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There is a 7.0 CF chest freezer at Sams for $177. Enough for 4 corny's and a 5lb CO2 tank (tank on the little shelf)? Anyone have this model or one smaller and know the score? thanks. :)

Brewing a nice Noble Trappist Ale from MW right now. Any others out there brewing?

I have a wonderful select wine kit, red blend, from MW, been fermenting for 7 days pretty actively, slowed down quite a bit now and took the reading (since it is supposed to be time to rack to secondary). Looks like it is a 1.016 @ 73 degrees F. Should I wait a bit more before racking...

Interesting question here (well, maybe not). I think we all agree that if we age the beer longer it will taste better. If we follow the 1 week primary, 2 week secondary, 3 week bottle, we have a decent tasting brew. What if we go longer in the secondary? What if we go 4 - 6 weeks (which...

Alright, friends, I have 5 gallons of pale ale in a corny. I have it chilled. I have a 5lb CO2 canister, also chilled. I have lines and a dual gauge regulator. . . Hook it up, put it at 15 and let it carb for a few days? Hook it up and put it at 40 and shake it for 10 minutes, put it at 5...

Here is a question for you all that I think I already know the answer too. . .but we will see. I have a friend who made the Octane IPA kit from Midwest about 5 weeks ago, standard 5 gallons. Brew went well, put it in primary. He forgot to put the middle piece in the 3-piece airlock overnight...

Here is an interesting one that I need clarification on, if you don't mind. From what I have read, there is no real difference between bittering, flavoring, or aroma hops, is there? Besides when you add them in the boil process. I know some have higher AA and I would guess that that would...

Howdy, friends. I had one of "those" questions from SWMBO that kind of struck me as. . .very cool. The question was "how much would it take to get you all set up to brew all-grain?". I told her that I have never really priced everything out, but dear god, I would. Anyone know of a good...

OK, I have cider in the primary, right about 3 gallons. Started at 1.060 and now down to 1.010. :) I would like to have some fun with this and experiment with 3 separate 1 gallon batches. I saw a recipe for an apple caramel batch and of course I can keep one of the batches "pure", per se, but...

OK, True Brew Porter kit, bubbling has stopped for a few days but it is on the cool side, 62-66 Fah temp. 7 days in primary. Now at 1.022 on hydrometer and started at 1.050. Kit was: 1 Can Dark LME 2 lbs of dark DME 8 oz of Malto Dextrin Chocolate Grain Malt 1 0z hops Think it might...

Alright, sports fans. Going to be in the Phoenix area in March for 4 days watching springtraining baseball. Let me know, if you do know, any great area pubs or speciality beer bars in that whole huge suburb. :)

Anyone know a good site that helps you calculate how to refigure ingredients when you are making a smaller batch than the typical 5 Gallon one? Thanks. :)

Hi, guys. Been doing some searching but I figured one of you would know what I was looking for so posting this question. There is a sampler 4 pack in a box for the Kappitel Abbey Ales, you all probably know the ones that I am talking about. Had a Prior Ale, Alt Ale, etc. My wife loved them...

I am now a Gold Member. Yes, I am that cool. I have used the forum a lot so thought it was time to give back a little. Question - going to do a small batch of cider. Here is my newbie recipie idea. Curious if I will need to throw in any yeast nutrient and how much? 3 gal of apple cider...

Hi all - LHBS just sold me a True Brew Pale Ale kit when I was asking about trying my first Lager style and also sold me Saflager S-23 yeast which he said was lager yeast. Got home and noticed that it is Dry Ale Yeast. Any Issues with that? Hmmm....interesting experience. Don't think he...

Anyone know a site with a lot of good Beer XML files? I love the recipies that you all are posting, but love the convienence of importing them into Beer Alchemy program rather than retyping.

Didn't know exactly how to label the question. . . I am looking at making a few small batches of cider, experimenting with beer, etc. and my question is can I go ahead and do the primary fermenting in my regular 6.5 plastic bucket even if I am only making 2-3 gallons are so, and then put in my...

Hi, all. :) Made a kit from Midwest, English IPA. Very simple. Wanted to take a break from all of my various experimentations. I heated the water and then added the DME and the Hopped LME. I have not used hopped LME before, so was interested in trying that. My mistake is that I forgot...

Hi, friends. I keep running across recipies looking for 4.3%AA E Kent Golding Hops and I can't seem to find anything below 5.0 or usuall 5.5. Anyone have a site that will sell this specific AA? Thanks for the help.:ban:

Sorry for the double post, but I tried to be good and use the cider forum and no one responded. It appears that most of us brew beer, and y'all might know my answer. Since I am planning on doing this tomorrow, sure, I will post here. Send all complaints to my home office - PO Box 1123, NY...