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I was interesting in rebuilding my 8" barrel keg pump and was thinking of getting this kit from keg works. https://www.kegworks.com/barrel-keg-pump-repair-kit/ My question is, how do you get the tower cylinder unscrewed from the coupler to get to the gasket and duck valve between the two? Anyone...

I have read that you need a lot of light for your hops plants. I have also heard that a black walnut has some kind of built in herbicide it releases. Since My walnut tree is in an area that would be ideal for a hops plant I was wondering if anyone has grown a hops plant near a walnut tree...

Its been a year since ive made cider and I was checking out my supplies. Im low on camden tablets and yeast nutrient. Ive noticed that my favorite home brew places seem not to have camden tablets (morebeer and austinehomebrew). These are the tablet I used last time to kill of the natural...

I was thinking about making my first batch of wine or mead made from my own picked black raspberries. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about making a mead? I am reall y wondering about how to deal with the berries when adding it to the honey/water. Anyone have any simple, sweet...

I was thinking about making my first batch of wine. I normally make beer, cider and mead. I thought I could ask her for some possible help. I would like to make a gallon to start off with of black rasberry wine I pick myself. Anyone have any suggestions or recipes they could suggest? thanks

I have had a 5L mini keg setup for a year or two now and it seems that the rubber bungs are starting to leak more and more. They leak around the outside and not where the plastic insert is located. What ends up happning is that it leaks and you run through the co2 cartridges before you can...

I got a used 5 gallon pot and thought it was stainlees steel, but now Im not sure. Id there a sure fired test to tell the difference between a stainlees steel pot and aluminum pots? The outside of the pot is shiny but the inside has has lateral grooves in it. All it has on the pot is the...

I make my own beer, cider and mead, but I was thinking on doing a root beer batch for my sons. Something they can help me with. Ive looked up many root beer kits online but I havent yet seen what you do with them? Can anyone give me an idea of what a root beer kit entails? I assume you use...

I just started using star san . I used to use One step sanitizer. Is it normal to have star san get kinda foamy when it is in use? thanks jim

Anyone who has purchased from morebeer.com I was wondering a few questions. Does there extract kits come with everything except bottle caps and yeast? I looked and wasnt clear if they come with the bittering and aromatic hops seperate. thanks for the help

I made a batch of German Altbier from a Brewers Best extract kit about 4 weeks ago. Ive made quite a few different types of BB kits and had no problems. This batch I didnt have the 5 ounces of priming sugar that came with the kit so I purchased a 3 lb bag of priming sugar (corn sugar) from a...

I am out of priming sugar that normally comes with my Brewers best extract kits. I was wondering, what type of sugar is it? Can I just go to the store and buy some? Is there any difference in what you buy at the grocery store (sugarwise) and what comes in the kits normaaly? My guess its a...

Can someone explain to me how they work. The way I understand it. They release a gas with sulfur in it that kills organisms in what you are making. After 24-48 hours it will start to come out of solution and is helped on by shaking and stirring. Some question that come to mind. What form of...

What negative effects would you get if you added extra yeast nutrient to a batch of cider. My latest 5 gallon batch seems to be struggling to get started and now Im wondering I added nutrient. Im pretty sure I did, but since its not fermenting, its got me wondering. Would it harm anything if I...

ANyone have a extract recipe for blue moon they have tried? Is this the closest I can get to it with Brewer's best kits? http://www.homebrewit.com/aisle/2025 The WEIZENBIER kit? Thanks for the advice.

I just got a 20 pack of half liter OK Beer from Poland. A guy I know had it at his liquor store for a year and a half and the person he ordered it for never showed up. It was stored in the case, in the dark with a pretty constant temperature. How much is the age going to affect the taste...

This will be my first meada ttempt and I will prbably start it around Xmas time. Thought I would spend some time doing some research on it to make sure it works out for the best. I am leaning toward doing this recipe here: http://www.tastybrew.com/brews/view/33 I had a few basic questions...

I was toldby a fellow brewer that you can replace the normal factory element on your electric stove with a more high performance one. He explained to me that the better ones have hardly any space between the coils. This allows it to heat up faster and hotter. He said he bougt one for like 27$ ...

Anyone make cider without using a secondary? Does it cause problems? If so, should I wait till fermentation slows down but is still going. Then put cider minus the bottom crud into my bottling bocket and clean out the primary. Than place it back in the primary? 'thanks

Does anyone know where I can buy online a coozie for a 5litre keg. I was at the home brew shop this weekend and seen a company makes coolies/coozies for cornelius kegs. I noticed on its tag at the shop that they also make mini keg coozies. I forgot to write down the company's name and the store...