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I brewed up my first lager earlier this summer and it is now, finally, ready for drinking. I was a bit disappointed to find that is a bit sweeter than I would like, or would expect, for a lager. Being my first lager, there were a couple of mis-steps along the way, but the one thing that...

I have a week to go until my first lager is ready to be racked to the secondary, so I have some time to play around with figuring out how this racking is going to take place. The lager is sitting in the bottom of a chest freezer in my basement. My 5# CO2 tank is hooked up on the inside of my...

I have a question that may be as simple as I think it might be, but not wanting to have an explosion, I am going to ask it. I am in the process of upgrading my kegerator from two taps to four. The first step in this is expanding the CO2 regulator. I currently have a three gauge set up and I...

Hi all. Third AG batch is in the books. Now that I have the technique under control, I am starting to look at tweaking my setup. Currently, I am using a three tier, non-sculpture, gravity-feed system. Gravity-feed until it hits the BK ball valve, that is. I have a Chugger pump and a...

If the stars align, I will be brewing my first 5gal AG batch this weekend. I've got a good case of the pre-show jitters and a couple of last minute questions that I am hoping you guys can answer for me. Last weekend I did a test run with all this fancy new gear and to see how the pump...

I just finished reading the 40 page thread on quick disconnects and I think I have most of what I will need to order mapped out. But I have a question about my MLT. I have a Rubbermaid round 10gal and I am planning on batch sparging with it. In the next couple weeks, I will be buying a March...

I am trying to figure the best way to plumb my detached garage in eastern Massachusetts for brewing. Code is a 5' deep ditch, but my backyard is only 10' wide. This ain't happening. The best I have come up with is to punch a hole through the side of the cinder block wall and install an outside...

I have a question that I am hoping that my fellow brewers can help me out with. I am trying to get water to my detached garage so that I can start brewing out there. We live on a really small lot in Eastern MA, so digging down to the frost line to do this properly (and to code) is absolutely...

Hello, all. I am in the planning stages for my first kegerator. I have ordered the parts from the liquid-side disconnects to the faucets for a dual-faucet setup to start with. I currently have a dual-pressure gauge (two kegs, one tank) regulator, and while that will work in the short term, I...

Hey, guys. I recently bought a two-tap jockey box for use with my corny kegs. Having that much fire-power on hand at all times does not pass muster with the new wife. I just bought two 2-liter wide-mouth growlers (the German kind with the ceramic stopper, but without the metal handle) and a tap...

HELP! I bought a couple of used Corny kegs for a Belgian ale yesterday. The kegs all came pressurized and I cleaned them overnight with PBW. Reassembled them this morning and after force carbonating the first one, I have a geyser from the IN poppet after I removed the hose. It looks like it...

A friend of mine and I traveled to Newfoundland this past summer and we fell in love with Black Horse Lager. Does any one know of a clone recipe? I'm not finding anything on Google. While this beer is great, but I don't see visiting The Rock again for a few years at least. :-( Thanks...