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Hey HBT, I have been dealing with bitter harsh astringent flavors in my beers of late. Deep cleaned and trying to track the source of the issue. Took apart my kettle ball valve, iodophor cleaned most of my equipment (normally use starsan). Replaced all hoses, airlocks, and o-rings on kegs...

Hey HBT, I have soft water here in San Francisco. Calcium 5 ppm Magnesium 1 ppm Sodium 7 ppm Chloride 4 ppm Sulfate 1 ppm Alkalinity 22 ppm as CaC03 Ph 9.2 I plan to brew a BIAB Porter (6 gallon batch) this weekend, 5 into fermenter. 5# Fawcett Maris Otter 2.7L 2# Flaked Oats 1# Wyermann...

Can anyone here weld a 304 SS wire loop or a tab with a hole to the underside of corny keg lids? https://www.morebeer.com/products/cornelius-keg-lid-welded-tab.html I have tried these lids but they don't fit particularly well with my AEB Italian kegs. I have two lids that I would pay to...

I have done the dental floss through the lid seal (had a few kegs leak this way, other times work perfectly), cut one of my dip tubes to dry hop loose in the keg (takes a while for all the particles to settle but no clogs just particle pints for a while), lastly I picked up the welded tab lid...

Replaced my gas lines with https://www.morebeer.com/products/ultra-barrier-gas-pvc-free-beer-tubing-516-id-foot.html I have 5/16 barbs on my regulator and on the ball lock side. I used worm clamps but the hose still spins on both sets of connections. If I over tighten then hose just tears...

Hey HBT, I recently was carbonating a keg, I had it connected at 30PSI in my kegerator (tank outside), when I returned 30 hours later the tank was empty. This was near the end of the tank and I went through a few kegs. I disconnected the tank and connected my backup. I went to swap the tank...

Hey HBT, Brewed up this stout on 3/21, been two weeks today in primary. Pitched a healthy starter of NorCal 1 from Gigayeast via MrMalty pitch rates. Fermentation took off quick at 64F in my mini fridge. 1.094 OG Have not taken a FG or taste yet, figuring if I should keg this or not. This...

Hey HBT, I have replaced my gas lines (2x) over the 2 years I have been kegging. Never noticed any beer back flow, as I never connect the gas to a pressurized keg or change the pressure other then higher on the regulator side while connected to a keg. I have noticed on all my beer lines I get...

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2014/12/micro-pale-ale-30.html "I dry hopped this directly in the primary while there was still some yeast activity. I'm starting to find that minimizing oxidation outweighs hop/yeast contact. This is pretty much the reverse from what my mindset was a couple years...

Hey HBT, I have been brewing for 5 years now with 1 year into kegging and partial mashing (3 gallon cooler mash tun). Prior to kegging last year I had a 32 point Wee Heavy and a 38 point Milk Stout in NHC (bottle conditioned). This last year I upgraded to an 8 gallon pot (full boils) and I...

Hey HBT, Doing some major cleaning/replacement on my kegging system. I am trying to replace my gas lines and got some Foxx Superflex PVC tubing that smells like plastic. I ordered some more tubing from another supplier it also smells like plastic. I hate tubing in general, most beverage...

Hey HBT, So I brewed this Wee Heavy, http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/scottish-wee-heavy-extract-kit.html OG 1.083 I grew up a 1 gallon starter of Scottish Ale yeast by Wyeast, had a strong fermentation brewed 11/26 - on 12/15 racked to Secondary (FG 1.022 (8% abv) tasted good! no floaties)...

Hey HBT, I brewed up a Blind Pig IPA clone, ~54 ibu, 14 days ago, fermentation was 62F with US05 rehydrated. Its currently at room temp 72F and I noticed these bubbles after the krausen fell. Any ideas? I am starting to think PET bottles are not the way to go.

Hey HBT, Arrived home to a great sight, high pressure gauge reading 0. I have been cursed!, this is 2 tanks in a row (each time swaps)! The only thing I have changed is those washers displayed, the yellow plastic washer came with the tank but I switched to those grey compression...

Hey, I brewed up my Heady Topper clone yesterday which used 10ml (2) hop shots from Northern Brewer. The Conan yeast is working magic right now 24 hours into pitching, but I noticed those black dots on the side of the carboy, which was also on the kettle. I tasted them on the kettle last...

Ahoy, Last week I had fermented a beer that used WLP002 English Ale Yeast. I created an extra big starter and decanted when I used it in my other brew but the rest I poured into a ball jar and topped off with fresh room temp seltzer water. After leaving it in the fridge for a week I noticed...

Hey Homebrewers, I am brewing a Wee Heavy this Saturday OG 1.081 5 Gallon batch, I picked up one vial of Scottish Ale 1728 which had a of date November 15th 2012. I first used Mr Malty and it recommended a 2.54 liter starter with stir plate. I only have a 2 liter flask, so I grew the...

Ahoy Homebrewtalk, I brewed up a 3.5 Gallon Vienna Lager on 7/14/2012, fermented at 50F for 2 weeks then racked to a 3 gallon carboy for larger-ing, still has around 3 weeks in my fridge. The thing is I did such a good job siphoning and left around 1/2 gallon in the primary (5 gallon carboy)...

Hey Yall, Brewing tomorrow and been trying to clean my 6.5 gallon glass carboy. I have PBW soaked and brushed, and even threw a teapot of boiling water and brushed. This white spot shown in the photo has not budged, do yall think this could be a flaw in the glass? Any other cleaning tips or...

Hey, I recently picked up a http://morebeer.com/view_product/20181/104254/Kit_-_Apricot_Peach_Melomel mead kit from more beer. I brewed it Saturday night, this morning it looked like this in the fermenter. Is this normal for this strain of yeast "Dry Wine Yeast - BA-11 (8 g)". Thanks