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So far I've: 1) Replaced the O-ring 2) Lubed the crap out of it 3) Tried switching the direction of the lid (several times) 4) Put dimes under the latches to tighten it and it still won't seal. I can feel the air flowing near the points of the lids. Any advice would be appreciated!

1) one corney keg is leaking gas from the "in" post when I disconnect it. 2) the other won't create a seal around the top "thing" (don't know the terminology) that opens and closes. Both kegs are about two months old. Thanks in advance.

all-grain or anything else. I'm looking for the right combination of malt to make a really orange brew. Any help?

...with the sit and wait method. I thought I could wait a week for my Pliny the Elder clone, but my other keg had a leak in the line and I'd love to have it ready tomorrow night. I hooked it up at 12 PSI on Monday. If I shake it for 15 mintues or so will it be carbed by tomorrow night?

I had been using a blow off on my "big brews" but I didn't use one on the Oatmeal Stout I just brewed. I guess making a starter helped as it blew off the airlock less than 12 hours after I pitched. I've lost a lot of wort. Should I do anything like add water, wort, and/or yeast to make up...

The duder at my LHBS told me starters are not necessary and not always a good idea but reading this place it seems like some of you swear by them. Where do you stand?

When dry hopping with pellets do I need to stir them in? I know it's not a good idea to introduce oxygen into the wort at this point, so should I just plop them in and let it go? Thanks in advance.

What do you all think? Is it too many hops? An online calculator told me it'd be around 134 IBU and that was without the dry hopping. It's basically an amalgam of my two favorite IIPAs Hopslam and dfh 90min. 5 gallon batch 10 pounds plain light dry malt extract 1 lb Crystal Malt 40...

I bought a bottle of Sierra Nevada's 30th Anniversary. It has a cork top. Can I reuse this for bottling? If not the cork part, can I at least reuse the bottle itself with a regular bottlecap?

I want to make Duvel. The recipe I have says to pitch yeast twice. Ferment once for 7 days and then rack to secondary and pitch yeast again. My question is: can I just buy one bottle and make it last? I'm thinking use half of the original yeast, make a starter a few days before saving the...

My stock pot holds 24 quarts. Would I have to get a bigger pot if I wanted to switch to all-grain?

I noticed many recipes don't tell how long to mature your beer. I know it depends on the type so one would think that would be something you should include in a recipe. So: Is there a guide somewhere on how long certain beers should mature in primary, secondary, in the bottle, overall...

I made a Bells Oberon Clone two days ago and the airlock is not bubbling yet. I can't figure out what I could've done wrong. I used liquid wyeast for the first time but I'm pretty sure I followed the directions. Help!

I'm getting ready to make a raspberry mead (melomel). It's going into a 5 gallon fermenter so I'm guessing I'm going to need to make a 4 gallon batch so there is enough headspace. Now for the questions: 1) I've collected roughly 7 pounds of raspberries from my raspberry bushes this season...

I just made a batch and the OG was 1.045 when it was supposed to be 1.050. Is there anything I can do to fix that? For future reference is there a way to fix the opposite problem?

In all my homebrewing books I can't find a definition of double IPA. Many double IPAs are too sweet for me, but I can't resist a good, super-hoppy double. So is there a technique that is unique to double IPAs? What the difference between an IPA and a Double IPA?

I noticed many of you are brewing or have brewed EdWort's Apfelwien. The recipe says you can carbonate. But wine is not carbonated as far as I know. What do you all do/suggest?

I recently got into homebrewing and I'm all about it. Like most things I've already thrown myself into it full blown. I don't have a homebrew ready to drink yet and I've already got two batches in carboys, one in the fermenter, and a dual kegerator on my extra frig. Here's hoping I know what...

When I turn the tap off beer squirts through the four little holes on the nut on the outside of my kegerator tap. I feel like there should be an easy fix but I can't figure it out. Hopefully I've described my problem well enough for you all to know what I'm saying.