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I don't brew much anymore because of the time commitment but I kind of want to buy the Spike Solo because I do brew a couple times a year and maybe I'd brew more if it were easier. I got to thinking though, I have kettles, pumps, fittings, false bottoms, hoses, sparge arms, chillers, so much...

Hi, I seem to get very poor efficiency with my beer gas setup, I could swear that I have a leak somewhere because I am only getting 2-3 5 gallon kegs out of a 37cu tank. I've gotten to where I shut the tank off when I am not pouring and it seems to last longer than if I left it on which...

I've always wanted to try mixed drinks on tap and recently have started liking these hard seltzers as something simply refreshing. Sometimes I just don't want beer. When I first started kegging many years ago, I did try a small batch of vodka and kool-aid and it was actually pretty good...

It takes me roughly 32 minutes to chill 10.5 - 11 gallons to 68 degrees. I have an immersion chiller with 3/16" tubing (I think, pretty sure), and is about 45'ish feet long. It's 17 wraps around a corny keg and then add the inlets and outlets tall enough for a 20 gallon kettle. I use a pump...

Hi, I want to have a coffee, and two kegs of stout sitting on beer gas at the same time. I was thinking to plan for the future and get a set of 3 inline nitro regulators but then I was wondering if I will ever want to even have different stouts and coffee on different PSI's. I have done...

I am not sure if that’s the correct term or not, but I have 10 gal of Yoopers Oatmeal Stout that I plan to put on beer gas. I have only up until now put coffee on beer gas which is is great. I plan to serve the beer July 20, and wondered how long it needs to be on the beer gas before serving...

I brewed yesterday and hit my pre-boil volume (13 gallon) and preboil gravity (1.041) using a refractometer. The weird thing was that I also hit my post chilling OG of 1.050 but I was supposed to have 11.2 gallons post boil but I had only 10.5 gallons. So some how I over boiled 3/4 a gallon and...

I want to brew a beer this weekend and harvest some yeast from a batch that I have had in the fermenter for 6 days and it still has some krausen on top. I have washed yeast in the past and have used slurries, but has anyone ever tried just taking a pint out of the primary with some of the...

Hi, I have brewed this beer at least 5 times and the flavor has been pretty consistent but this time I am getting an almost lemony citrus flavor that I didn't expect. Its hard for me to pinpoint what exactly I am tasting. Its not bad but leaves my mouth with a slight aftertaste of something...

Hi, I have been kegging cold brew for a couple years now and serving on nitro. It's so nice to be able to pour a glass on summer mornings and hit the road and not have to wait for hot coffee to brew. I mix it with my other beers and also protein shakes sometimes for nice caffeinated afternoon...

I just completed my first BIB and didn't go well.. lol. I have been a member here and brewing for 15 years on a 3 vessel system 10 gallons at a time. I recently bought a 20 Gal pot because I do 90 min boils and it maxes out the space in a 15 gallon kettle. I also have a grain bag for doing...

Hi, I dont brew much anymore because of the time investment. My brew days are a minimum of 6 hours, I have a 3V gas system with pumps and I clean as I go, and measure water the night before. I recently bought a 20 gal kettle because with 90 minute boils I wasn't able to boil all the wort for a...

I brew 10 gallons in 15 gallon sake kegs but most of my batches have a high amount or pilsner malt so I do 90 minute boils. That put me at a boil volume of 14.4 Gallons usually. So in a 15 gallon keg I have to boil very slowly and even remove some wort in the beginning to prevent boil-overs...

So I finally got a tank of 75/25 beer gas, faucet with restrictor plate, and high-pressure regulator. I currently have two 5 gallon Yooper's oatmeal stouts fully carbed on CO2 and would like to get on of them on nitro if possible. So how long do you all think it would take to flatten them out...

I have been soaking some nibs in vodka for a few days now and today I noticed what looked like mold growing on top. I admittedly washed but didn't sterilize the jar since I figured the vodka would do that for me but I guess I was wrong. Am I looking at something I would not want to put into...

Im trying to make sense out of Brix and SG readings but things dont add up. I foolishly didnt take a hydro reading after cooling my wort so I dont have before and after SG readings using a hydrometer. I boiled the wort until I got to 1.060 SG or 14.72 brix on my refractometer. I took the...

A couple years ago I made a marzen that I really liked Here is the recipe. This beer was so good and everything I was expecting out of it. 9 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) 5 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (6 Row) 3 lbs 8.0 oz Munich Malt - 10L 3 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt 1 lbs 8.0 oz...

Friday night I brewed Yooper's Oatmeal Stout but had to use Nottingham because they were out of British Ale II. So my brandnew thermometer was 10 degrees or so off, in that range, and I cooled my wort down to about mid 50's degrees which is about what I pitched at. Later when I put it in the...

My wife bought me a nitrogen regulator for Christmas and from what I can tell the only difference is the tank connection. I was initially looking to do nitro for wine but then decided to do beer gas and a nitro tap for stouts instead. Do I need a nitro regulator for beer gas, or does beer gas...

I was walking by my fermentation chamber yesterday and noticed that it was running and the ambient temperature in the chamber was around 25° even though the controller was set to 40°. I thought that was strange so I turn the power to the controller off, which typically shuts the fridge off but...