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Just picked up a brand new 5 gallon slim torpedo keg. I filled with hot water and 2 scoops of PBW, let sit for 2 hours, then rinsed with hot water and scrubbed with a carboy brush. I was about to fill it with beer and gave it a quick sniff, it has a metallic smell which I do not want to transfer...

I have a friend that works at a bar and has asked me to show him how to make hard seltzer. I tried brewing hard seltzer with nutrient and yeast and that was a royal PIA! Anyways, I am just going to mix vodka and RO water in a keg and force carbonate. I'll figure out the flavoring part later. My...

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start of the week. I was wondering if anyone has had any issue with the spring in Intertap faucets not "self-closing" the faucet. I have 2 with springs and they will stick open. When closing I can feel a little assist from the spring, but it won't spring...

I have 2 kegerators on my outside covered porch and was wondering if I need to do anything for them with sustained freezing temperatures coming up. This normally doesn't happen where I'm at (Savannah GA). Tonight it will drop to 18F and tomorrow we have a high of 34F and low of 21F. Do I need to...

Just wondering if anyone knew if neoprene koozies were available for 1L glass growler bottles and if so, where can they be purchased. Thanks in advance!

I'll be in Heathrow airport for a few hours before my return to the states in a couple of weeks and was wondering what beer should I look for/sample while I am there? I don't care much for stouts and primarily drink IPA's. I figure the crowd here would have excellent input. Thanks in advance!

I just did the second dry hop on day of fermentation for a Bell's Official clone (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2239/2667/files/Official_All_Grain_Recipe.pdf?102). I normally let my beers sit 3 weeks in the fermenter before kegging. Will it be alright to sit on the hops for 2 more weeks or...

Making a Bell's official clone which is a hazy. Bell's recipe uses their house yeast Imperial A62. Which would make a better sub for A62, London Ale III or US-05? (Those are the yeasts I have on hand) Thanks in advance!

Last night I noticed my Pale Ale was quite foamy and was pouring much faster than the NEIPA I have in the same kegerator. I gave a short pull on the PRV of each keg until I heard the CO2 bottle refilling the co2, the pale ale had a whole bunch of pressure behind it (my rough guess would be...

Was just looking at my mill(Cereal Killer) and it is(truthfully has been for awhile) covered in fine white powder. Do I need to clean it? Will there be extra wear and tear if not cleaned? I normally just bump it a few times on the bucket and knock what I can loose. Seems like such a simple...

I picked up the ingredients for a cranberry wheat recipe I had been wanting to try without thinking about the fact that it is late spring in the south and non of the stores around here carry frozen cranberries at this time(I can only find craisins). I did notice that fresh raspberries are...

Today I discovered, much to my horror, that I had mold growing on the inside of one of my Big Mouth Bubbler Lid Gaskets. Is it salvageable and if so how should I clean it? (I'm normally quite good at taking everything apart and cleaning, not sure how this slipped, but it is a learning lesson for...

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! I'm interested in doing some 10 gallons batches in the near future, my fermentation chamber(converted minifridge) can only hold 1 fermenter at a time. I have seen designs for collars more or less permanently fixed to the fridge, but I was wondering if...

I put together a pear wine and added 1 lb of chopped sunmaid golden raisins to the must. I did not think to rinse the raisins, I just threw them in. I pitched my hydrated yeast(71B) on Thursday evening and as of now, 3 days later I see no yeast activity. I ran an airstone in the must yesterday...

Currently I have two 5 lb tanks of CO2 I have been using with my 2 tap kegerator. I like to have 1 on reserve so I never run out of CO2. I am building a 3 tap keezer so that I can have up to 5 kegs at once on tap so I figure another reserve bottle wouldn't hurt. Primarily I plan to have 2 kegs...

Since joining homebrewtalk I have never been steered wrong when posting a question... Today I discovered one of the valves on my gas manifold is leaking by dunking it under water, it is the one circled below. It leaks when the valve is open, but not closed. The gas manifold came with a used...

I BIAB and since I starting milling my grains really fine my efficiency has gone way up. Most brews(from pre-packaged kits) are coming out 1-1.5% higher ABV than intended(first world problem, I know..) With a certain grain bill, if I want to reduce the ABV from 7% to 6% can I simply reduce the...

Greetings! I have a Danby minifridge which has a 2 tap tower and can currently hold 2 5 gallon corny kegs. I'd like to increase the capacity to 3 kegs. Setting up tower and lines is easy, I am just unsure how to extend the fridge portion to hold the extra keg. The kegerator is outside on a...

I have done quite a bit of kits and want to start messing with changing around the dry hops to add my own taste and start developing my own recipes. On my internet searches I find what dry hopping is, when to dry hop(high krausen, post fermentation, in the keg, etc.) but I'm having trouble...

Tonight I noticed I had some beer in my co2 lines. After reading the threads I could not find any info on how to do this... I see lots of comments on how to avoid this (install check valves, don't overfill the keg, etc) but nothing on how best to clean. I was thinking to remove the co2 line from...