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So question for the HBT Brain Trust here. When I'm brewing, after my boil and ice bath its time to pour said future deliciousness into the carboy. So when I'm pouring from my pot through the funnel I use a little mesh filter (I used to have this awesome fine metal strainer that I can't find...

So I have a muscato from a kit currently, and the instructions told me to degas for about 2 minutes, then to add my chemicals and fining agent and what have you. Just out of curiosity I've been watching some youtube tutorials and hit one on degassing and now everything I'm reading is telling me...

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me out here. A couple of weeks ago I make a yeast starter because my girlfriend was going to be in town and we were going to make some beer. Long story short life happened and we were unable to make the full batch and I haven't had a chance to brew since...

So I've been meaning to ask this for a while, when you get a commercial keg (I just got one of Bells Two Hearted not long ago) do you need to do anything different when you hook it up to the CO2? Should it be lower?

Ok, so this is some bizarreness that has now happened to me 4 times....I need some help good people of the interwebs! I'm attempting to make a starter, and I clean and sanitize my Erlenmeyer flask. I'm using PBW and Star San at their recommended levels to clean/sanitize. Then I put in my...

Just thought I would brighten everyone's morning with a story of fail from last night/this morning. I'm doing an Irish Red for St. Patty's Day, and so I wanted to do a starter last night. So I attempt to do it in the flask (as I had done before) and it resulted in a HUGE boil over. Had to...

Hey all. I was wondering about keeping thermometers in while you brew. I was given a $10 from Northern Brewer (I returned it because of super poor reviews on the website) but on the packaging it specified not to keep it in aside from to take a reading. I was wondering with some pots like this...

So just over two weeks ago, my kegerator ran out of beer. First time since I got it in April 2012 that it ran out. In fact, we've had 3 beers on tap from October until January when they all ran out at the same time. It was terrible! So for my birthday, several of my friends decided to get me...

I would seriously give up my first-born child for a recipe. People who have tried it know what I'm talking about.

Hello again everyone! I decided to brew a pumpkin over Labor Day weekend. The brew day went pretty well, ended up adding some extra pumpkin pie spices to primary and secondary fermentation. Had more crap in it than ANY beer I've ever made so filtering it from primary into secondary was a real...

Hi everyone. I've been brewing for a few years now, and I'm venturing into the world of wine making. Starting off witha Vinters Reserve kit for a Pino Noir. Going through everything that I'll need I'm not 100% sure about a few things. The first (and biggest) is the kit says I need is an...

So I'm in the middle of my first pumpkin ale, and I think (more hope) its going well. I just transferred off some pumpkin and trub and into secondary. It was a little while ago, and now I'm starting to see a few signs of fermentation. Most of my brews just clear up in secondary, haven't...

So here is the deal. I'm the best man in my best friend's wedding, which is awesome. I thought it would be cool to make a beer to have at the rehearsal dinner (its at someone's house rather than an actual business so no real worries about legal business licences) Anyhow, the real problem with...

Hi all, I've got a question. I have a two faucet kegerator (from the beverage factory website) in my apartment. I would love to have a third tap in my place and was thinking that I can fit a third corny keg in my kegerator but don't want to deal with drilling a new hole and putting a new...

Hi all, I feel the need to share the best compliment I've ever gotten about my beer. I was talking to a friend last night on the phone and she was telling me about a picnic she was going to on the 4th. And in her words "Yeah, but they will only have Miller Light or something. You know...

So this is kind of strange. I went to brew an Irish Red for the summer because it quenches. I decided to experiment a little bit and toss in some Citra hops at the end of the boil. So the last 15 minutes, I tossed in an ounce of them. Sat in the carbouy for 3 weeks (maybe 4?) Transfered to...

Ok, so I've been reading a lot on kegging, and enjoying my own kegerator. However, my question is really about first pours. I have a commercial kegerator (living in an apartment and they gave me a no-go on getting a second full-sized fridge)...

So question about a brew technique that I swear I read somewhere (though I can't find where) that I've done with a good deal of success, but like I said, I can't find anywhere to back it up. Hopefully someone with more know-how can let me know if this would be a good idea. Lets say a recipe...

So question. I just got my kegerator and have about 6' of beer lines. Its workout out ok so far (3 beers, its still a youngin) But I was doing some reading earlier today and saw that most people on here recommend 10' lines, but when I was reading on kegerator.com they said 5' (I think?) Why...

I have a dual tap kegerator coming in sometime in the next few days. Apartment living just got a whole lot better :D