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I know some people are able to make it work but how easy is it? I have a standard mini fridge that I'm converting and my parents are going to buy my friends and I a commercial keg in exchange for the labour finishing our backyard. How tall and wide are typical commercial kegs? Do they vary...

I got one heck of a deal on a Kenmore minifridge the other week. I got it home, plugged it in and it worked great. This weekend I removed the inner door and the freezer accessories as well as I bent the coolant tray down. Bending the coolant tray was my only concern. I didn't want to...

I'm not having much luck with cheap beer kits at my local superstore. I plan to buy a few real kits from my local homebrew store. In the meantime a friend recommended mead. I looked up a few recipes on the internet and gave it a shot today. 2.4 Pounds of #1 Canadian honey(2x500g...

Does anyone know the freezing point of your typical light beer? I'm guessing my beer is between 4-5%. I don't have a beer fridge yet and its -17 outside. I have an insulated garage that stays around -4C (25F) in the winter. I a keg out there tonight and the beer that spilt I noticed did...

I was just wondering what makes a thick almost jelly head on the top of homebrew? I made a batch from a cheap SuperStore kit and now that its aged for a while it has a fairly high, thick and jelly like foam head. Can someone fill me in a little bit? I remember on the "let your beer age" you...

I hooked my keg up to my CO2 tank right after the keg was filled. I set the regulator at 12psi, opened the valve on the tank and then closed it once the keg equalized. I haven't confirmed yet if my connection from regulator to keg is still leaking. There was 800 PSI in the short little...

I got a free CO2 regulator with a hose and ball lock fitting already on it. The guages need replacement but that wasn't hard. I kegged the first batch today and I noticed the ball lock fitting leaks! I know the kegs dont' leak because I pressurized them up empty and let them sit for a few...

I was trying to decide whether or not to take my beer into secondary. Right now the plan is to leave it in a long primary. The CO2 production is non existant. If I were to transfer the beer into a secondary wouldn't I just be oxidizing the beer? CO2 is heavier then air so right now my...

I have beer fermentating in a glass carboy primary right now and I'm just thinking about how much more convenient it would be to have a fermentor like commercial places do. I don't imagine it would be too hard to cut the bottom off of a bucket and plastic sauder a funnel on the bottom. From...

I know the long primary vs primary and secondary fermentation thing has come up quite a bit. Here's my situation. I have a pilsner kit in my room elevated about 1.5' off the ground on a 2x12 stand. The last kit I left in a primary for 10 days and then went to bottling. It was a bit cloudy...

Here's the scoop. If I get a full size fridge(really cheap) my parents will pay for power. If I buy a small fridge(danby new for $150) I pay them say $20 a year. My basement isn't finished other then my room. The fridge has to go in the basement. I'm thinking if I get a small half fridge...

Hey everyone, I'm a broke college student from Regina, Sask that got interested in the challenge of making beer. I saw one of those liquid kits at Super Store for $12 and figured I had to try it. My mom was heavy into wine making and has all the equipment needed(close to 12 carboys). The...