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So I force carbonate my beer with the keg and have been doing so for awhile now. I recently started to connect the gas line from the tank to the liquid out port of the keg when carbonating and have been getting way better carbonation. My question is how do I keep the beer from running up the...

This batch I am making right now has just been such a pain in the ass. First, I did my first yeast starter today which ****ed up and turned into a useless sludge. So I had to run to my LHBS last minute to spend more money on a good amount of yeast for a 1.070 IPA. Then I forgot to add the Munich...

So I am having some problems getting a good grasp of what farmhouse yeast really is. I have been doing some research but cant find much, any advice?

I am having an issue when done force carbonating my beer in the kegerator. I force carbonate with the proper CO2 levels given to me in a force carbonation calculator according to the beer style being kegged. I force carb for a week then turn the CO2 down to serving pressure at about 5-8 PSI. The...

I know i know not another, "I want to be a pro brewer so what should i do," post. I have already done alot of research on getting started and some of the best stuff to do. I have been brewing for about a year and a half, not too long but I experiment, read, educate, and do research on a daily...

Attention all persons who have attended any kind of formal education program for professional brewing!!!!! I am currently looking to get into the world of professional brewing and I am in the process of getting a volunteer job with a brewery. I am looking to brew for microbreweries not...

So I have been doing alot of research into this and I would like some more opinions on these two areas. 1. How long to do primary fermentation? I heard 2 weeks is a general good for ales but I have heard up to 4 weeks in primary. What is a good general guideline? 2. I am going to start...

I was wondering what would be the best way for me to obtain a brewing job at one of my local breweries/brewpubs? Any advice would be helpful. I am looking to get some insight into the brewing world to see if I would be interested in it being a future career move.

Lately I have been looking to go back to school and just started doing research into going into a brewing school. I really enjoy my day job but enjoy craftbeer and homebrewing more. I know there is a huge difference between brewing at home and at a microbrewery in regards to techniques and...

Two big questions I have been pondering over for the past couple of brews. 1. I have always heard as a golden rule to let my beer ferment for about 8-12 days to be safe. Is this a good amount of time or too much? 2. Also, I have really no clue how well i need to aerate my wort and at what...

So I just bought me some bleach and oxiclean so I can start saving more money when it comes to brewing. I find conflicting information on how much bleach to use to sanitize and its proper use. I also find the some conflicting information for using oxiclean to clean my equipment. Any hints or...

So I check on my lemon wheat beer that was on its first 24 hours of fermentation and noticed that the krausen buildup was so bad that it was spewing out of my fermentation lock. I felt I have no choice but to take the fermentation lock off. I placed a towel around the neck of the carboy to catch...

So I have a C02 tank with just a simple regulator to carbonate my kegged beer in a seperate refrigerator so when I am ready for a new keg of beer it is already carbonated. I just started using this system and I have checked for leaks on at least 3 seperate occasions using soapy water. The first...

I just watched to all grain using an MLT system. I am hitting great OGs and getting great efficiency with this system. I use filtered water, I aerate the wort well after cooling it quickly, I always double pitch liquid yeast, and I use a fermentation chamber to keep the fermenting beer at great...

So I brewed my last attempt at the BIAB method before moving to my new MLT system and the last batch was a dunkelweizen. I brewed it just like I did my last batch but instead of getting the estimated OG of 1.052 I only acheived an OG of 1.025:mad:. I also had a really short fermentation time...

I would have to saw today has been the most frustrating day for brewing that I have ever had. Until my MLT comes in I do AG brewing on the stove top with an 8 gal and a 5 gal stock pot. I use deathbrews method since I also have an electric stovetop. The brewing process began with me remembering...

I am happy to say that I finally made the decision to start kegging my brew. I already purchased my kegerater, link to follow. I was wondering what advice everybody here would have for somebody new to kegging...

So I started up a Lawnmower lager about a week ago. I failed to follow instructions and after pitching the yeast I put the beer down to a range of 50-55F before active signs of fermentation were present. After three days of no signs of fermentation I called my LHBS who suggested keeping the beer...

I am about to start all grain brewing and I will be using a sparging system made with two coolers. One to hold my sparge water and one to actually sparge the grains. After I am done mashing my grains do I go ahead and add all of the grains with my current wort in my brew pot to the lauter tun...

So I have been making these pre-made mini mash kits from my LHBS which always tells you what ABV you should hit. I always double pitch liquid yeast and I ferment my ales at the proper temps of about 60-63. I use really good sanitation techniques and this has not been my first rodeo. I am...