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My keezer of 1-2 years just did a jump in temp overnight. It used to hover around 40f and now sits at 55f and can't get it any colder. The light on the freezer is on, I hear it running (albeit maybe not as loudly as before) and the side of the freezer that used to get quite warm when running...

I searched my hardest and just could not find the answer to this. It seems that nibs are recommended to be used in secondary, but I read a lot about people tasting and kegging/bottling once the chocolate flavor is where they want it. What I don't read about is how nibs are used in a...

Looking to try my hand at something that will land in the ballpark of a Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout. I can build a basic imperial stout recipe but the chocolate and cranberry amounts and "when" really get me. Right now I threw a dart in the dark and hit: - 0.5 lbs low fat...

I'm new to all-grain. I've got 5 or 6 batches under my belt and use beersmith to design/calc everything for me. I've setup my profile in beersmith to what I believe is correct (mash tun weight, volumes, losses, etc...). Just kept the default brewhouse efficiency of 72% in the profile...

I did my 4th ever all-grain batch yesterday. My thermometer was being terribly slow (have a speedy CDN one in the mail now...) and I jumped the gun reading what I thought was the right strike temp. thought it was 166ish, was probably around 180. I mashed in, stirred thoroughly, shut the...

So I just kegged two of my first all-grain batches. I was very excited until I tasted them... it just tasted "off". It's hard to describe. It's bitter but not too bitter, but that could just be the hops. Almost an astringent/tannin flavor on the aftertaste. Not all that pleasant. Almost grainy...

Is it normal for a CO2 cylinder to die only once the keg kicks? I had a leak issue that I thought I fixed, co2 was holding steady for a long while, then a keg recently kicked that I forgot to shut the gas off too. Now a few days later I'm getting to it and the co2 is dead... Is this...

Is it normal to have carbonation differences between kegs that are all fed from the same pressure/manifold? My Co2 comes into a 4-way manifold at 12-14 PSI that feeds 4 kegs/4 taps. I've attached a photo for quick reference. Basically, it seems like the keg attached to "1", furthest from...

I'm now setup with a keezer, trying to master using it... I notice that when I turn up the pressure on the Co2 regulator, the gauge goes up to the right pressure. When I turn the knob back, the pressure does NOT go back down, at least not very much anyway. I'm thinking of things like...

Well, this is frustrating. I've done everything I can think of to make the best extract possible and I still end up with this malty, syrupy, muddy, muddled, and just "unrefined" taste to all my beers. I do full boils on a turkey fryer, I've tried both DME and LME, I've done late addition...

First time kegging, set it all up, no gas leaks to the best of my knowledge, but one of my black beer connectors leaks liquid out through the top of the connector when I hook it up. I've attached a photo of exactly where I mean the leak occurs. Is this a faulty connector or does this...

I just thoroughly took apart 3 kegs to clean - soaked everything in oxyclean and put it all back together. Only... I didn't realize until this second that apparently gas and liquid posts are different? I mixed up all the posts and poppets assuming the posts were the same (I had a few...

So I have a 4-tap keezer that I just finished and so it's time to prep the kegs. I have no idea where they have been so I took them apart and am soaking them all and their parts in oxyclean for a few days. So the next step is to rinse thoroughly, re-assemble with new o-rings and keg lube...

So after measuring like 5 times and cutting once, I still managed to mess this up (I'm not a savvy woodworker apparently). I was hoping to do a double-walled keezer collar with some "lesser" wood on the inside and a larger over-hanging lip with nicer wood on the outside. Lid to be attached to...

Went apple picking this weekend and picked up some fresh 100% cider from the orchard at the same time. Is there any concern of "nasties" living in the cider prior to me brewing with it? Thinking of doing Brandon O's graff recipe and not sure if I can just go from jug to carboy or if I should...

I just started using Irish Moss (1 tsp last 15 min) in my extract brews. I noticed after racking to my carboy though that all the very large protein strings (or whatever the stringy coagulation is) all formed in the carboy. Should I have let it drop out in the brew kettle (if it does?)...

Building a 4-tap keezer, am I missing anything: 4x SS Perlick Faucet & 4 1/8" shank/tailpiece/handle combo 4x ball-lock barbed disconnect pairs Taprite Dual Gauge Regulator 4-way gas distributor manifold Faucet wrench 60 feet Bevlex200 thick-wall 3/16" X 7/16" beer line (2.2 PSI per...

I see this in extract recipes all the time and I genuinely don't understand why you would use a certain poundage of LME then throw in some different poundage of DME. Especially when the LME/DME are the same (Pale, for example). Wouldn't it be easier all round to just stick to a single...

Just got a freezer that will hold 4 kegs and now I'm looking to buy plumbing but I'm confused on primary/secondary options. I'd like to be able to serve all 4 kegs at different pressures if I want (go big or go home, right?). So I assumed I needed a primary and 4 secondaries. I was just...