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I went out of town for over a month and turned my kegerator off because I didn't want it running for weeks for no reason (luckily I timed my kegs to be finished right before I left). When I got home I plugged it in. It refuses to get cold. It used to work perfectly, not it's not getting cold at...

Ok so here's my conundrum, take a read when you're free. I searched all the boards but can't find anybody who did what I did. I'd appreciate some input if you can. I THINK I'm ok, but I'm not sure... Two days ago I mistakingly put 16 ounces of DME into 1600 ml of water, boiled, cooled...

Just brewed a breakfast stout (Founders clone). Never brewed with coffee before. Seems to be floating all over the place. Will it settle with the rest of the wort? Here's the recipe if anybody's interested: 6.6 lbs. (3.0 kg) Briess light, unhopped, malt extract 1.7 lbs. (0.77 kg) light dry...

About to bottle my third batch but I don't have a scale to weigh out my priming sugar. A guy lent me his but I don't think I did it right on batch number two... We don't speak of batch number 1. I don't think I weighed out enough sugar for number 2. Beers a little flat. If i stir it up with a...

When I did my first batch there was a lot of kraken... Enough of go through the airlock. I've since learned the value of a blow off tube. My second batch only gave about two inches of kraken. First batch I used the cheap packet of yeast, the second i used a liquid (San Diego super). Should I be...

Is it a big deal if I lost some water through steam during the boil? Didn't even think about it or realize it until today when I checked it (brewed yesterday) and saw it was starting to ferment, but was about a 3/4 inch below my 5 gallon mark. Is that going to effect the taste? Alcohol level...

Just finished a batch of wheat/IPA. I have activity in my airlock after 5 mins... Is that the air working itself after oxidation or is that actual CO2 already???

Got home today totally stoked about opening my first bottle of home brew (blonde ale). Fermented for two weeks, bottled for two weeks. Gravity readings were what the directions said they should be. Looked great, great head and color. Tasted sour as can be. Sooo... 1) what would have caused...

1st time brewer. Beers been in the carboy for 7 days. Just took a gravity reading. 1.020 down from 1.049. It smelled like beer, looked like beer, but tasted like ****. Should it taste anything like beer at this point? Help! Worried that it's not going to be ok

Have two kegs left over from parties MANY YEARS AGO. If I wanted to keg, can I get these cleaned somewhere (they still have some old yucky beer in them)? And if so how do I do it? I'm sure you'll tell me to start from scratch and by a new keg. That's fine but what's the cost for a keg and the...

I'm currently in my first batch, trying to soak up as much knowledge about this addicting hobby as I possibly can. I've only been on this site for about 3 days but I've read a LOT of what you all have to say. I keep hearing about using a secondary fermenter. My kit didn't say anything about...

I read a lot of posts about "before I rack" or "when I rack"... Not to sound too much like a noob but what does that mean? I looked at pics online and it seems to me that it's just something to hold your bottles while they dry.

My beer is slowing down in the fermentation process. I know I'm supposed to take another reading before adding in the corn sugar. Am I supposed to take one when it's settling in the carboy before I move to the bottling bucket?

Doing my first batch right now. OG was 1.5. I have a clear carboy so I could stare for hours at a time the first couple days, panicking that nothing was happening. After about 36 hours it started fermenting. Next morning it was good and bubbly. Today it is foaming through the airlock. Read about...