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I have had a Canadian Pilsner in the primary for 6 days now ... The OG was 1032 and I pitched the yeast a little warm at 30 degrees ... There has been very little action takin place and I am a little concerned.. There is next to no Krausen at all... Yesterday I took a gravity reading of 1020 and...

Just finished my kegerator project and love showing it off! I know that there are some works of art in the homes of Homebrew.com subscribers! I have wanted to start a thread for a while now just to showcase our kegerators. Here's mine .. I know it's not as fancy as some of yours but it's a...

I have recently learned that I don't have the balls to blast carb anymore (after waisting 1/4 of my first keg pouring foam) ... I now use the "set and forget" method and have a question about it ... My last keg was a dark ale I set at 12 psi and planned on leaving for 1 1/2 weeks to carb .. I...

Up until now I have only had one keg in service in my kegerator ... Today I added a "t off" from my regulator distributing equal co2 pressure to 2 lines .. Am I going to run into any problems with having the two kegs sharing a single gas feed? I am going to be adding my second keg soon and...

I just recently got my first keg right where I wanted it with regards to carbonation and serving pressure however have recently ran into a problem. I have my serving pressure set at 10 psi and if I leave it for a few days I come back and the pressure rises... I have reset it several times and...

I just made my first attempt at kegging an American Style Light ... I did everything I thought I was supposed to ... Once the beer was in I let it cool in the fridge over night... I hooked it up to 30# and rocked it for 10 min... I lowered the pressured to 10# or so for serving and it was...

I am just finishing a build on my first kegerator .. I have never kegged before but now finally have all of the required equipment.... I want to have my co2 tank on the exterior of my fridge as it is a 20# tank... I also want to be able to remove the gas line going through the side of the...

This is an American style light beer that has been in the primary fermentor for one week ... I am transferring today and took a look under the lid this morning and discovered this white blotchy looking film .. No color just a bit of white and little of it ... But sill I'm very worried that this...

Hey there I'm a little worried about my dark ale I'm working on... Here's the story.. This is a picture of my beer in it's secondary Carboy .. I have had this beer covered with garbage bags since it was transferred on the 17th .. Today I added liquid gelatin but really didn't make any...

Hey guys new brewer here.. I am currently making a simple entry level kit of Muntons American Light ... it's very simple .. Add hot water to extract and sugar , fill to 23 liters and let fermentation begin.. I want know when can I drink this stuff without it being too green? The guy at the store...

Hey guys just reading in and I also have a rookie brewer question... I am currently working on my second brew .. The first was an amber ale which turned out well (private supplier recipe .. not mainstream) well the amber took little time to be ready for drinking (1 week primary, 1 week...

I just picked up a yeast energizer powder from my local supplier as I have a dark ale with some sluggish yeast .. Problem is I don't know how to add it properly.. Do I mix it with water and pitch it? Do I sprinkle it? Could use some wisdom here... I have the same questions with regards to my...

Hey I was just wondering how long my 20 # c02 tank will last me .. I will be using it for a single tap kegerator with 19 liter keg .. Just wondering from other persons experience what I could expect for service time before it will need to be filled ?

Hey there I just finished brewing an Iron Bark dark ale ... Last night was when I finished and I got up this morning to check on it .. There is no Krausen at all ... No activity... I pitched the yeast at about 29 degrees 7 hrs ago .. Any thoughts?

I recently purchased a kit of Morgans Ironbark dark ale ... In the instructions it says to sprinkle the yeast on top of the brew rather than doing a mix to pitch... Should I listen to these instructions? Is there a benefit to doing a mix (which is my typical method)

I recently heard that you can use Star San in your dishwasher to clean your bottles prior to sanitizing .. My method has been rinsing bottles well after use ... Soaking in Star San on bottling day and giving a scrub if needed... rinsing, then soaking in iodophor prior to use... It would speed up...

I find myself a little confused and could use some knowledge from one of the ever so helpful seasoned brewers on here ... I recently finished bottling my first brew and am waiting for carbonation to complete .. So.. I know that people say to wait up to 3-4 weeks to pop a bottle open not only to...

Hey there .. I was recently given a bunch of brewing equipment from my father-in-law who is no longer brewing ... I recently started brewing and I want to use this keg .. I still don't know about getting parts or having potential problems with it .. Anyone have one of these or are familiar with...

I was wondering if I should use my c02 tank for another brew if it only has 300 psi left..

I recently started brewing and the local beer supply store sold me a kit which claims to be a lager which he says is a Mach of Kokanee gold ( the owner of the store creates the kits) ....Well the kit includes Nottingham ale yeast.. As far as I know there is only one thing that separates a lager...