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    Beer gun sanke keg.

    I want to get a blichmanns beer gun for my husband. We use sanke kegs. I found one post with a link to get an adaptor. But the link doesn't work. I have no idea what I am looking for not where to search. Any help would be greeatky appreciated. Thanks Kathy
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    Foam on top of liquid malt extract (wheat)

    I ordered 2 lbs of wheat lme. Open one container to use and it had. Inch on foam on top. Should I use or toss.
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    Extract and bittering hops substitute

    Cleaning out basement recipe was thinking about making a blueberry blonde beer. I have only followed recipes so far so I don't know much about substitutions. I have most of the ingredients just 2 lbs short on extract and bittering hops. Should I brew today or wait and go to store to either...
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    Octoberfest sweetness

    Brewed my first lager an Octoberfest extract kit from adventures of home brew. Born on date 9/21 kegged 11/2. Everything went smoothly. Only hiccup was temp was closer to 40s. Fermentation appeared to be normal. But the beer is sweet, really sweet. Tastes like I added sugar which I did not. Any...
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    Keeping kegs closed without a good door seal

    Bought an edgestar dual kegerator for my husband for Christmas. Ordered two 1/6th kegs. One is a lager the other a wheat. One came in aluminum other in plastic. Problem is plastic keg has a rim around it. The kegerator door sort of closes. But not a real seal. I put a bottle of water in...
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    Added bittering hops last 15 minutes only

    last weekend I Made an extract recipe a Stout recipe called for 1 ounce nugget for 60 minutes. I misread directions an added last 15 minutes. Is there any way to fix.
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    Sea Dog Blue Paw Clone questions

    I followed the recipe below. I made (2) 5 gallon batches. One batch I used blueberry extract the other I used apricot extract. The blueberry has a slight bitter after taste the apricot does not. If the ingredients were the same then I must have changed something in the process. Any ideas? Sea...
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    To harvest or not to harvest

    I used White labs American Heleweizen liquid ale yeast. It took about 60 hours to start. The batch came out fine. I washed the yeast and stored for two weeks in my refrigerator. I made a starter and pitched. All seemed fine with starter. It is now 48 hours later and just beginning to see signs...
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    Help..No idea what I am doing

    Picked up some used beer equipment from a friend who was moving. he also included two carboys full of aged mead. (3 + years ) He taste tested and checked gravity reading and said all was good and I should bottle. I am new to home brewing and was actually planning on bottling my first...
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    First batch not sure what did wrong

    Made a batch of pumpkin ale. Left it in primary one week and rack to secondary. As per directions. added two cans of pumpkin purée to the boil. OG reading was 1.05 Before racking I took gravity reading was 1.010. A little lower then directions said had final gravity is 1.014 - 1.012. Moved...
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    Liquid yeast stored room temp for 3 weeks

    Made two batches yesterday. Followed direction, sanitized, took readings. It all seemed good last night. This morning one batch had airlock action. Used a dry yeast as per recipe /kit. Second batch no airlock activity used liquid yeast and was looking for some help. With liquid yeast.. Cherry...
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