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Hello fellow brewers, Getting ready for a few rounds of non-profit events so bought a glass rinser. It's going to be installed on my 4 tap portable kegerator. I tested it and it will work fine powered by squirting via a corny keg. So I'm thinking the following options... 1. Cold water 2...

So I had an intermittent problem causing some real bad bad batches. After reading up a bit I had assumed it was related to yeast temp causing the dreaded band aid flavors. I never felt perfectly good with this explanation since I have good temp control. Also, the appearance of this flavor...

After a short discussion at one of the local breweries I decided to bring back to life my one wild yeast I caught. It made a decent strong raspberry ale about 2 years ago. When I caught it I grew it and kept some for "later". Well the jar says 9/1/2015. This is now later. whipped up a...

Thru some extreme brain fart I forgot that I have 220v outlet available within 10 feet or so of where I brew. Ultimately I'll move to electric with a full blown control box and/or probably a whole BIAB setup like Colorado or Brew-Boss. Shorter term, I'd like to go electric on my existing...

Sesame Street in the House. And a little bit a pork before shredding. And a few party favors...

Had the chance to donate and serve this weekend at a fundraiser for school. Took the chance to "theme" my portable kegerator. Result is here: Bamboo skirt: $15, Tiki heads: $8 for 3, Weird little handle: $4 So about $27 dollars to fit with the theme. Ended up next to the bar that...

I had a random half glass of beer left in my room near the window. a day later i have this.... Loosly covered it and had this by the end of day Made a starter and stepped it up. Cold crashed it. Then let it sit for a day at 70 degrees. Had this in there Made another...

Hello, So, this has now happened twice so I want to figure out how to avoid it. I have a theory but figured I throw it out to the masses for opinion. Here goes: I have a three keg kegerator in my house. One issue is that over time the back wall of the fridge freezes. Since it's a...

An experiment in shortening the brew cycle. This was more of one of those "can i do this" rather than something I'll repeat. Quickie Butt Crack Ale (my take on the Cream of Three Crops, name is my brother's nickname and he prefers the nice light beers, i never make it the same way twice)...

Couple weeks ago for the celebration of Walpurgisnacht I was asked to provide the libations for the celebration. About 50 people. Brewed up a batch of ButtCrack (creame ale) and Pauite Pale Ale (APA). Also had half a keg of Not So Imperial Stout and Barely Naked Barleywine. Build myself a...

I've got enough requests for serving my beer at parties (and at some point this year my daughter's wedding). So I've been pondering the best setup for this. First idea: Jockey box. But it looks a little too jockey box to me and it's not the cheapest endeavor either. Second idea: One of...

Hi, So my boil is done. I stir up the wort to make such it's relatively distributed. Pull a sample. My samples these days have lots of particles and such (either hop stuff or just break material). Drop in the hydrometer and take a reading. Is the more correct reading the one...

Well turned down the fridge last week to crash a yeast starter. Forgot to reset it to "medium". I guess the bottom of a side by side fridge can get pretty cold. At least it popped the top. Also, a 3L Arrogant bastard bottle did not pop.... Oh yeah, this is a pliny the elder clone that was...

Maybe a thread on little things you've come up with to make your brew process work. Something that maybe you do that after 5 or 7 or 15 times you said "hey here is some little nugget of wisdom". I'll start with this. I like to take gravity readings throughout the brewing process (first...

Well did not want to spring for anything to build my tap tower and came up with this. Me and my son are going have to mod the structure a bit. And we get to decorate it for the seasons. It's ready for halloween. The kegerator itself was a nice project thanks to all the tips here. Even...

My story. It's been 20 years and I am just starting to get back into the hobby. Decided if I ever did this again I'd go all grain and skip the bottles. So in the last few months I've trolled around craiglist to outfit my brewery. Built me a cool stealth side yard shed fermentation chamber...