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I'm using a filter for the first time. Setup is the source keg is hooked up at 2 psi and piped through a filter to the spear-side of another keg. The beer was cold from being in the fridge overnight and had not yet been carbonated. Everything was fine until I left the garage for longer than I...

I have growler of beer I set aside so I could "dry hop" it with jalapenos as an experiment. I have a keg and a carborater cap for the 2 liter. I only have one carborater cap and plan to replace it with the normal cap once it's properly carbonated. My question is when I take off the...

Targets: OG - 1.065 IBU - 90 ABV - 6.4% ---------------------------------------------------- Extract + MiniMash Ultralight Extract - 7 lbs 2 Row - 3 lbs Crystal 15 - 2.25 lbs...

Hey all, I'm looking for a local brew contest or home brew club somewhere in the SF Bay Area, preferably in the South Bay Sunnyvale / Mountain View / Santa Clara area, but I'd drive farther if I have to. Anyone know of anything?

Hey all, This is by far the best brewing resource I've stumbled across on the web. I've been brewing for just over a year, and I'm posting this while finishing off the last bottle of my 2nd batch, brewed a year ago. The last couple brews have really benefited from the info I've gotten here...

I've just brewed my first Altbier, using the guidelines from Ray Daniels' Designing Great Beers for my recipe. He recommends a month of cold conditioning which I'm happy to do. My question is: should I carbonate my corny to serving pressure first then put it in my fridge or should I rack the...

I took at least 20 minutes off my cooling time when I added a stand pipe & hose to my ice bath to drain the hot water sitting on top of the bath. To make: Get a rubber stopper and a length of PVC pipe from Home Depot, etc.. Punch a hole in the stopper and glue it to the PVC pipe to make a...

I'm going over my notes for the beer I've done and there's a trend - most of my beer doesn't end at the estimated ABV. The reason seems to be that I never get to the estimated original gravity of the recipe. A couple of examples: Craig's Travelin' Man Ale Estimated OG - 1.064 My OG -...

I have a Belgian Trippel that's supposed to get up to about 8.3%. Originally brewed on the 10th, racked to secondary 5 days later, then racked to a keg today (11 days after brewing) after the airlock had been dead for a few days. I finally checked the final gravity after I had put it in the...