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Well I thought I had this beat but @passedpawn was right, I am certainly getting a little foam on my first pours, it's not getting cold enough in the box on it's own as it is set up now. So the next step is to hook up the fan. I have a low profile pc fan and plan on making a small duct that...

That's really good advice about the mold, hopefully I have it covered. I've made what basically amounts to an insulated airtight insert that kind of pockets into the cavity I cut out. I've taped all the seams on the outside as well as the inside so I don't think it'll be an issue. Also, we live...

No, I'm not married yet but my girlfriend and I bought the house together and she is 100% on board with all this. She helped a ton with it which is pretty awesome. As far as the foam goes, I've had no issues yet but we'll see how it goes during warmer weather. I plan to put a fan in there to...

Yeah, my image posting failed, apparently dropbox links won't embed. I'll get it fixed, standby. Update: Fixed it.

I haven't posted on here in a long while but I just got back into homebrewing after closing on our house this last fall. I decided it was time to get rid of my old kegerator: It had 12 years on it in my possession and god only knows how many before that. It was a sad day to see it go but...

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Oh, crap, I didn't see that. Well, it's probably obvious at this point but I'll say it anyway. Beer was kegged on 5-3-10. Nice catch, and thanks for the advice, good stuff.

Hey Everyone, It's been a long time since I've posted here, I recently got back into brewing and am loving it. I brewed a friends Belgian Wit recipe the other day and it turned out really nice. I took it to a local get together and one of the brewers from one of the local breweries really...

I was in Denver a few weeks ago for a winter beer festival at the Oriental Theatre and hit most of the spots mentioned above. I was completely blown away by the Taphouse, they had Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale on tap, in late January, also give the Green Flash a try while you're there. I also...

http://www.absorbentprinting.com/home-outdoor-products/wine-gifts-and-wine-sets/wine-openers-and-corkscrews/stainless-steel-6-bottle-opener I have this one and it's awesome, stainless, stylish, and tough.

I had a holiday spiced barley wine that I added champaign yeast to after it had mostly quit. I let it sit in the closet for about three months with absolutly no activity. I was about to give up on it when one day I opened the closet and it had a healthy 2 inch krausen on it. It probably didn't...

I did crash cool it in the serving fridge for 4 days, It worked awesome. It compacted really well and I kegged it last night, it tasted amazing, I've done about 30 batches and this one is by far the best. It's going to be on pressure for 2.5 weeks and then I'm going to be worthless. Another...

Hey everyone, I've got a not-so-quick question regarding an Amarillo Pale Ale/IPA I have in a secondary. I brewed it with: 9lbs of extra light LME I steeped 1lb of 15L Crystal 1/2lb of CaraVienne 4oz. of 2 row 9.5Alpha Amarillo hop pellets 60 min 1.5oz 30 1oz 15...

I have a very similar beer in my primary right now. I steeped 1/2lb. Chocolate, 1/2lb. 120 crystal, 1/4lb. roasted barley, 1/4lb. black patent, and 3/4lb. Flaked Oats. Added about 8lbs. of Dark DME and 1lb. Honey. I bittered with 1oz of Norther Brewer pellets and about 1/4oz of leftover...

Ok, I brewed a wit and pitched White Labs Wit yeast on Saturday night. Still no action in the firmentor. I didn't use a starter, and I did aerate, although I agitated the firmentor with the yeast already pitched. Temp started at 66 F and Last night (Sunday) I raised the temp to 70 F. My...

I ran to my LHBS to get a new post for my keg, while I was there he has some other Cornies sitting there and he was selling them for 25 a piece. Some were missing some orings but they all looked good except for the syrup in the bottom of them. I ended up getting the three of them for 50 bucks...

Allright, has anyone else experienced this? My leak is coming from the post. But not from the poppet or the inside O-ring. It's coming through the post itself. There are several cracks in the sidewall and top of the post that I simply cannot see with the naked eye. I put it in a bath again...

Nope, no beer in the keg yet. I'm just testing before I keg so I don't run into problems then. I can unhook the ball lock from the keg and the line holds just fine so I know that the problem has to be beyond that. The keg doesn't seem to be leaking, (water bath test). What is the...

Allright, I bought a keg at my homebrew shop. It was pressurized when I got it home so I assume that everything was allright. I broke it down and cleaned everything and replaced all o-rings except the poppits which I didn't buy replacements for, they look real good anyway. They all have been...

I've got a question about Champaign Yeast in the secondary. I'm brewing a Christmas ale that is supposed to reach around 13.5% alcohol. The primary firmentation went great and was over in just about a week. I tested the alcohol content by checking the gravity, I got around 8.5%, 1.125 after...