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With my current setup, I have a 5lb CO2 tank that connects to a primary regulator. It goes out to a 4 valve splitter, which allows me to serve 4 beers at the same pressure. See the photo below. I would like to have one keg at a higher pressure and let the other 3 remain at a different lower...

I have 3 sours going, a 10 month old pLambic, a 3 month of Supplication clone, and another 1 month old pLambic. I may be moving across the country in the next 6 months. What, if any, will be the negative effects of moving these carboys across the country?

I was reading some blogs today and came across this link. Vinnie talks a little bit about sours and gives a Santification clone recipe. It is as follows: 85% 2-row Malt 5% Vienna Malt 5% Wheat Malt 5% Acidulated Malt OG: 1.058 TG: 1.006-1.010 ABV: 6.25% BU’s: 25ish Hops...

I constructed a 4 tap keezer a few months ago. I have 4 kegs hooked up to a 4 way air distributor and a freshly filled 5 lb co2 tank. Prior to my latest keg all have worked fine. My 4th keg was the first I primed with sugar. I let it sit at room temperature for 3 weeks and it's been sitting...

I purchased this air distiributor for my 4 keg keezer. I see people mentioning check valves and shutoff valves. I believe this has both. I believe a check valve prevents fluid from going back in to the line and a shutoff valve doesn't allow air to exit at all. Is this correct? I'm assuming...

I brewed a lambic that has been sitting in the primary fermenter for about 7 months. Originally it was at around 66F. After about 3 months my basement temperatures were getting to be around 50F which I thought was too low so I brought it upstairs. Now with the warmer temperatures it's...

I was inspired by Quaffer's build and decided to begin my own Keezer project using the Black Frigidaire 7.2 cu ft Chest Freezer. I bought the freezer new from Lowes. If you go to the post office and ask for a change of address form package a 10% off coupon is included within. This got me...

I've done a bit of research, but wanted to get some reassurance from other individuals before kegging my first beer. It's an American IPA fermented for 15 days then transferred to glass carboy and dry hopped for 10 days(didn't get the corny kegs till this past weekend). The keg has been...

What thickness should I be looking for when purchasing an Aluminum stock pot? I have a 32 quart SS one now, but it's annoying when trying to boil 7 gallons of water, so i want something bigger. Is 4.3mm thick enough? I was looking at this...

I'm just learning how to develop my own recipes. I wanted to brew a few IPAs using one hop variety. The first hop on the list is Citra. Based upon looking at other recipes and reading Ray Daniels "Designing Great Beers", this is what I came up with: Style: American IPA TYPE: All Grain...

I plan on brewing a lambic style beer in the near future. I was following the steps in Zainasheff and Palmer's Brewing Classic Styles book, and from searching the net, it appears they are describing a Turbid mash process. It appears that in order to do this process you need to be able to heat...

I'm looking to brew my first Lambic in about a month. I've been doing lots of reading and research and seem to run into a lot of conflicting information. I was looking to brew the Lambic recipe in the "Brewing Classic Styles" book. My main questions are about the fermentation process. 1)...

So I brewed a partial mash a few weeks ago and ran into a problem when I took the pre-boil gravity. I chilled the sample down to 70F and got 1.042. BeerSmith gave me a preboil gravity of 1.064. My target OG was 1.073. I wasn't sure how to figure out how much DME to add to bring up my gravity...

I've done 2 partial mashes and have ingredients ready to go for my 3rd. My first partial mash came out perfect, while my 2nd had an original gravity much lower than the target(1.060 vs 1.092). So the first thing I want to do is explain my process for my last partial mash that didn't reach the...

So I'm brewing my 6th batch (a RIS) on Saturday. Last night I made 2 starters from 2 vials of White Labs California Ale WLP001. I used a growler for each starter with sanitized aluminum foil over the top. I used starsan to sanitize the growlers. I had a small amount of starsan solution in...

I brewed a batch at a friends house on Saturday afternoon and it's currently fermenting. It's my first high gravity beer and it has a really active fermentation...I had to use a blow off tube and it's bubbling non-stop. I'm heading home tomorrow morning and have a 2 hour drive. So I suppose I...

So this is my second batch of beer and the first time I got liquid yeast. It was a Wyeast Activator pack which mentions it has roughly 100 billion cells and is good for a 5 gallon batch. So about 3 hours before making my starter I slapped the pack, but honestly had trouble finding the "inner...

So I need to make a starter (first time with liquid yeast) so I can brew in a few days with plenty of healthy yeast. I used mrmalty.com(SG 1.052) calculator to determine the size of my starter (1.04L). To make this I calculated I need 3 ounces of DME. Unfortunately I do not have a scale...

So I purchased an extract kit from Williams Brewing that came with Wyeast Activator smack pack. The instructions included with the kit say to smack the pack and let sit at room temp for 1-7 days. The instructions on the actual yeast package says it only needs 3 hours or more. I've only ever...

I spent yesterday late morning - early afternoon outside brewing on my SP10. I was able to easily boil 5 gallons and followed every step. The brew I tried was an extract kit with specialty grains from midwest supplies, specifically their Ferocious IPA clone kit. I think I only had one...