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I recently bought a sanke coupler to dispense commercial beer from my homebrew keg setup. I've never (and don't) have foaming issues when dispensing homebrew, but get almost nothing but foam from the commercial keg. I'm using the same picnic tap & beer line that I used on my last homebrew keg...

I'll be in the Southwest area of Michigan for a couple of weeks soon and am looking for beer and brewery recommendations. What are some of the beers I should search out? Breweries? thanks!

I did a BIAB IPA on Sunday that had an OG of 1.059. After reading much conflicting information rehydrating dry yeast, I just pitched the satchel of US-05 directly into the oxygenated wort. I had krausen forming within 18 hours. My questions: What, if anything, does the evidence of...

I kegged a Saison on 5/26. Set the CO2 to 30psi for about 3-4 days. Backed it down to 15psi for another 3-4 days and poured a couple of pints. They tasted great! I decided to leave it on 15psi since. I've had & shared a few more pints (maybe a dozen) over the next three weeks -- all...

I attached two photos of a Saison fermenting with W3711 two days after pitching. I've never used this yeast before & was wondering if this looks normal.

I took gravity reading on my current batch of beer last night (2 1/2 weeks in the primary) & noticed the sample was slightly carbonated. My OG was 1.052 and the reading from last night was 1.008 (about what I was expecting). I cleaned/sanitized the airlock & replaced. I'm pretty sure the...

http://lovebrewingcompany.com/brewing/diy/heatstick/ I've been thinking about going electric for some time & this build seems to be a cheap'n'easy way to try. But, I've been wondering about some things, like: What volume of water with this boil? How long will it take to boil that volume...

I'm brewing a NBB Mighty Arrow clone right now as a 2.5 gallon batch & didn't realize that the WLP051 I bought expires 4/12/13. I plugged that into mrmalty.com and found that it only has 18% viability, which means I should've done a starter. I didn't. But, I have a fresh pack of US-05 or...

I was just wondering if anyone uses an upright freezer for cellaring beer & what some considerations might be. Other than hooking up a temp controller what other things do I need to think about? -WTY

I received a 2000ml erlenmeyer flask & stir plate for Christmas and decided to give it a go and make a starter on a two-month old package of Wyeast 3763. Mr. Malty said I only need a 1L starter. I filled the flask to the 1000ml mark with tap water and set it on my gas stove. As the water...

I'm not sure how many subscribe to this persons blog, but I thought I'd link this article from Fermentedly Challenged: 15 Steps to becoming a ********* at GABF http://www.fermentedlychallenged.com/2012/10/15-steps-to-becoming-*********-at-gabf.html) *********** Would it be wrong to...

Apologies in advance if this has been discussed before. I'm curious about cold crashing yeast starters; I've read that its common practice to cold crash & decant a starter prior to use; Its also my understanding 'cold crashing' is common practice prior to boggling & that there is plenty of...

I brewed Jamil's Hoppiness is an IPA out of Brewing Classic Styles: 9.75lbs Light LME .5lbs Munich LME 1lb Crystal 10 .25lb Crystal 40 1 oz. Galaxy @ 60 1 oz. Centennial @ 10 1 oz. Simcoe @ 5 1 oz. Amarillo @ 0 SG 1.065 FG 1.012 I steeped the grains in 7 gals of carbon filtered...

Has anyone been? Is it better than the other sessions? Is it just less-crazy?

I bought a 3 gallon better bottle a while back and saw a warning to not exeed 140F liquid. My hot water is probably at or above 140F, so I'm nervous about what I'm doing to the plastic, or if I'm leeching chemicals from it, when cleaning. Does anyone have any experience with temperature of...

I don't know how long it's been there, but I noticed a hairline crack in the bottom of my carboy. It starts on the bottom about an inch away from the center and ends on the side about 1/2" above the bottom. I probably shouldn't use it, but the boil is just about finished on a batch & I've got...

I have the Cascade Pale Ale Partial Mash kit from Midwest that I'd like to brew tonight. The directions have you mashing 4 lbs of grain in 1 gal of 151-154F water for 45-75 minutes. Then sparging with 1.5 gals of 175F water through the grains into the boil kettle, add the 3.3 lbs LME & bring...

I'm going to do a 5 gallon Brewer's Best Cream Ale extract kit with instructions for a 2.5 gallon boil as follows: 3.3 lb. Extra Light LME - 55 min boil 2.0 lb. Pilsen DME -- 15 min boil 1 lb. Corn sugar -- 15 min boil 1.25 oz. Willamette bittering hops 5.5% AA -- 55 min 1 oz. Willamette...

Does anyone know if you can get your corny keg filled by local (Fort Collins, CO) breweries? We've been drinking a ton of ODell's St. Lupulin lately!

I'm in the San Diego area with the fam and was hoping to get some suggestions on breweries I might be able try.