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Me? Probably 2 to 3, but conventional wisdom seems to be 8 to 10 concurrent kegs.

This one began life as an oatmeal stout and has become my most requested brew on tap. I have made versions with Zatarain's and with Gnome root beer extract. Both are good but they have different characters. The Zatarain's is a more traditional spicy root beer: less sweet, more spices coming...

I went this route when I started, and still prefer the perceived economy of the flip-tops. However, after determining that I was losing about 35% of each batch to leaky gaskets, I bought some special silicone gaskets off Ebay that were recommended here. That got me down to about 25% loss. Then I...

Great thoughts, keep 'em coming. I have to admit, the more I think about it, the more I like the cannonball for flexibility.

I didn't find a thread addressing this, so I'd like to get opinions. I am now kegging most of my brew. I want to be able to take some brew with me to gatherings to share. I've been looking at pressurized growlers like the uKeg 128 and similar, but at that price I could also buy a cannonball...

Happy anniversary guys! Here's to another ten.

I know, right?

I'll add a vote for my LHBS Homebrew Heaven. They're located in Everett, Washington but ship all over. Like most homebrewers, they're friendly and give great customer service.

"Scared" drink? Or "sacred" drink? :)

If you're at a loss after this thread, you might need another homebrew.

So my first batch has been in primary for about three weeks and then another week in secondary. SG seems to be holding steady at 1.025, does that seem right? It strikes me as still pretty darn sweet, but it hasn't changed in almost two weeks.

Excellent work on the tutorial. It gave me a lot to think about, admittedly more work than I usually am willing to do, though. :)

I ran my first all grain BIAB last night. Mashed with 6 gallons, pulled and drained the grains, and then sparged with 2 gallons. I ended up with 5 gallons of clear wort going into the fermenter at the target OG. I would like to have had a bit more going in to account for trub loss later when...

I brewed up a batch of this last night as my first attempt at all grain and BIAB. Went surprisingly smoothly (I'm still amazed I pulled it off). During the boile I kept thinking "I thought this would be redder." But when the trub dropped out during the chilling and I got a look at the true...

Thanks Gavin. I spent some time watching BIAB videos on YouTube last night and saw others doing the same thing. I appreciate your clear instructions. :)

Thanks for the replies. I think I may be reducing the batch size to compensate. I'll also do some more reading on ways to get more volume after the mash to see if I can figure out if it's worth learning that step. Or I can just bite the bullet and try to explain to my wife that I need to buy a...

I want to try a 5 gallon batch of the Copperhead Red Ale in the recipe section here, but I'm worried now that my pot may not be big enough for a full volume mash. (I'm still learning my tools as well) I have an 11 pound grain bill and an 8 gallon pot. I think that Beersmith is telling me that...

I used Nottingham for my second batch, getting it as close as possible to the original posted recipe, except that I added more brown sugar trying to up the residual sweetness a bit (I watch the gravity and bottle when it gets to my target, I used 1.038 for this second batch). I noticed that the...

Finished the batch and am now really enjoying this recipe. Thanks for sharing this. Now to brew up the next batch before I finish all the bottles from the first one and run out. :rockin:

Awesome! Count me in and good luck everyone.