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I don’t know everything about your setup but use the M&B as well. What I’ve taken to doing is placing the full volume that the unit will hold in it when I’m heating to strike temps. I then place a few pots under the ball valve to pour out a few gallons to give room for the grain. My “sparge...

I did not love this and will likely never repeat it. I’m not sure that it is the fault of the yeast, but I can’t say I’ll run back to the yeast either. The total recipe just didn’t do what I wanted for a stout, so I’m not sure I can help you with any real feedback on WLP007. Good luck!

It’s still young for sure (3.5 weeks) but the issues I don’t see changing are: 1.) Very poor grain crush on specialty grains 2.) Lower than expected sugars leading to the beer being overhopped by a little. The second will fade with time, I agree. The bigger issue is the poor yield from the...

I definitely made mistakes. The 5% stout I wanted is not the 5% stout I have for a few reasons. It’s not the right color, and it’s a touch more bitter (hops bitter - not astringency) than I’d like — I know I made mistakes during the brew day that caused this. Curious for some feedback from...

It carbed fine- it has to all normalize but in a week it’ll be good to go. Tastes damn good for a quickie brewed on Thanksgiving morning! Don’t know if I’ll keep doing it this way... but I don’t think it’s worse?

Most of my CO2 is coming from the gas. I’ve only done this one time previously, so I don’t know that I’m good barometer for preference yet. I kept it low in hopes that it would help scavenge any O2 introduced in the transfer process. I was under the delusion I read this somewhere but when I went...

I completely agree there’s no way it’s carbed that high. It was under 2 oz of sugar for 5 gallons though I did not measure but I know the container I was using did not have more than 2 oz. I’ll double check it tonight but the gauge was moving as I cranked the pressure up to 30, but I didn’t...

Yep relief valve was pulled before it was hooked up to the CO2. There’s definitely pressure in the keg. I guess I’m trying to understand why pushing 30 PSI from the CO2 tank wouldn’t lead to hearing it groan and push some gas in... I expected to hear it happen like it normally does when I’m...

Sunday night, I kegged with a very small amount of table sugar dissolved in water included. Sealed the keg and purged the headspace a few times. Left it at room temperature for two days. Today I hooked up the keg to my regulator and put it to 30 PSI with no hiss. Is this likely because the...

At this point you’ve worked too hard to not let it ferment - what’s another 4-6 days in a bucket? Curious how it will turn out — I’ll be rooting for you!

I’ve taken to doing it too. I have had success for about 6 batches now- my fermentation’s are a little aggressive where I’ve switched to blow offs with 1g of headspace but I have been happy with the results. I won’t claim it’s perfect but it’s something I have grown to trust *shrug* I think...

Thanks all- appreciate the tips on where to search for the leak. I hope it’s easier than I’m expecting...

Hi all - I'm brand new to kegging and I've had my share of struggles. Beyond being a bit ignorant and making some rookie mistakes, I have had a heck of a few weeks with my two sons and when I went to pour some beer last Friday, the tap had nothing to give me. As far as I can tell, the CO2 tank...

You definitely have more vols than you should. I normally go by brewers friend’s calculators but they don’t give cups. Based on their conversion (weight of priming sugar is preferred by most here) you should have used .5 cups for an amber ale. You used 50% more and wound up with carbonation...

In this case, I don't know that I would consider this "too soon". If he catches some overcarbed beers before they full carbonate and cause big issues, this could be a blessing for him. Knowing how much priming sugar you used is the biggest thing that would need to be known for anyone to help...

One note: if you’re doing a single tap and building off of some blogs, it calls for a 90 degree street elbow and not a regular elbow. This caused me to have to get an extra coupling but it lets me keep the street elbow if I ever want to go to a two tap system. Based on the fridge, that will be...

Ive had eyes on kegging equipment for a number of months and resisted. I also have a 15 year old fridge from when I started college that was hanging out in my basement. It had a freezer compartment and I’m only marginally capable of modifying electronics, so I was always hesitant to try and...

Another vote for makers (on many levels).

So for those who have gone through the process of building your own, I’m curious about the dimensions. What diameter pipe did you use and why? Running beer line and a cooling line up from the fridge needs extra space for expansion in the future? or is there a flow issue I’m not aware of? The...

I’ve had success without a bag and the sparge has definitely helped me gain efficiency. Do you have any control over your crush? That’s probably the only other place I’ve seen efficiency tick up. I am at about 8 brews and I’ve gotten about 72% consistently since buying a mill, but that includes...