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I have a five tapper and lately have been having an empty tap pretty much all the time. I've decided to fill that void with a soda (perhaps rotating and maybe homemade), but I want to make sure I don't taint the equipment permanently. I've done a root beer in the past and it ruined my keg...

We are an up-and-coming nano-brewery, and have recently acquired a larger brewhouse more suited for our needs. This leaves us with a smaller, 1.5 BBL brewhouse which we no longer need. The brewhouse is in an “almost complete” state, and has not yet been used. This was intentional...

It's finally happening. Due to day jobs, wife, kids, etc... its a been a very slow road, but its finally coming together! Over the last year or so, dtbritt and I have been gathering equipment, honing our recipes, building our brand, and searching for a location. That pace is over now as we've...

Hi Everyone, Our fledgling nano-brewery (not yet launched, but close) is doing a 20 gallon brew today: 10 gallons of our Divining Ale (Kolsch-style beer), and 10 gallons of our Well Digger Double (Imperial IPA). We're streaming it live if anyone wants to watch...

Hi everyone...I've got a coworker who has started this facebook group, Fred's Cat House, to showcase the ton of cats he has at home (literally like 50). Another coworker and I this idea to prank him. As a practical joke, we want to get thousands of people to join the group in as short a time as...

I recently got a really good deal on a True kegerator. When I picked it up, it was unplugged and warm. I plugged it in and cold air immediately started pouring out of it. It was very noticeably colder than the ambient air. I figured that was good enough and took it home. Once home, I let...

Hey, I'm looking for the center dip tube/spear from your sanke keg that you turned into a keggle. I keg all my beer in sanke's and I did a root beer. Afterward, the seals on the spear smelled like root beer and I was concerned they might ruin the beer. I used some chemicals to try and remove...

Hey all, I believe that I have discovered the perfect weldless fitting for kettles. I did some searches and I'm shocked that I appear to be the first one to have found it. It's one piece on the 'liquid side', made of Type 316 SS, has a special groove for a gasket to sit, and has a NPS...

Hey guys, I'm planning on making a wit and for various reasons, cannot make it to the LHBS. I do, however, always keep lots of ingredients 'in stock' at home. So, here's my thing, I'll be using Wyeast Belgian Witbier yeast, Saaz hops, coriander, and bitter orange peel. What I need help on...

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Hi, A friend and I are in the process of starting a nanobrewery. We are doing this slow and steady so most of the work/capital is supplied ourselves. We obtained a walk-in cooler from a government auction and are going to disassemble and pick it up tomorrow. My question is, how do I do this...

Hey, With all the group buys going around and cheap deals on these faucets, I'm seriously considering upgrading my five-tapper to these. However, since they are so new, I've found no one who has actually used them. If there's anyone out there that's had a chance to use them/take them...

Hey, I'm brewing the Stone Ruination Clone in this month's issue of BYO. It says it should have OG of 1.072 and FG of 1.012 but the yeast they recommend is WLP002 (I'm using Wyeast 1968, same thing). Anyway, to get those numbers, I would need 82% apparent attenuation and the range for 1968 is...

I got a chest freezer that has a huge compressor hump but the actual compressor itself takes up less than half the space under there. It's open on the back and side so I think it would be easy to cut out a section to add one more keg. What do you guys think? My two biggest concerns would be...

Hey, Does anybody have the Frigidaire 7.2 chest freezer from Lowes and know how many kegs it can hold? I'm going to look at one off craigslist this week but its a long drive that I'd rather not make if it can't hold at least 4 kegs. Thanks!

Hey, I'm looking to brew something different for the holidays and bottle it in champagne bottles that I can give away. I'm leaning towards this cranberry zinger recipe I found because I'm intrigued by the ease, fruit, and champagne-like taste. Here's a link to the recipe when a group brew...

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I just bought Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head owner) at Barnes and Noble in their 'bargain priced' section. It was $10, which I believe is a pretty good deal. This was in Cary, NC but it's probably on sale everywhere. Also, it...

Hey, Does anybody out there know of a good Irish Red Ale recipe. This will be my first all-grain and I plan on using Maris Otter as the base grain. I found several recipes out there but none of them had the "this is the best beer ever" posts after them that I was hoping for. I'm looking for...

I made a milk stout that was based off a recipe that someone had posted on the northern brewer forum. It was all grain but I converted to a PM. Anyways, the gravity started at 1.071 and I pitched it with a starter of yeast and it started fermenting pretty quickly controlled at 65-69 degrees...