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I picked up a 13.2gal keg of Guinness tonight. That means I can only fit it in my kegerator. I would like to move some of it to a 5 gal corny. Can I use CO2 to do this without throwing off anything? I have beer gas for serving, but would rather not waste it for transferring it to a smaller keg...

All- I did my first homebrew stout on Easter and just got a tank filled with beergas (75% NO2, 25% CO2) and hooked it all up. I have my kegerator at 40 degrees, 10ft of beerline (always been great with Co2 beers) and set my regulator to 30psi. I have a Krome stout tap on the other end. The...

Hello, Been brewing a couple of years and have always done 5 gallon batches. Got a 1 gallon extract kit for Christmas and thought I would add some blueberry extract at bottle time. I bought the 1oz bottle of LorAnn extract which says it's super strong. My question is, how much do I start...

Hello, I had plans to do a specialty grain / extra brew today and got my specialty grains steeped and ready and then I had something unexpected come up and had to stop. I may not be able to brew until Wednesday! Am I hosed? I emptied my pre-wort into a 7 gallon food grade bucket which is...

Been a long 10 weeks, but here is my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone. The picture makes it look much darker than it is, but pretty delicious. Can't wait to try again!

Disregard...sorry, I searched better and found my answer.

Hey all- I am getting ready to dry hop for the first time ever and plan on using a muslin hop bag, stainless steel washer, and pelletized hops directly into the primary. I did some searching and found that most of you don't recommend sanitizing the hops, but what about the muslin bag...

Waiting on my fermentation to complete which will still be another 2 weeks or so, but wondered if I could then combine the steps of dry-hopping and cold-crashing into the same time. Ie, I plan to transfer my beer from its primary vessel to a 5gal carboy with the pelletized hops on the bottom...

Hello, I just finished my second brew yesterday. Both times I have done an extract kit which calls for starting with a smaller volume of water, steeping some speciality grains, then adding extract, hops, etc, and finally topping off to 5 gallons. Both times I have brewed, I changed the...

Hello- Just finished a 5 gallon batch of Sierra Nevada PA clone with my dad this morning. I have a keggle which I heat on propane and I started with 6 gallons of water (should have been 7, I will remember next time!) Anyway, as soon as I add my first batch of hops I get a huge rush up of...

Hello, I am trying a recipe for Sierra Nevada PA clone. The receipe is as follows: Fermentables: 7.2 Pale Liquid Malt Extract Grains: 1lb Crystal 40, 1lb Cara-pils/Dextrine Hops: 1oz Perle (Bittering), 1oz Cascade (flavor), 1oz Cascade (aroma), 1oz Cascade (dry) Yeast: Safale-05...

Today's the day! Just poured the first pint of my first homebrew (American Cream Ale) from the keg! Turned out a little darker than it should have (too long of boil for lme) but its creamy and delicious! I'm hooked! Thanks for all the help guys!

Hello, I have about 1/3 left of a full keg of Miller Light in my kegerator (don't flame me bro!). I don't have room to fit my first homebrew in that should be ready to drink! My question is, can I take the pressurized miller out and put mine in and then when the 5 gallons is gone (if my...

I have a keg of american cream ale that has been naturally carbing since last sunday (8 days ago). Saturday I inadvertently added 30psi to this keg thinking it was another one. I didn't realize it until just now. How should I remedy this? The keg is not in the cooler, so its at about 70deg...

I just kegged my first batch this weekend. I added 1/2 cup of priming sugar to 1cup of water and boiled. Let cool to room temperature and added solution to empty clean/sanitized keg. Then I racked 5gal on top. Finally I purged the headspace with CO2 a couple of times and ran it to 10psi and...

Hello, I made up a cream ale from extract last saturday. I have been fermenting at 68 degrees since then. The air lock activity started immediately and stopped after 3 days. Today i removed the lid and took a sample. I am at 1.012 which is exactly where it should be. I started at 1.050...

All- Just completed my first boil of an American Cream Ale recipe. I started with 6 gallons of water and 6lbs of LME, After the 60 minute boil, I ended up with just over 4Gal of wort in the fermentor. I didn't anticipate this much of a difference, and thus didn't have any top off water...

Trying to get my keggle all ready for brewing this weekend. I just installed 2 weldless bulkheads from AIH one with a ball valve and the other with a thermometer. I drilled the holes just shy of 7/8" with a step bit and had to almost thread the bulk-heads into the holes. I installed the...

OK, So I have been wanting to brew my own for months, but have had several things happen which has delayed me. Next weekend I think I will finally be ready. I am going to be doing an extract for the first brew, but in a converted keg kettle, so I plan to boil the full 5 gallons. Here is...

OK, so I have not brewed yet, but am a bit gadget happy and have created a keggle from an old SS half-barrel. I have installed a 1/2" SS ball valve at the bottom. I only have 1 corny to keg in, so I am going to brew a 5Gal batch in the keggle. My question is, once I get the wort boiled, how...