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I am not a lager expert, hence this post, but doesn't the yeast strain have more to do with a beer being a lager than sediment in the beer? If you can't naturally carbonate a lager than how do you bottle a lager if you don't have a keg and a beer gun?

I did not get all the soda/acid residue out of the keg well enough before I dumped my beer. At least that is what I think happened. The beer had a very funny twang to it that I have not had with bottling. Almost undrinkable. Other than that I think everything went ok. I did not try to force...

Thanks for your thoughts CarsonCE! My plan is to leave it at 35 to 40 degrees for 3 to 4 weeks and then bring it in to room temperature for a few weeks to carbonate. Hopefully it works out. My first kegging experience was not good so hopefully this one goes better.

So, I went ahead and added the priming sugar in the keg and put my keg in the garage at 40 degrees. I suppose I will need to bring the keg in to room temp in order for the priming sugar to carbonate the beer. Any opinions?

I am in the process of making my first lager and I am at the point of needing to move it to the secondary and plan on using one of my kegs for this. Question, can I also add priming sugar to the keg so it is carbonated at the end of the secondary phase and ready to hook to the tap and start...

It is normal practice for the pump and/or concrete truck to wash out at the location the concrete was poured, but the contractor who poured the concrete should have removed these "clumps" when they were done working. Furthermore, I can't believe the landscaper didn't remove them before seeding...

Gila, with all the bedroom action you are not getting you should have plenty of time to take care of your yard:D

I would just assume it is fine and wait one week or so and then take a hydrometer reading to make sure it is below 1.010. It will be alcohol, but you just won't know how potent it is since you didn't get the original gravity. If it gets you buzzed who cares if you know the exact alcohol...

What about mushroom hunting, bass fishing, and beer brewing all in a span of two days? All that seems to be missing is some gun shooting and nascar..... whoops nascar is on tonight, guess I might be redneck.

Expect to pay around $4/SF for a 5-inch thick concrete driveway and about $1/SF for removal of the old driveway. For a 1,300 SF driveway this would come out to be about $6,500. If you can get it for $5,200 it looks like you are getting a deal, but make sure the contractor does good work. Bad...

My first All Grain was done using this method and the beer turned out good. The only downside I had was trying to get 6 gallons of wort up to a boil. It took about an hour and I could never reach a rolling boil. I actually had to use a small propane torch on the side of the kettle to get a...

I have tried both ways and it seemed like there was more orange and coriander flavor when I left it in during the primary fermentation. I am not sure how the pros do it.

I am currently dry hopping my first dry hopped beer and have some of the same questions. I racked from the primary to the secondary directly on top of the hop pellets. It has been about 1 week and the majority of the hops have settled to the bottom but there is still a fair amount floating on...

Thanks for the input Warped04! So far, in my limited brewing history, I haven't made it to the yeast starter step yet, but I know that is something I need to start doing.

I can't say it any better than Lou.

Where I live the closest home brew shop is about a 1 1/2 hours away so I usually order from Midwest online. Does anyone else who orders online load up on liquid yeast during colder temps and keep them in the fridge or do they just pay extra to have it shipped with the ice pack and pouch...

Thanks for the info! It sounds like it is mostly the preference of the brewer. I am helping a friend of mine brew his own batch for the first time today and I don't want to give him bad advice!

I also noticed when I did a wheat beer the smell during fermentation was not very pleasant, but the beer turned out great! I wouldn't worry about it. I bet it has something to do with the yeast strain used for wheat beers?

John Palmer's book "How to Brew" says to add the water to the grain during the mash-in and not the other way around, but several videos on you tube show people doing it the other way around by dumping the grain into the water. I have been adding the water to the grain like "How to Brew" says...

Welcome! Beer Crazy in Urbandale is where I first bought my supplies (back when I knew zero) and the guy working was not very helpful for a beginner. New brewers is how his business will survive so he should embrace the new brewer!! Since then I have bought online from Midwest and have read a...