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    CO2 Container Question

    Just getting into this kegging setup business. I have a bunch of old paintball CO2 tanks from back in the day and was wondering if these are safe to use for kegging, speaking more on the topic of health and sanitation. I know there are "food grade" CO2 cartridges out there so this is why I...
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    Making beer for a wedding!

    So I am getting married here in about 7 months and have decided to make 2 batches of beer for the wedding. There will be ~250 people and thought that 20 gallons would suffice. I would like to make 2 different kinds of beer, thus making two 10 gallon batches of each. I'd like some...
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    Bottling time for 12oz and 22oz....?

    Okay I do my brews in 12oz and 22oz...Someone told me a 22oz bottle takes longer to carbonate and I refused to believe them. Here is my philosophy. I add a set amount of priming sugar to the carboy before bottling which gets distributed evenly throughout all the bottles, whether it is a 12 or...
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    How longer before transfer to secondary

    Mmmkayy so I got myself an American English cream ale that started percolating after 8 hours about a bubble every 2 seconds. Fast forward 5 days it has slowed to a bubble every 40 seconds. So how long should these bubbling periods be before transfer to secondary?...2min, an hour.... Thank You
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    To boil or not to boil...

    So after making my first batch of brews last night I found some old bottle caps within my box of equipment. Now everywhere I have read says to stick the bottle caps in boiling water for a few min to sanitize, BUT there was a sheet that was in the bag of bottle caps that describes why you should...
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    Bottles from recycle

    Has anyone every gone to your local recycle center to pick up some nice bottles for your homebrews. I would imagine they would have a bountiful selection to choose from... If so how did you sanitize them do get all the cooties off from the previous owners :P
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