Search results

I'm brewing the Oktoberfest lager kit from Midwest w/ Octoberfest yeast from Wyeast. The directions say to lager @ 35-45 in secondary after 7-10 days ferm. & diacetyl rest. Can I just rack to a keg after the diacetyl rest and throw it in the kegerator @ 40 degrees? I would purge and...

My shipment from Midwest Supplies came a day earlier than expected and no one was home. After almost 5 hours on the porch my Wyeast activators were still liquid. After smacking my Oktoberfest lager it puffed up fast. Good thing some warm air blew in (the high was 29 F).

Basically I was wondering if the bite from carbonic acid goes away immediately after flattening the beer or does it linger? I agitated the beer in the glass enough to flatten it and the taste did not improve. The beer tasted fine two 2 weeks ago, but has a bite now and I'm trying to narrow...

First time I took my keg setup mobile I lost my nylon o-ring. I had to get some more CO2 on New Year's Eve (great timing) Fortunately I found out that in a pinch you can carve an o-ring out of the plastic thread protector that the welding shop puts on the tank every time one is filled. The...