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Ok, I kinda feel like an idiot. I scored a CO2 tank on craigslist last month. I got on here looking for a recommended regulator on the cheap, and a poster suggested this one - nothing fancy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D86IMPI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 But, either I'm just...

This is my first batch where I haven't seen any activity within 48 hours. It's a Belgian wit with Safale Belgian ale yeast. I just sprinkled the yeast directly into the wort. There's a chance it wasn't cool enough before I added it. This morning, I popped open the bucket lid to take a...

Wondering if anyone has any experience or opinion on this regulator from Amazon. I'm concerned it's too "low-end." http://tinyurl.com/ln5zyqz I did pretty well this weekend on getting some kegs and a CO2 tank via Craigslist. Thanks!

Trying to move to kegging, and I got this price from a guy on craigslist. Worth the money or too much? 2- 5 gallon pin lock corny kegs w/ new o-rings, and 4 pin lock connections(2 gas in, 2 liquid out), and 2 dispensers (picnic faucet tap). ---$120 -Ryan

I'm planning a basic stout batch. But I want to put a small portion of it into a separate bucket after boiling and add chocolate malt that's been mashed and boiled separately. Any reason I couldn't do this? I've split batches before to add fruits and extracts, but never thought of...

I brewed this nut brown recipe from my local store last fall: Extract 2.5 lbs Pale Malt Extract 4 lbs Amber Malt Extract Grain .5 lbs 120 L Crystal Malt .2 lbs Chocolate .125 lbs Roasted Barley Hops 1 oz Perle (60 minutes) 1 oz Willamette (15 minutes) 1 oz Willamette (0 minutes)...

Ok, I hope this doesn't sound stupid, but here goes. I'm messing around with the Mr. Malty calculator and trying to get familiar with yeast math and science. I'm going to try to harvest and store some yeast from the batch I have going right now (first time, never tried before). But, I want to...

Ok, I think I went through my bottle of Star-San faster than I needed. I had basically been making a full five-gallons each time I needed to sanizitze then submerged my gear. But, I see that some people just make a spray bottle and spray. Is spraying enough? Even just spraying the...

I'd like to either find or make a calendar of Colorado beer festivals in 2013. Anyone know a link to one?

I'm planning on trying Dry Malt Extracts for my next few batches. I've found lots of discussion on the qualities of DME versus LME, and good information on making batch-size adjustments. But, I'm unclear if there are any procedural differences with dry versus liquid. Anything to be aware...

My local home brew store sells hops in vacuum sealed bags. But most of the packaging is more than a recipe calls for. We have a food saver vacuum sealer. If I open a package of hops, take what I need, and then re-vacuum and seal, will they last for a while in the fridge? Or once their...

I'm experimenting in my basement with a 6.5 gallon bucket sitting in a water bath in my camping-cooler. The bucket is filled to five gallons. It actually fits pretty well, but I can't close the lid on the cooler. So, I found some styrofoam sheets I had previously used in my old aluminum...

I'm going to make a simple extract Nut Brown ale today - a full five gallon batch. But, when I go to bottle (I don't do a secondary), I'm thinking of putting a gallon or two into a smaller carboy and adding cocoa powder for a "sub batch." Then, letting that sit for a couple of weeks...

I'm going to make a simple extract Nut Brown ale today - a full five gallon batch. But, when I go to bottle (I don't do a secondary), I'm thinking of putting a gallon or two into a smaller carboy and adding cocoa powder for a "sub batch." Then, letting that sit for a couple of weeks...

Hey guys - I've got a Facebook project I'm trying to get to 20 likes this week, and then 50 after that. If I can reach 50, I'm going to officially start a fundraising campaign for an iron-on t-shirt company. The name of the company will be called "Donate2" and the basic idea is to sell...

I dropped a pen cap in my full carboy. Can't get the stupid thing out.... ***relaxing*** Grrr.......

I'm looking for suggestions for a basic wheat beer extract recipe. After primary fermenting is done, I'm going to divide into smaller secondary vessels, each with a different fruit. My local store has this basic hefeweizen recipe: Extract 2 lbs Pale Malt Extract 4 lbs Wheat Malt...

I've really appreciated the different threads on small batch brewing. I'd like to get set up for 1-gallon fermenting mostly for experimentation. For example, I'd like to prepare a 5 gallon wort, then separate it into different fermenters with differs yeasts so that I can start to learn the...

I'm hoping to get some feedback on a nanobrew concept. I've been doing some recreational reading (like I'm sure many of you have), and had this idea. What do you think? A typical nanobrew invests in their brewing and serving capacity, then tries to recoop those costs through beer sales...

Well, I can't believe I did this on my first batch. Everything has gone really well with my first batch, and I am planning on bottling tomorrow. Then tonight, I realize that I forgot to put that stopper in after yesterday's final gravity check. So, 24 hours with no stopper. Crud!!! Pure...