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When force carbonating beer, does the volume (as in, how much I have, not volumes of CO2) of the liquid matter in regard to the pressure used to force carbonate? Due to a boilover and about a gallon of trub/dry hop loss, I only got about 3-3.5 gallons into the keg. Set the pressure to 30PSI and...

Pretty simple question here. If I punch a hole in my (aluminum) brew kettle to attach a ball valve, would I need to worry about galvanic corrosion between the ball valve/washers and the kettle?

Harvested from a six-pack of Bell's Two Hearted, took a little less than a week in 4 steps. Ended up with just under 24oz starting with bottle dregs, going to use a jar to make a full starter next week to pitch into an IPA I'm brewing.

Searched, but couldn't really find an answer to this. I'm going to be brewing an IPA this week or next that I've brewed before, but I thought I'd try it with a hopstand this time. The issue being, I normally throw in .5 oz of sweet orange peel with 5 minutes left in the boil. With the...

I picked up a 10-gallon cylindrical rubbermaid cooler for Home Depot and put a weldless ball valve on it with a torpedo screen; the problem being, the torpedo screen didn't fit completely and I had to bend it a bit to make it lay mostly flat on the cooler bottom. Will this kink have an effect on...

I posted this in the Beginner forum and got absolutely no love, can someone here help me out with this? I just finished brewing an IPA (as my first all-grain brew!) via the BIAB method; nailed my OG thanks to 80.7% mash efficiency. However, I forgot to take boiloff into account and ended up...

I just finished brewing an IPA (as my first all-grain brew!) via the BIAB method; nailed my OG thanks to 80.7% mash efficiency. However, I forgot to take boiloff into account and ended up with 4 gallons instead of 5 into the fermenter. As a result, my OG of 1.066 took a hit to an OG of ~1.052...

Went pretty smooth aside from one mishap. Lost about half a gallon due to incorrectly attaching the spigot to the bottling bucket, but I find it an acceptable loss as a Stupidity Tax to the beer gods. The setup: First six-pack bottled: The complete haul, 34 bottles + half gallon...

Screw everything about cleaning bottles/peeling labels. OxiClean made it easier, but never again. Never. I will gladly pay for new bottles at my LHBS for each new batch. Never again. Never. I'm sorry, but after 2 hours and barely 40 bottles to show for it, I had to get that off my chest. Never.

Completed my first homebrew of an Irish Red Ale/IPA mashup last night at about midnight! Recipe: 5 gallons Deer Park spring water with 8 grams gypsum added, 3 gallon boil with two for top-off in fermenter 6lbs Gold LME 16oz specialty grain (12oz Caramel/Crystal Malt 40L, 2 oz Roasted...