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After my last post, the thought occurred to me as to how many people prime with sugar and how many force carb? I force carbed my first 2 and I think I'm gonna try priming the next couple. No wait once you swap kegs sounds good to me. Quote: Some people see a glass of beer as half full...

Was thinking of the whole conditioning and carbing thing and was thinking about priming a keg with half the amount of priming sugar and waiting for room to open up in the kegerator and then force carbing. I understand that you will get clearer beer with force carbing, more haze with sugar, so...

One more question. The 2nd batch was dry hopped in a secondary for a week. Would I be able to dump the hops straight into the keg? How would it affect the beer if the hops were left in there? They were whole hops too, not pellets.

Update on the recipe!! First batch wasn't all too great. At least not what I was looking for. Still good and I still have a 12er left. Second batch. Made a few modifications to the recipe. Nothing too drastic. The kegerator has now lost its virginity with the one of the best red ales...

Wish I would have seen this post before I ordered my reg last night from beverage factory. The extra $10 would have been worth it for the manifold. Nice find. Oh well. Next time maybe.

So I found a Magic Chef MCBR465S at home depot on clearance for $149. Bought it, brought it home and tried to fit the home brew kegs. Was quite dissappointed. They didn't fit. After much thought about whether to take it back or how I could get it to work, I decided (after taking a bunch of...

Thanks a bunch for the advice Bob. I think I might stick to the original recipe and see how it is. After all, I have to learn some how. I'll probably end up tweeking the recipe in the end whether I change it or not. As for splitting the batch into 2. I currently only have 1 fermenter...

So maybe if I decrease the 90L crystal to maybe 8 oz., making it 11% and use Nottingham yeast instead. That would be a bit more balanced and less sweet right? I'm still trying to make better sense of the effects and quantities of different ingredients and just started to look at different...

So my first batch has gone so smooth that I thought I'd take a stab at my own recipe. I'm still not sure as to some of the quantities of the malt but I think its good. 5 gal. batch 4# Alexanders Pale Malt Light 3.3# Muntons Unhopped Light 12 oz. 90L Dark Crystal Malt 8 oz. 10L Briess...

The airlock doesn't have tiny holes. It has a second inner piece that has slotted holes on the bottom quarter of it. I thought the same think too until I took a better look at it. When the inner piece rose from the gas, the slottes were still in the water preventing gas from releasing...

First time brewer, long time drinker. This is the best site I've found yet. Lots of good info. Thanks to everyone for having a great passion for good beer. I'm sure I will learn alot here, and hopefully spread my share of knowledge when the time comes. Now to the fun stuff. Started my...