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Hey guys, I've home brewed a few times, and my boyfriend and I are looking to start kegging! Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best equipment to use? We are looking to stay around $400. Preferably, we'd like to be able to hook up two corney kegs in the kegerator at once. I've...

So I cracked open my first bottle of homebrew the other day and noticed it was a bit undercarbonated. It had been in bottles for about 1.5 weeks, so i think it was done carbonating, I just added a little less priming sugar (3.7oz instead of 5) since I was paranoid about bottle bombs. I can't...

My first beer, a milk stout, has been in bottles for 1.5 weeks (bottled last Sunday evening). I'm thinking about cracking the first one open tonight, as I just finished my last undergraduate final. It should be done carbonating by now right? I know it will get better with time, but it should...

I brewed the Brewer's Best Milk Stout a few weeks ago and it is now bottling day. I was reading up on how to prepare the priming sugar and I'm a little confused. The directions for the kit say to mix the priming sugar packet (5oz) with 2 cups of water and boil, whereas John Palmer's book...

So I realized that I let about 1.5 gallons of starsan solution (most of the volume being water of course) in my bottling bucket for 2 or so weeks. My tube to syphon from primary to bottling bucket was also in there (it floated but there was solution in maybe the bottom third of the tubing)...

Finally acquired enough empty bottles to bottle my first brew this weekend! I just have a few last minute questions: 1) I was wondering what you guys think the best way to sanitize the bottles is. Soak them in StarSan? Bake them in the oven for a while? Soak them in boiling water for a...

Ok so my hydrometer broke during brew day before I could actually use it (it was incredibly fragile and just snapped as I was lifting it). I read up some on it, and decided that I would try to use a scale instead (measuring equivalent volumes of water and beer to get the specific gravity)...

So I have two 6.5 gallon buckets, each with a spigot (most basic MoreBeer starter kit). One is obviously being used as my primary fermenter, the other can be used as the bottling bucket. When it's time to bottle, can I just attach the 3/8'' tubing to the spigot and pour the beer from the...

Is transferring the beer to a secondary fermenter necessary or even helpful if I am not adding anything before bottling? It's a milk stout and there are no additions between beginning fermentation and adding the priming sugar right before bottling. I've looked at a few places to see what...

I came home this afternoon to find that the middle piece of the airlock had been blown off (not damaged just resting on the fermenter lid). I had forgotten to put the cap on the top of the airlock when I sealed it up last night (first time brewing...whoops). I put the lid on the fermenter at 8...

I'm in the midst of brewing my first batch! I'm attempting Brewer's Best Milk Stout and I'm at the hop addition stage. The recipe the milk stout kit comes with says to sprinkle the hops in, however I have a nylon mesh bag from my brewing equipment set (more beer #1) that can be used to...