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I definitely made mistakes. The 5% stout I wanted is not the 5% stout I have for a few reasons. It’s not the right color, and it’s a touch more bitter (hops bitter - not astringency) than I’d like — I know I made mistakes during the brew day that caused this. Curious for some feedback from...

Sunday night, I kegged with a very small amount of table sugar dissolved in water included. Sealed the keg and purged the headspace a few times. Left it at room temperature for two days. Today I hooked up the keg to my regulator and put it to 30 PSI with no hiss. Is this likely because the...

Hi all - I'm brand new to kegging and I've had my share of struggles. Beyond being a bit ignorant and making some rookie mistakes, I have had a heck of a few weeks with my two sons and when I went to pour some beer last Friday, the tap had nothing to give me. As far as I can tell, the CO2 tank...

Ive had eyes on kegging equipment for a number of months and resisted. I also have a 15 year old fridge from when I started college that was hanging out in my basement. It had a freezer compartment and I’m only marginally capable of modifying electronics, so I was always hesitant to try and...

So for those who have gone through the process of building your own, I’m curious about the dimensions. What diameter pipe did you use and why? Running beer line and a cooling line up from the fridge needs extra space for expansion in the future? or is there a flow issue I’m not aware of? The...

Made a stout last weekend (recipe to come) and pitched a starter of WLP007. Fermented at 64, jumped up to 67 at peak, and is pretty close to done in 4 days. I made a very similar recipe and pitched US05. Not much was different but there was less 2-row (12 lbs vs 10 lbs) and more Oats (1.5lbs...

Hi all! Hoping to get some thoughts on this... pitched this yeast on Saturday and it was fermenting within 12 hours. As of this post, the yeast is still chilling on top. I'm used to US 05 and have never used this yeast. How long does it normally hang on top? I'm used to US 05 dropping in...

brewing a Pale ale tomorrow morning and I can't yet commit to my hopping schedule. Bittering with Columbus (11%) and have 8 oz of Cascade (4.7%). These will be the main components, but I've got 2 oz of Simcoe (13%) and 1 oz of Amarillo (8%) that I'd like to use. My question for the board is...

So I've seen a lot of threads about brewing in the morning, who's brewing in front or in back, etc... does anyone brew while watching football? Anymore a game takes as long as a batch of beer so it seems like it adds up. Especially now that you can pause the game and come back to it after...

Hi all! Hoping to get some thoughts from some more experienced brewers. I've had an Oktoberfest ale in the primary for several weeks. It was my first all grain and the OG was a little low, but it all tasted fine for a few hydrometer pulls. Today when I went to bottled, I used corn sugar and...

I've got my second all grain on deck. I went pretty simple and did the Oktoberfast from Biermuncher and I'm about to kick off the Row 2 Hill 56 clone that, for all intents and purposes, comes off as a smash beer with a little grain variance. I've been pretty exclusively using dry yeast. I'm...

Hoping to switch to kegging and figured I'd post if anyone in the area is looking to unload some send me a DM or post here. Thanks!

Hi all, I've made a few posts showing my ignorance/stupidity/etc, but I'm now at the point where I've had a whopping 4 brew days since I decided to take this hobby (read: obsession) with beer head on in the early spring. My history is this: 1. Brew 2.5 gallon of "Goat Scrotum Ale" - extract...

About a week ago, I bottled an IPA from a NB kit (dead ringer). Some folks helped me understand the IBU calculations and I learned a good bit. I brewed another kit (porter) last night and things went pretty well and I'm happy to have a second larger kit under my belt. With that said, my...

Hi All, I just completed a third brew, and I'm hoping to get some help in calculating the IBU's. As a result, here comes my first post seeking help... I brewed "Dead Ringer" from NB and the Centennial I used were 9%AA. The partial boil calls for 2.5 gallons of water plus the extract after the...