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I'm making my 4th batch of my East India Porter and I use 2oz of Target for bittering. HOWEVER - seems my shop has no target and suggested Fuggle or Willamette. HOWEVER - Target has Alpha Acids in the 11% range while the suggested are in the 5% range. Suggestions? ideas? the other hops are...

What can I do about this - it's not a "problem" but curious. U of course could up the PSI but that would also up the carbonation correct? Or would there not be THAT much extra carbing? BTW - first weekend with my kegorator - where has this been all my life!!! OMG!! I have seen the light!

I'm not talking a "problem" but instead of 2.0 maybe the beer is at 2.4 or something (I have no clue really). But in theory will a small purge help?

First I want to thank all you guys for your help. Things were not smooth for my first adventure but I rate it as a success for needed to do a quick carb for a beer fest in 3 days. Kegerator was all ready, Pit beer into cornie which was MUCH easier then bottling two cases. Got all the...

I had the adjustable pressure gauge set to 30psi. I turned on the line and it drops to 20psi - just I readjust to 30??

Is there a way to tell when a CO2 canister is truly dead dead. I have one that is tank pressure zero but the adjustable pressure still reads 25psi. are then independent? I can borrow another 75lb tank tomorrow but is the one I have dead dead? or just almost dead? I borrowed THIS one when...

5 gallons in a cornie at 35 degrees I need it carbed for a beer fest in 7 days. What is the preferred way. I don't need it TOMORROW but 7 days so I don't have to be DEMON fast! OOPS - sorry - just saw the sticky SO - let me get this get this straight. I want 2 cols at 40ish If I want...

I just kegged my very first two cornies. I vented the O2 out so each have a small amount of CO2. Both are now quick chilling at 33 for 24 hours and tomorrow I'll start carbing them. The question IS - does the temp of the CO2 make any difference? I know the CO2 will be in the kegorator...

PBW and shake shake shake shake and then run it through the tubes? Question #2 Since I do not have CO2 yet when I put solution into the new cornies and tip them upside down they leak out the connects even though they are tight? this is raising newbie concerns! The poppet is in - lack of...

I'm preparing to carb and keg for the 1st time and have a couple questions. in a perfect world where I have all the time I need here is what I would do - please set me straight on a few things. Let's say I have a beer that wants 2.4 volumes at 40 degrees so I set my regulator to 11.2 psi and...

Never mind - all questions were answered here 3 Ways to Carbonate Your Keg: Techniques

Since they are like little sponges and make a freaking mess. Can I chop them up? What is the best way to add these to your boil without sucking 50% of the liquid.

If I have whole hops in a boil it's OK to squeeze isn't it? Not the malt but the whole hop cone ??? You have 2 hours to reply LOL :-)

I picked 40 oz of cascade which dried to about 15 ounces. If I need 1 OZ of pellets - how much dried fresh hops would you suggest?

If I put hops in an oven at it's lowest temp (170) and oven has a fan - is 170 too hot???

I was given a large supply of Saffron and told to make a batch of beer using it. I've done a search but not much out there for saffron beer. Does anyone have any ideas on what style or have you found any recipes? I'm thinking a wheat beer? with a saffron tea added as "dry saffroning"...

I've brewer perhaps 130 brews - partial mash. 95% of the time I ferment for 3 weeks no matter what. I'm in a brew club with a competition and the people running it are AG brewers who believe 1 week is good and then keg it so 3 weeks from brew to drink is fine. WHAT??? They say 1 week...

Is there some go to site that gives you what the optimum fermentation temp for all styles would be? I typically can get within 5 degrees (low 60s to upper 60s) but now if I can get right on the correct temp. Any chapters of books that I can look at?

Any tips I should know about. Fermentation temps and so forth? I've never brewed a Saison (or even tasted for that matter) but our clubs latest brewing challenge is a Saison.

We recently attended a large home brew fest and as you might imagine there is some heavy drinking. One of our members became a bad drunk and starting picking fights back at the hotel and making inappropriate remarks to another clubs wives. WELL - this did not sit well and since we still...