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Seeing that I may have made a bad call introducing oxygen into the carboy and all - can I remedy the risk of oxidation any way - keg it sooner than normal or let it sit the standard week? I mean there was occasional airlock movement in the carboy....?

Cool guys, I just shelled out almost four grand for a new transmission in my car, so I can't really invest in any more brewing equipment for the time being - of course I will still brew! I was just curious if anyone had ever over carbonated their beer in a keg and then bottled straight from...

I got a carbonater cap, the first time I tried using it was on a small 20 0z water bottle and it wouldn't seal correctly - I guess I need a coke-like bottle for it to work? I mean I was more just looking to have some sitting away for a month later when the keg would be gone, in glass...

So what I have been doing is kegging all my beer, because I have heard how horrible bottling is. With that said, I usually keep my two kegs around 15psi with no co2 tank connected, until I reset it back to 15 after I dispensed a few beers. When I am rolling over to someone's place or when...

My buddy that got me into it said introducing some oxygen in a high gravity may not be bad going into the carboy because it could potentially allow the yeast to ferment more...I guess that was where my idea came from....

So I tossed the KILLER Double IPA into the carboy last night - should be around 10.5% and smells INCREDIBLE. So my question is, because I was heavily consumed on homebrew when I made the call....while siphoning into the carboy I would stop periodically and pour in a portion of the cascade...

That's a good point, I definately will have to give that batch a try - I've brewed 3 ipa/double ipa's so far and a triple belgium - so I figured I post this up here to get some ideas cause I am probably going to brew one or two different style IPA's this weekend - keep the suggestions coming!

Hey guys, So as confessed, I am a sucker for all IPA's. I think the best one straight up(at least in my neck of the woods in the ATL) is Sweetwater IPA. The first beer I did,was an IPA kit, and it actually came out to be a good clone of that beer. I am pretty sure I will go rely heavily...

My buddy that I might go in on bulk with asked how long the shelf life is on DME and/or LME? I had nothing for him...

Good deal guys - this thread definately helped! If you can imagine the days where you were shelling out around 70 bucks a batch, I am sure you can appreciate where I am coming from! I guess I will buy some bulk of the extra light LME and try and line up a solid hook on some bulk DME too - the...

Wow, yeah that would be a good area to cut cost! Like I said I can easily stomach the $50 batch of high gravity - I figure a buck a beer is well worth the effort for **** that cost me $3 a beer out of the store - I may just get like 20-30lbs of the Extra Light Extract at the $2.15 a pop - and...

Yeah I have two friends that are brewmasters at SweetWater Brewry in Atlanta, they have a similar setup - I have a pic, but I am not sure how to post it, pretty much 3 full size sweetwater kegs stacked vertically, and they do AG...my buddy said we need to brew a batch some time, so I might sit...

What in general is entailed going AG - right now I am just doing like a 3 gallon boil with dme/lme/grains? Are we talking stepping out to the outdoor setup pretty much?

So I have been brewing a lot of high gravity beers lately - the typical profile is about 10-12lbs of DME and or course a couple ounces of hops with a liquid yeast tube, and a small assortment of steeping grains... I would say on average that runs me about $65 bucks a pop (tax, out the door...

Thanks for the advice guys! I might get boo'd for the next addition of fact to this recipe BUT... I actually added about 3/4 of a gallon past the 5 gallon mark because I was getting too many "5 gallon" batches that really only netted around 4 gallons - so I figured - screw it add a little...

Good point, I figured I'd ask since all I have been brewing is high gravity - I would assume it's properly fermenting, like I said the bubbles were pretty agressive compared to past brews...What about going into the carboy? Are there any techniques before I siphon the beer into the carboy - or...

This is my first time posting on this site, but not the first brew I have done. I have been on an IPA craze lately - especially double IPA's so that's all I have been brewing. My current brew is about four days into fermentation and has been generating for the last 3 days about 300 bubbles...