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Selling two 5-gallon ball-lock corny kegs, two faucets, all hoses, ball lock connectors, clamps, and 5 lb CO2 tank. Everything you need to setup two 5 gallon kegs and convert a regular fridge to a kegorator. Asking $150 obo. If I recall, everything retails for around $250, depending on...

I'm still pretty new to brewing, about 6 batches in, but I'm interested in kegging. I've looked at quite a few threads on here, but I really need some good resources that can point me in the right direction. I am not exactly sure of what basic equipment I need to get started and how to hook it...

I would like to switch from extract to BIAB. I would like to brew this hefeweizen recipe. I was curious to find out how much water I will need to start with. I will be using a 44 quart fryer pot with basket to hold the bag. If anyone can educate me on how to calculate how much water to start...

I Made a wine based off a recipe that a coworker gave me. The recipe is 2 cans of hawaii's own guava strawberry concentrate, and 1lb sugar per gallon of water. I made a 6 gallon batch. It's been about 4 weeks and the gravity is still around 1.050. I don't have an OG because at first I was...

Made a 1gallon batch of cider with tree top cider, but forgot to take an OG reading. Does anyone know what my OG should've been? My recipe was a scaled down version of apfelwein. 1 gallon tree top cider 1 cup sugar And I used Moncharet yeast. Any help would be appreciated so I can calculate...

I just brewed my first beer this past Saturday. I know the airlock is just the vent, I don't plan on opening the bucket until three weeks as long as I can stay patient. I did notice that the airlock produced bubbles if the lid was off of the airlock itself, but with the lid on the airlock, no...

I am currently deployed and will be back home in about a month and a half. I want to start brewing and I was going to start with some extract kits from midwest. If I get a kit with specialty grains, do they need to be crushed, if so, how long will crushed grains keep before they need to be...

I just copied the following part of a recipe from the Honey Basil Ale thread as an example. I have seen these percentages with alot of recipes, what exactly do they mean? 71.4 % 5.00 Light Dry Malt Extract 14.3 % 1.00 Canadian Honey Malt (Gambrinus in original recipe) 7.1 % 0.50 Wheat...

I see alot of recipes that say ciders will ferment out dry. Would sweet be the opposite of dry? And if so, wouldn't you always ferment until it is complete, which if I understand, would be dry and then backsweeten?

I apologize if this has been asked before, I couldn't find anything using search. I am currently deployed, but I want to try home brewing when I return from Afghanistan this fall. I plan on buying one of the "ale pail" brewing kits. My question is, how do you take the hydrometer readings to...