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What is the most effective way to fill a growler from a picnic tap without causing excessive loss of CO2?

Anyone out there tried their hand at brewing a clone of Ballast Point's Victory at Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter? I brewed what started out as a Robust Porter today to which I am thinking of adding vanilla, coffee, oak or bourbon additions to the secondary. My BeerSmith OG estimate...

I just put a Pale Ale down for secondary fermentation on 1 oz of whole Cascade 7.5% AA hops to add some aroma and flavor. My question: Is it detrimental in any way for the beer to sit too long on the dry hops? I've heard that ideal dry hopping should last anywhere from 4-14 days. If for whatever...

Im currently making the transition into partial mash brewing and am beginning to fine tune my recipes with BeerSmith. I am partial to buying my ingredients online from Northern Brewer, so I'm wondering if any of you guys out there are familiar with the SRM/Lovibond ratings assigned to the...

So I prepared a 1/2 gallon starter for my Wyeast 3787 Trappist HG to pitch into my Patersbier wort. I missed my number on OG it was only 1.041, 6 points shy of target. I decanted most of the spent wort from the starter and pitched it at 70 degrees F. Fermentation picked up pretty quickly, with...

I'm looking to make a high gravity spiced ale that I can put down and age until December. I'm looking specifically for help concocting a recipe that takes into account two brewhouse limitations: Only able mash four lbs of base/specialty grains (2 gallon mini-mash tun) Only able to safely boil...