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As far as primary/secondary goes, I just primary mine until it reaches a level where I like the taste. Usually I stop it between 1.018 and 1.015. That way it isn't too dry. Then I go straight to keg. I let it age there if needed since there isn't any O2 in the keg.

I just added more flavor to mine. Brewed it about 2 weeks ago and it finished fast. I don't like it to get too dry so I kegged it and have been slowly drinking it since it still tastes great. Pumpkin flavor got a little light, so today added more flavor. Here's how I do it. Take some...

I think the best thing as suggested would be to measure the inside. Then you can be sure. From there'd I'd probably put masking tape on the floor that is the same size as the floor of the freezer and then cut out little circles the size of the keg and see if they fit. Vertically you shouldn't...

I think they're like 8" x 12". I can fit about 3/4 of a med/large pumpkin into them. If you cut the pumpkin to small pieces you can fit more, but I didn't want to spend more time cutting pumpkin than I did actual brew time :)

I actually take whole pumpkin, take the insides out, and then cut the rind into about 1.5" x 1.5" cubes, bake it in waterless cookware with pumpkin pie spices on them until soft, then put it into a fine mesh hop bag before putting into the boil. I've brewed twice with this method and it comes...

Pumpkin isn't really available around me until mid September either. But this is actually enough to make it ready by late October. Truth be told, I start drinking it when its pretty green, about a week old. It definitely gets better with age though. This year since I'll have a 3rd keg I'll be...

Try cutting up a real pumpkin instead of using the canned stuff. I do an extract batch, but use real pumpkin. After cutting the pumpkin (skins on, for color) I put on pumpkin pie spices and put it in the oven or a waterless pan to bake until soft. Then it goes into a large grain back to float...

I've done this one twice now. Both times I fermented at 68F and only did a primary. This will be my first year kegging this brew and I'm really looking forward to it. For time, I usually keg my ales when the SG gets to around 1.018, give or take a bit. I hate it when they get too dry.

I brew this with a extract. But I don't use the pumkin in a can. I get a full pumpkin, slice it up and roast it in the oven with pumpkin pie spices on it until its soft. Then I put it in a fine mesh hop bag and put it in the boil. I didn't lose anything and had the standard trub in the...

So on the left is my fermenting freezer with a digital Johnson Controls thermostat. On the right is my new keezer. The propane tank is up there to hold the collar down while the glue is drying. This was a sweet setup since the freezer was free. My office moved and the freezer was, no joke...

Hope it works out for ya. It came out really good for me. Make sure to cook the pumpkin until its soft, this will ensure you get the max flavor out of the pumpkin since it will breakdown the cells down to the middle of the pieces. If you think about it after, let me know how it comes out...

Not sure why you'd add stuff late in an extract batch other than some hops. When I did mine I added a spice tea at the bottling bucket but in the brew itself I had all the stuff in at the boil. I actually used cut up pumpkin in hop bags that I spiced and baked. It was extra work but resulted...

I got an analogue controller for my new keezer. Does anyone know if its ok to put the controller in the keezer or do I need to have the controller outside with a hole in the collar for the temp probe?

Hi All, I'm prepping to use just a small 5cuft freezer for 3 kegs. Wifey wont let me have any more kegs, I suppose I don't NEED to have that much beet on tap. But who actually NEEDS beer at all :) But I digress. I actually measured the freezer and modeled it in solidworks. I then modeled a...

That was something I hadn't considered. I think this is getting too complicated :) I think I'll just stick with the also free smaller one. I figured I can get 3 kegs in there with a collar (which I wanted to do anyway). I'm not planning on owning more than 4 or 5 kegs anyway. 3 in the...

I'm hoping someone can help me here. The mfg is being completely useless. My company is moving to a new building and my manager offered me a 21 cuft Kenmore chest freezer or a 5 cuft chest freezer. I can fit 3 kegs in the small one, and a crazy amount in the big one. My real problem comes in...

Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere else. If i'm thinking of the connection correctly, the balls are inside the female side of the connection. Pull the outside sleeve back and the balls retract allowing you to push the fitting over the male side. When you release the sleeve the...

Not sure if anyone is still reading this thread or not, but I am thinking about kegging (mostly for the flavor, bottling drops are adding a strange after taste) and am looking for the right freezer to put the kegs in. Does anyone have the fully plumbed dimensions of a pin lock and ball lock...

Hi Guys, I know this thread has been dormant for a few years, but has anyone tried a peanut butter hef? I was thinking the banana flavors and bready flavors of the hef would be pretty good with the peanut flavor. Any thoughts?

Brewed this one a couple months ago. Did a couple things different. I added another .25oz hops at the last minute for flavor, worked well, kind of helped cut some of the sweetness from the pumpkin flavor. For the pumpkin, I ended up buying a pumpkin (large) and scraped the inside clean and...