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Ok, so weird thing happening to me here. I brewed a Irish red ale and kegged it about a month ago. As part of my process, I racked to secondary, chilled to 34 degrees and fined with gelatin. What I do is add 1 tsp of gelatin to a cup of water, let it bloom for about 30 mins at room temp, then...

Hey everyone, Starting to take a stab at designing my own recipes. I'm a sucker for lagers, especially Oktoberfest/Märzen beers. I thought I'd try and design one, but I'm definitely not experienced enough to know how this will turn out so please feel free to share your opinions! First, a...

Hi All, So I was taking a stab at concocting my own Oktoberfest/Marzen recipe, using a few BYO articles as general guidelines. I was tying to keep it super traditional with only German malts and noble hops. Anyways, my question was around two of the malts I decided to throw in: melanoidin malt...

Hi Everyone, Looking for a decent price on a 10#, 15# or 20# tank. I'd prefer to pick it up in the DFW area, but if shipping is decent, I'd do that too. Thanks, - Roz

Hi everyone, I'm interested in the forum's input on this. I'm thinking about brewing this up in time for Christmas with my good buddy. The recipe is kind of out of my head, which is always iffy, so please give me your best shots! The name is inspired by two things: first, the style being...

Hi Everyone, Getting back in to brewing after a long, long hiatus. I'm going to ease back in with a crowd-pleasing, easy-to-brew IRA. Here's the recipe for a 5 gal. batch (lifted from Midwest): 9 lbs. Pale Malt (2 row) 12 oz. Caramel 40 4 oz. Roasted Barley 4 oz. Special B 1 oz. East...

Hi folks, Getting back into brewing after an extended hiatus and I'm cobbling my gear back together. I've been carbonating and pushing my beer with a bunch of old paintball CO2 tanks that I had laying around, but now I'm ready to upgrade the gas system, starting with a big boy tank...

I need a co2 regulator. Single or doubl gauge. I'd rather relieve sombody of equipment they don't need and help us both our, rather than buy new. -Roz

Hey Everyone, I just came by a free sankey keg and I want to convert it to a kettle. I do partial volume boils at the moment and I would like to move into full volume boils and possibly all grain, but I need a kettle large enough. Is it possible to strip off the plastic and turn this into a...

Hi All, I just finished my latest homebrew: its a cream ale and has been bottle conditioning for almost 3 weeks. I just popped the top and tasted it. Its disgusting! I've been homebrewing for a year and a half now and have maybe 15 to 20 brews under my belt, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DRINKABLE...

Hey Guys, I've got a situation with wyeast 2206 bavarian lager. I brewed a bock over the weekend and realized that after 72hrs at room temp, that I may have needed to pitch a starter. I dumped that beer and bought new ingredients and a new pack of 2206 and smacked it 36 hrs ago. I made the...

Hey guys, I've done several ales since I started brewing over a year ago, but this weekend I will by trying my first lager. I got a small minifridge off craigslist for $30 that will fit two cornies and I will be lagering in it as well. I think I robbed the guy blind considering it gets down...

Hi All, New to the forum, wondering if you guys could help out a little. I'm looking to build a two keg kegerator from a minifridge and I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion of a specific model fridge that would work well. I need it to hold two 5gal. cornies possibly with the co2...