer last night, I'm a newbie to kegging. I have the keg in my lagering tank at 38 degrees F and 30PSI.(since about 1130PM last night) I was planning on turning it down to 10.2 psi tonight around 11 PM. Do I need to shake the keg? also, I read about bleeding the...

yes this was the white labs California Ale....I made a starter and it didn't smell that bad, but then when I pitched it, it gave off some wicked odors. I called white labs and the guy said its normal. I have been worried about this batch though for that reason.

My gravity was jacked up initially so I really don't know where I should be. It was supposed to have an oh of 1.052 but when I did it in my hydrometer tube, it messed up and said 1.020. I tried the same method today for consistency and it still read 1.020. I watched this thing ferment, quite...

I've brewed a Sam Adams Summer Ale Clone and I had trouble with the boil(did not feel it was vigorous enough and the fermentation smelled like crap. I used the kit from AHS and the Yeast was the California Ale yeast. It has been primary for three weeks and I just transferred it to the...