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We had an almost full keg leftover from wedding party. (Everyone drank the IPA) My only idea on salvaging it is to transfer it into my cornys and recarbonate it. Its a full 1/2 barrel. cant fit it in the fridge or my small 2 corny kegerator. Ill have to transfer it with the pump tap/...

Making a basic American Wheat today....5 lbs 2 row....3.5 lbs white wheat....1lb Vienna and German Ale yeast. I have large quantities of Amarillo, Columbus, Chinook, Galena, Goldings. Any suggestions on Hop additions out there? Thanks

I've been doing all-grain for the last 60-some batches and decided to do a few extract brews to save time. For a full wort boil, can I steep the specialty malts in the entire 6 gallons, remove and brew as usual OR start with a smaller amount like 2 gallons, steep the specialty malts then top it...

Thinking of ordering some organic malts from the 7 Bridges Co-op. The Great Western malts are a lot cheaper than Breiss. Has anyone any advice on which brand to go with. The Great Western is $0.40-0.60 cheaper per pound. And the 50 lb sacks of 2-row are GW-$42 and Breiss-$59. Is the Great...

Hey anyone have a decent recipe or hints as to what ingredients are used. This years just hit the shelves, I'm on my third sixer and I know I need to make a similar winter ale. Hope it snows tonight.

I recently had my homemade hop screen get so clogged during the runoff, that I had to reach in and clean off the hops after the wort had cooled! Besides the risk of infection, this also allowed for much more trub to get thru. The 60 minute Columbus hops were small and broken up, so there were...

Growing at least a foot a day with the rain we've had. Will soon cover the trellis over the back deck for the ultimate beer garden. Welcome summer

Just wondering what the maximum grain bill is for other folks with a 5 gallon igloo system. The most Ive ever gotten in was just under 14 lbs.

Im just started kegging. Is there any reason my tank would already be in the red zone (order gas) after only 1 and 1/4 kegs. I thought a 5 lb tank would last for 5 or 6 kegs at least. I force carbed them both, and checked for leaks at the start. Does force carbing use up alot of CO2? or do...

I just rigged up a new hop screen for the kettle. Copper "T" and 2 copper hose barbs, with 2 short SS braids and SS hose clamps. Actually im not sure, maybe they are brass? I got them at Lowe's. Are they likely copper or brass and should I even use this contraption? My old hop screen stuck...

I have a batch of bottled porter that didn't carbonate, can I dump them into a keg for distribution? Will the oxidation of splishing and splashing from bottle to keg cause any harm? its a Porter I made in December 07. Im just getting started kegging.

I just got a Sanyo 4912 and kegging setup is on the way. I would like to convert it with tower later this year. The Sanyo fits perfectly underneath my 4 foot bar. If I want to leave it in this space, a tower will not fit on top. I would like to put a tower on top of the bar instead, but...

Couldn't a brewer just take a sample (with a thief) from an actively fermenting primary and put it straight into a fresh batch? It seems to me that there would be plenty of active yeast to start a new batch. This occurred to me as a possible option since I have time to brew a few times a week...

Decided to harvest my still green but very large hops since I must leave for the next few months. The mash is in and Im brewing on a total whim. Used the rest of my 2 row and, well here it is (mashing as I type). 8 lbs 2 row 1 lb crystal 60 1 lb Crystal 40 .5 lb nut brown .5 old...

I made this mead at the end of September with 12 lbs Wildflower honey for 5 gallons and Redstar Premeir Cuvee dry yeast. Racked it in December, it cleared completely and the S.G. is now 1.005 (checked today). I'd like to make some sparkling (in clear beer bottles), and do a few still...

Most of my homebrews end up with a "yeasty" ring around the bottle neck. I've read that in competitions, judges view that as possible contamination. Is this a rule of thumb, or are there other reasons for the rings? I'm going to try the oxygen-absorbing caps for bottling aged beers (like...

I have a few quarts of wort leftover that didn't make it into the boil. Its been sitting in the spare pot (covered) overnight. gravity is 1.046. Id like to save it for future starters. Since it will have to be boiled anyway, I figure I could just store it in a few jars in the fridge and the...

Hey everyone. I just got into homebrewing this summer and brewed my first batch in August. Now, 11 batches later, Im trying my first All grain tomorrow. I'm hooked on brewing. Tomorrow I'll have crappy weather for brewing or anything else- 35 and rainy in the valley. Ill have to brew under...