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Hey ya'll, I've got a cider fermenting currently, consisting of 4.5 gals Great Value apple juice, Safale S-04 dry ale yeast, and 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient. I'm fermenting in a keg this time around, so there will be less transferring, and if I do need to transfer, I'll just push with CO2. It's a...

Hey y'all, I foolishly dry hopped a keg with maybe 5 oz. pellets in a muslin bag.... And can't dispense anything. The keg has sat in my fridge for three weeks after I tried to dispense it. I'd like to transfer to another keg somehow, and bottle from the keg. I have no floating dip tube or...

Ok, looking for input about brewing something similar to Busch light Apple for a wedding. Beer will be kegged. I'm familiar with lager brewing, light lager, adjunct lager brewing, etc, so I'm not concerned about that. My thought is, start with a basic light American lager recipe, ferment...

Hey, I just bought some SS perlick faucets and krome dispense SS shanks. I'm wondering about cleaning before use. What do you think: a good hot oxyclean soak, followed by Star San?

Hello. My brother in law has gluten issues, and so avoids beer these days. He does drink a fair amount of Angry Orchard (AO) cider. I recently brewed a 1 gallon trial batch with Mott's apple juice and S-04 yeast, stabilized, and backsweetened to about 1.020 with apple juice. He liked it as...

Hello. A month ago, I had about 5# CO2 in my 10# tank. Yesterday, I arrived home from a trip, and found my gauge at zero. Bummer. Anyway, when I removed the regulator, I saw the oring had been damaged. This is a square cut oring that sits in a groove on the face of the Taprite regulator...

Hello. I just brewed a one gallon batch of my first cider, using motts Apple juice and safale s04 yeast. I backsweetened with frozen Apple concentrate, after adding sorbate and metabisulfite. I then kegged and force carbed. The batch tasted good! I'm planning to make a 5 gallon batch in the...

Hello, I need to serve 3 kegs at an upcoming office party. I will be using picnic taps, and allowing guests to serve themselves. The kegs and cylinder will go under a large folding table, obscured by a tablecloth. Has anyone done similar before? I was thinking of using a wooden stand...

Hello. I'm planning to move to pressure fermentation in corneys, as others have described on this site. My first move is to build a spunding valve. I've seen several designs, which apparently work well. In a comment in a thread at Brulosophy...

Hello. I just took delivery of a four Port manifold with mfl connections. Looks like it is a block of aluminum, with machined passages. I'm a little apprehensive about putting it into service. Should I disassemble and clean it? It looks like the threads were sealed with pipe sealing...

Hello. I read where folks like Denny have had great success using Alkaline Brewery Wash. I believe Denny says he likes it better than PBW: can use with cold water or hot, etc. In looking into the MSDS for ABW, here is what I see: Sodium Carbonate (washing soda) - 50-65% Sodium Metasilicate...

Hello. I bought two sacks of Weyermann Munich I at a good price at my LHBS. Any thoughts on recipes to use this? (I normally have 5-10 # on hand, not 110#). Initial thought is maybe a Maerzen, Dunkel or Bock, or perhaps an Alt.

Hello. I'm looking at brewing a double chocolate stout clone without lactose. Here is a thread I have used for guidance on the recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=136707 Has anyone brewed a recipe like the above, without lactose? I'm a little worried about bitterness from...

Hello everyone. I’m requested to brew a west-coast style IPA for a gift. I realize there’s quite a bit of latitude within that arena. From what I can determine, “west coast” means balanced in favor of hops, dry, low malt character, C-Hop focused, pale to copper colored. This person...

Hello. I'm considering doing a low gravity lager with just a touch of Munich for flavor, sort of a compromise between German and American worlds.... 1.040 OG target Mash low, 149, 2 hrs...aim for dry finish 10 pct Munich 90 pct 2 row Saaz or hallertau hops, 10 ibus...

Hello. I recently started setting up a keg fridge. I removed the gas line from the regulator a few times in the process. When I finally got it set up the way I wanted, I heard leaking gas at the regulator. It appears the re-tightening (3rd or 4th time in the life of the regulator) caused...

Hello. I saved about 25 oz of 2124 lager yeast slurry a couple days ago. I put it in my mini fridge, and it accidentally froze sometime today. I would guess the temp to be around 30 ish...the beer next to the slurry did not freeze, but the beer on top of the slurry did freeze. Anyone...

Hello. I am looking at purchasing some of this from Morebeer (3/16 ID), to avoid the plastic taste issue. A few questions: 1. I would put it on a short line with a picnic tap. any issues connecting to the barbs on the tap? 2. I would like to coil it in approx 8-10 inch diameter...

Hello. I brewed a batch of BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde a few months ago. It turned out nice. I now have a 3 qt starter of 2124 lager yeast which is begging to be put into work. I am thinking of using it in the Centennial Blonde recipe, but wonder if I should change the hopping to a...