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I posted this in the bottling/kegging forum, but since I am a beginner, I will post it here too. Been reading the post about when the bottled beer is ready to drink and the consensus is three weeks minimum. I have bottled a batch of Scottish Wee Heavy. Probably not the style for your first...

My Scottish Wee Heavy has been in the bottle for two weeks. Being my first home brew, I cant wait any longer. I put a bottle in the fridge and I am going test it out tomorrow. A little early for a Scottish, but why not?

What type of manual pump keg tap has a threaded nut on it? The keg would have to have outside threads.

A friend of mine told me about a place in Stuart Florida that sells beer making supplies. The neat thing about the place is that you can brew on the premises. After you brew, they store your beer (12.5 gallons) in their cooler and you come back in a few weeks and bottle your beer. This is...

I think that cooking, baking and brewing go hand in hand. My wife is an excellent cook and baker. I cook , bake ,tinker (and amatuer brewer). Watching TV shows about burgers and BBQ always get me thinking. What really got me going was a show about the (alleged) first burger invented in...

After buying all the stuff I needed to start brewing for me as a Father's Day gift, my wife is now stuck with this in the dining room. A $75.00 commercial cooler with a RANCO ETC-111000 temp control....complete with a carboy of fermenting Scottish Ale!

Yesterday a friend came over and we started brewing my first ever homebrew. He has three batches under his belt. My choice is a Scottish Wee Heavy. The crew at BXBeer Depot in Lake Worth Florida got me started with everything I needed. Everything seemed to go right. We held the temperatures...

I am new to brewing but my son gave me this tank. It was used once by a friend to make some sort of adult beverage, but I am not sure what. I am cleaning it up now. The specs are that it is about 12" in diameter and 40" tall. Heavy duty stainless steel. 20 gallon capacity. It has a side...

I have been wanting to brew for a long time, but never had a chance. Now that I am approaching retirement age and and my taste for good beers has outgrown my budget! Time to brew what I like! My wife bought the a simple kit and ingredients for fathers day, but being me, I am already looking...