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Since I got a 12.5 gallon SS Conical I am not using my carboys but I am running out of kegs. Plan for next batch is to keg 5 gallons and put 5 gallons of fermented clear cold crashed beer in a carboy with bubbler and cold store till I have a keg to transfer to. I have 3 carboys so this would...

So this weekend I will be kegging 10 gallons of Irish Stout and for the 1st time will serve on 25% CO2/75% Nitrogen. My standard proceedure for kegging on CO2 has been to set the regulator for the correct CO2 volumes and rock the keg untill it is saturated then store on pressue a few days before...

I pitched a starter of 1 smack pak Wyeast 1084 Irish 7/24 8:30 PM with 1.75 oz DME & 600 ML. Added 3.5 oz DME and 1200 ml on 7/25 at 1:00PM. 7/26 5:00 PM pitched 2,000 ML starter with 1/4" yeast in flask to 11.0 gallons 70 deg 1.060 OG Irish Stout in a chamber at 68-65 degree setting. I was busy...

Time to convert from my Garden Taps to real Faucets mounted on a keezer collar. I searched and could not find old posts I have seen recommending longer liquid lines to reduce foaming at higher pressure. I will have 4 CO2 Taps and 2 with 25% CO2/75% Nitrogen. Appreciate any and all advice on...

I have one borrowed Racetrack keg with Pinlock posts, all of my others are Ball lock. Anyone know if where to find Ball Lock posts that will match the threads on these kegs?

I am dry hopping for the 1st time. No luck with searches here but did see videos showing pouring direct into the secondary and one showing a sanitized hop bag. I will be adding 4 oz Centennial pellets to 11 gallons in a SS Conical. I can pour direct thru the 1.5 Triclamp for the vent or lift the...

Last brew I went to a 1/2" ID hose to drain from the Kettle to Fermenter faster. Worked great till the bazooka tube screen plugged up. Found these 3" diameter Stainless Steel "NORPRO Tea Infusers" for $5.50 each at the True Value kitchen section. I will be adding hops in these and it should...

Background: I just did my 1st starter for liquid yeast. Broke 2 Wyeast smack packs Thursday about noon and pithced the swollen paks into a 70 deg flask (cooled 1200 ML boiled water and 3.5 OZ DME) about 6 hours later. By Sunday AM I had about 1/4" to 3/8" deep yeast covering the bottom of a...

My old 1992 Dave Miller's Brewing the World's Great Beers calls for a 2 hour mash on almost all recipes. I see a lot of posts here for a 1 hour mash. Whats changed?

I ran my first ever 10 gallon batch this weekend with a lot of new equipment and also my first time using well water. I had some good feedback on well water and the best advice was to run my first batch on bottled city water. BUT I really wanted to avoid hauling water on every batch so I went...

My old Dave Miller Brewing books call for a 75 minute boil for the All Grain recipes but I see comments here about a 60 minute boil. Is 60 minutes enough? How long do you boil and how many gallons of water total (Mash and Sparge) do you start with for a 5 gallon recipe? Thanks Dan

I have a new 12.5 gal Conical with the 1 1/2" Dump valve on a long sweep 90 deg fitting. I want to use the valve to harvest yeast and also to dump the bottom when fermentation slows. Not sure how to do this with any control with the large valve? Thinking maybe an 1 1/2" clear hose with a 2nd...

So I am up sizing from 5 gallon to 10 gallon batches. What is the correct immersion coil size? Will 50' of 1/2" soft copper cool 12 gallons in ????? how many minutes with 55 deg + or - tap water? Thanks Dan

I will start brewing again after 15 years off. Just received my new 12.5 gallon SS conical fermenter and cleaned up all my old equipment. I used to use a 5 gallon bucket with a false bottom, drain line, and a perforated copper 'tee" pipe that mounts to the lid and spins to sparge. It worked...

I moved to a home with well water 15 years ago. The homebrew books I had at the time didn't like well water and I never tried but have decided to start brewing again. I am in the Northern California Sierra Foothills were we have hard water with a lot of Iron and I am also told some type of iron...