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I made a short video of my beer engine, as well as the keg-to-cask conversion. I'm not sure how to upload videos on here, so I'll just post a link to the youtube site. Hope you enjoy!

Last weekend I brewed an Ordinary Bitter to be kegged and served at a friend's birthday gathering next weekend. I brewed it two weeks out; figuring four to five days in the primary (34 o.g.), a week to naturally carbonate in the keg, and two or three days to settle in the fridge. In an effort...

I've got an Ordinary Bitter in the primary that I'm planning on naturally carbonating via corn sugar and serving through a homemade beer engine. The engine is being built according to these instructions – http://***********/component/resource/article/349-build-a-beer-engine-projects...

In an effort to have quality beer while backpacking, a buddy and I are planning on hiking some homebrew into a future camp spot several months before a trip. The hopeful plan is to find a cavern or sinkhole to store the brew between spring and fall. This is a two part question/survey. 1...

Hiking in Middle Tennessee last weekend, I came across a bush exploding with blue Juniper berries. I took just over 1/2 ounce home with me, and I want to add them to a Robust Porter. My previous spice experience dictates that I soak them in vodka to make an extract. I did this, and an...

I've had this recurring problem with my kegged beer getting foam on both ends of the line – foam at the shank and foam at the disconnect, with beer in the middle. This makes for a foamy beer unless the line has been just primed with another pour; and I mean JUST primed. This means I typically...

I made a rookie mistake and forgot to purge the oxygen from my keg before force carbonating. I had about 3 inches of clearance to the top when I set the room temperature keg into the fridge and cracked it to 40 psi. I let it go about 4 hours before realizing my mistake. Its a really...

I have just been asked to be the best man at my friends wedding. As part of my duties, I have been charged with brewing the desert beer. The only qualifications are that it involves rye and raspberries. This is the man who got me into homebrewing, and he works at RebelBrewer.com, so there...

I am conditioning a stout in a Pepsi corny keg, but I am also cold extracting coffee beans at the same time. In order to keep the bean accessible for their eventual removal, I had to place them in a grain sack, and wrap the edge of the sack around the lid of the keg before closing it. This is...

I have never used corn in any of my beers, but I am doing a pumpkin ale that I want to keep on the dry side, and I figured flaked maize would be appropriate to the holiday. So my question is this, when and how do I incorporate it? Obviously I'm not doing a mash, but I have a little over a...

I am going to brew a small batch of dry mead to blend with a friend's batch, and I was wondering how I could incorporate some sherry notes into mine. I've heard everything from adding sherry, or heating the mead to 150º for a day after fermentation, or just using the right yeast and waiting...

I heard that they lost their contract again. Anyone know what is going on with this beer? My vintages stop at 2007.

I have a love for the Dragonlance book series, and I tend to show this off with my labels. Here are two of them. And yes, I do brew more than porters, these just happen to be two of my favorite labels.

I recently aquired cool old cooking pot with a spigot, and I want to fit it with a false bottom for all-grain brewing. Trouble is, I have no idea what kind of material to use. I would prefer stainless steel, but am unsure of where to get a sheet of it that would be food grade/not treated. Any...

Okay, I'm new to the site, so bear with me if this has been addressed in the past. I have been kegging in the same Pepsi corny keg for a year now, and all has been good so far. Last brew, however, I ended up with an extremely foamy batch. I had in the line foam at the keg coupling and at...