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I've been force carbonating with the corny carbonation lids http://www.midwestsupplies.com/carbonating-lid-5-gallon-ball-lock-keg-0-5-micron-stone.html I carbonate each keg for around 6-7 hours (or over night) at 36* F around 15 PSI. I've gotten good carbonation and decent head for the 1st...

I just got my carbonation lid http://www.midwestsupplies.com/carbonating-lid-5-gallon-ball-lock-keg-0-5-micron-stone.html and hooked it up to a one of my hefeweizens at 12 psi ( at 35* F) and let it sit over night. This morning I poured off a sample and the beer was hardly carbonated at all...

I'm been getting pretty low efficiencies with the two Hefe's that I brew. I'm brewing an "Imperial Dunkel" (43% Weyermann Wheat Malt) and getting about 63% and a regular hefe (60% Wheat malt) where I'm getting 60% pretty consistently. I'm brewing the Imperial Hefe today, I tried adding some...

Hi, I just made my first lager, a Bohemian Pilsner, and kegged it yesterday. At what temperature should I let the kegs condition, I am naturally carbonating it. Thanks a lot

Hi, I am looking into starter to propagate a significant amount of yeasts. Instead of buying all the DME to make the starter wort I was thinking of just brewing a simple batch of beer to use as starter wort. Any suggestions on this? I was just going to shoot for a 6 gal batch of 1.045...

Hi, We are having a very warm spell lately and I have not quite finished my temp controlled fermentation room yet. I've been holding off on brewing for a while. I was wondering if anyone has any good recommendations for a type of beer that could take advantage of these warmer temperatures...

Hi, I just tapped into a keg of an amber ale that I have brewed countless times before. I primed it with the same amount of priming sugar and let it condition for the same amount of time I always have with this recipe, but this keg is flat. maybe a poor seal throughout conditioning. any...

Hi, I've been wanting to try a dusseldorf alt recipe for a while, and I have also been intrigued by first wort hopping. From what I understand an altbier should lack the later hop additions. I thought of trying 1 oz (10 gal recipe) of Hallertau as a FWH addition. Does this seem like a...

Hi, I just started using an Oxynator with one of those red disposible O2 tanks from Lowes. I have been turning on the O2 for 15 seconds, then turning it off and waiting for the foam to settle, then turning it on for another 15 seconds for 10 gallons of wort. Does this sound like an adequate...

Hi, I just purchased a therminator and am loving how fast it cools down my wort. I am using a pump to move it from the boil kettle to the chiller. However, I am loosing 1 gallon or more in the bottom of the boil kettle, the pump just stops with about a gallon left. This is a considerable...

Does anyone have recommendations for a fermentis dry yeast that would be good for a saison? I am a a little tempted to blend safbrew s-33 and US 05 I also have Wyeast 1388 Bel Strong ale. Thanks for the help! -Lars

Hi, Im thinking of brewing a lighter beer, maybe a blonde ale, or a saison and Id like to figure out someway to get a nice crisp pear flavor in it. I think I'll just try some Bosch pears in the 2nd. Does anyone have any thought on this? Thanks a lot! -Lars

Hi, I'm brewing on a 10 gal Sabco system and using the chillzilla counter flow wort chiller. It takes me about 40 min to cool 10 gallons to around 65 degrees. My cold water temp is around 55 and at least 5 gal per minute. Does anyone have any thoughts as to why it takes so long to cool...

Hi I'm a brewer at a small brewpub. Currently we are going nuts brewing 3 times a day 6 days a week on a 10 gal Sabco system. We are using the Chillzilla wort chiller and it is taking about 40 min to chill a 10 gallon batch, this is making our brew day quite long. We are want to get a new...

Hi, The blackberries in my backyard are just getting ripe and i wanted to try a beer with them. I plan to add them to the secondary. Does anyone have any advice how many i should add and how i should go about doing it. any benefit to sterilizing with campden rather than heating or vice...

Hi I just transfered my first 5 batch of AG ( Noople Tucker Weizen, from the Joy of homebrewing) on saturday. The fermatation took off really well in teh Primary, I transfered to the secondary when tehre was almost no activity in the primary. ITs been two days now (transfered on the 28th)...

I'm sorry for this amature question, I'm still a bit clueless when it comes to cider. I've had my cider in a primary for about 10 days, but have only been seeing activity for about six. I'm going out of town tomorrow for 3 days, should I transfer to a secondary now or wait? 4 gallons of...

I started my second batch of cider the other day. I added two cups of brown sugar and boiled a gallon of it with a few spices (cinnamon, cloves and all spice) before adding the other three cold gallons. I let it sit for 24 hours with campden, hydrated the yeast added it and now 48 hours later...