Search results

Hello Folks, I rigged a small freezer for keeping my kegs. I can fit two pin locks in the main space, but I can't fit my 10lb co2 tank over the shorter space over the compressor. I have a permanent plan for this guy (adding extra head space, faucets) so I don;t want to drill it or...

Hello Everyone, I am new to kegging and I just got two pin-locks that I reconditioned and cleaned. My question is should/can I store them with star san solution (each one is holding about 1/2 gal so far after cleaning with oxy and multiple rinses with water and with star san. Thanks! Juan P.

Hey there! I am looking for people with first hand experience using honey malt. I think it is from Canada... Have you tried it? have you subtituted it for something else, easier to find in the US? My LHBS has is very well stocked, but they do not carry the honey malt. They didn't offer a...

I have some gallon jugs: 1 old vinegar jug (screw top) 2or3 cider? jugs (half turn top) 2 four liter alcohol bottles (lab use, small screw top, different from the first one) do you think that some of these may hold carbonated beer? I am thinking of carbonating 2/3 gallon in these to...

Hi there! I have a quick question: may an excess of chocolate malt produce a wine-like and slightly acidic flavor? I recenty brewed a brown and today I racked to the secondary. The density was higher than expected but may still have to atenuate more. Now the flavor is weird... kind of...

Hi there: I have a recipe that calls for 400 grams of maltodextrine in a 19 L batch. this is something like 14 ounces in 5 gallons. More than what it is commonly recomended. (8oz/5gall) any potential problem with this? thanks in advance! JP

not sure if this goes here... but is related to ingredients shopping A friend of mine will came (from Argentina) to visit some relatives in Chicago. He is a homebrewer and would like to buy some hops that are hard to find in his country. He'll be in Chicago for a couple of days so I was...

Hi there! In my home country (argentina) most HBrs use etylic alcohol 70% to sanitize. The stuff is more expensive than bleach but still cheaper than one-step sanitizer. Their claim is that ethanol is "one step sanitizer" 'cause you rinse with it (need only seconds of contact time) and then it...

Hello there! can I steep carafoam? and carapils? they are suposedly equivalent (dextrine malts) but the briess carapils are suposed to be mashed (according to someone at least) while carafoam does not seem to require that. also can I get a simmilar effect (to carafoam/carapils), this is...

Hi there! I brewed my second batch this weekend. There is something weird happenning rigth now: There appears to be lower preasure inside the fermentor because the level of the water in the two piece airlock (inside tube) goes up!!! If I gently tap on the airlock, the two levels (inside and...

Hi there! I have one question regarding yeasty flavor in my beer. I have read in the internet and they should dissapear with time, but still have questions: I brewed a 2.5 gal batch and cut all the ingredients by half, except yeast :o . I used a full pack (7g?) of muntons gold. The...

Hi folks! This is to say thanks to you all and to show you the first pint of my first batch. I asked so many questions and you answered them and helped me alot, so here you go! This should be cincinatti pale ale from John Palmer's book. I am not sure is the color and flavor are what they are...

Hi folks! I brewed for the first time last night... The wort has been in the fermenter the whole night now and I don't see any bubbles... I removed the airlock, peeked through the whole and there is foam on top. I sanitized the lock and put it back. The temp on the outside of the bucket is:74...

Hi folks! I've been reading a bit about homebrewing now, including lurking at this site. By now I am ready to start brewing, but I have a couple of questions. First my ideas: I've decided that I'll start with 2.5 gal all extract batches. This is roughly half of most of the recipes I've...