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Hey guys, I currently keg all of my beer and dispense with co2 and standard faucets. Where it gets different is I don't have a fridge for my kegs. Part of it is choice (love English styles) and part of it is space. Either way, my beer never seems to sway from 50-55F and I dispense at around 12...

Well I'll be brewing Midwest's Pumpkin Ale kit soon. I know it's late in the season but I'm not rushing it. The wife is in the mood for some so I thought I'd make a batch. Anyway, looking over the recipe, it calls for 1oz of Mt. Hood for 60min and 1oz of Cascade for 2min. Shouldn't that be the...

So I am selling my motorcycle (sob) and I'd really like to spend some of the money on brewing/beer stuff. I'd like whatever I buy to be a lasting piece, so I don't want to spend it on bulk grain or other consumables. I'll end up with between $500-$1,000. My hang up is I'm really pleased with...

Hey guys. I'm brewing a simple dark mild tonight consisting of the following grain bill: 5lb 2 row 1lb flaked barley 1lb chocolate malt ~20 IBU I've made this recipe before and I like it quite a bit. I usually use S-04 and it does fine. However, I have some washed WLP500 that I have been in...

I have a dubbel that seems to be lacking the dark fruit flavors I was hoping for. The beer is now kegged and I'm trying to figure out a way to add some of that dark fruit character, but I might need some input. I was thinking of separately fermenting a small batch of a blend of grape juice and...

Hey guys, I've been offered this faucet by a guy I know. He doesn't seem to know anything about it and I've never seen anything like it. There's a sticker on the front that says "Dalex". A quick search turned up a couple results, but they were about plastic faucets which seem popular in the UK...

I need to bang out an oatmeal stout in the next month or so for a pipeline filler. Which grain bill should I use? I really have no aim or preference for this one. 7.5lb domestic 2 row 0.5lb chocolate malt 0.5lb C80 0.5lb roasted barley 0.5lb black malt 1.0lb flaked oats or 7.5lb domestic 2...

I've been toying with the idea of doing this recently and I can't quite wrap my feeble brain around it. What I want to do is brew a 5 gallon 1.050 stout and a 2 gallon "baby" beer for my light beer drinking guests. My normal routine is a partial volume BIAB with a sparge to reach my boil...

Hey guys. Well people who come over to my house to have stout love looking at the cascading bubbles. Who doesn't? I want to bottle the stuff in such a way that all you have to do is pour it to get the cascade effect. I've told people about the syringe trick but they either forget to do it or...

Hey guys, so I want to figure out a way to serve homebrew real ale style from 1 or 2 liter bottles. Of course this isn't true real ale, but I'm just going for the effect here. Before someone says "just low carb it and pour from the bottle", I want that sparkler effect of knocking out what little...

Hey guys, I have a quick recipe to bounce off the forum. My wife is suddenly all hyped up for a good pumpkin ale this season, but being a huge fan of wheats, she really has her heart set on a pumpkin wheat style ale. So she has summoned me to brew something "wheaty and pumpkiny" up for her...

Hey guys, I just brewed up a 100% wheat ale last night with five pounds of Briess white wheat and 12 IBUs of Cascade. I used S-33 which is loving life right now as I type. I'm going to add Earl Grey tea to it at bottling but I'm unsure how much to use. Earl Grey has a pretty strong flavor and I...

I really want to try a no sparge BIAB. I have a 14 quart (3.5 gal) pot, an 8 quart (2 gal) pot, and a 6 quart (1.5 gal) pot. Roughly what size of a batch can I expect to be able to make? Sorry if there's a guide out there somewhere. My pc is down for the count and searching on my phone isn't...

Sorry but I have to vent and complain. This morning's bottling session had a few screw ups that have made me decide to bottle in plastic. First, I should mention I received four cases of 12oz long necks from my wife's uncle, who brews as well. I'm down to about three cases now due to breakage...

Hey guys, I have a quick question. I have a Sticky Wicket stout kit that I'm planning on doing next. I also have some quick oats I'd like to add. Here is what I know: I know that the oats need to be mashed with enzymes to convert it to a sugar that the yeast can use. I also know that the oats...

After two weeks of bottle conditioning, I brought two bottles upstairs only to notice small dark particles floating around in both bottles. It seems like the particles are stuck to the sides, then when the bottles are disturbed, they start falling to the bottom. These don't really look like...