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Just finished mowing the lawn and headed straight for the kegerator after I stored the mower (five feet away). Is it wrong of me to fill a glass at the tap, suck it down, and then fill it again before I walk away? :drunk: It's my second stab at a clone of Alaskan Amber, one of my favorite...

Okay, gang... I'm trying to get into the habit of making beer by season as well as aging it a bit before drinking. I've got 2/3 of a keg in the kegerator that should hold me for a few weeks and I can pick up a couple sixers from the store after that until the new brews are ready. I've been...

Can I make a starter for a wheat beer with barley DME (dark)? I'm gearing up to make a starter for an American Wheat. Problem is I've only got enough wheat DME to fill the recipe requirements. I do, however, have a half pound or so of barley DME I could use. Will the combination of barley DME...

I just finished reading an email from the guy who built the beer program I use that has me searching for some answers. I told him yesterday that the program was kicking back some weird PSI levels for force carb'ing at 38 degrees (the temp I have the kegerator set at). His response was that 38...

Has anyone considered using all copper parts and pipe between the HLT, MLT, brew pot, and/or pump in their brewing stands? I was just puttering around on the internet and found 1/4 turn ball valves for 1/4 to 1/3 the price of SS. There are all sorts of fittings and pipe at Home Depot. Most...

I'm calling on the expertise of my fellow homebrewers for suggestions. I misjudged the amount of beer I had left in the two kegs in my fridge (damn kegerator newbie) and they're both empty now. :( I'm attempting to refill them as soon as possible. I currently have an American nut brown ale...

Okay... I'm working on a wild hair here and need some advice. I want to build my own three-tier AG system and I'm riding the fence between half-barrel kegs and converted coolers. I'd really like to go the keg route, but I have to be able to get it done under a budget. Specifically, the kegs...

I'm considering making the leap to AG. To circumvent searching (any more) through miscellaneous bits of info about AG brewing, I'd like to pose the following question: What size coolers and brew pot are required (or suggested) for a three-tier system to make 5 gallon AG batches? I don't want...

Okay, I need some opinions here. My Holiday Christmas Ale has been in the primary for nine days now. The air lock is as busy now as it was the day after I pitched (burps about every 5-7 seconds). Of the first three batches, this one took off the best...

Anybody know how to read the stamped marks on a CO2 cylinder? I'm trying to determine the age of one so I know when it will need to be hydrotested. One line I can read seems to say "TC3-ALM 124 T11.2K3". I'm guessing the ALM is for aluminum and maybe the T11 is the grade of the material...

I need some opinions. I just checked a sample of my American Brown Ale and got a reading of 1.024. When I pitched two weeks ago, the OG was 1.060, just as the recipe predicted. I had it in the primary for four days, during which I had what appeared to be a strong fermentation that faded out...

I muffed my first batch yesterday, but will try again this coming weekend. In the mean time, I've been reading several of the threads on the site and have one question that has been answered to varying degrees but still leaves me wondering: when is beer the best tasting after bottling? Seems...

I'm a new homebrewer and I cooked my first batch last night. I tried using a hydrometer in a "sample tube" (gadget that you dunk straight into the wort and then float the hydrometer for the reading) and wasn't having much luck getting the tube to fill, so I gave up and popped the lock into the...