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Appreciate the information. What I really want is to have a tap, or two, or three right on the bar. It wouldn't make alot of sense to me to build something seperate because then, what would I use the bar area for? I have the bar counter, stools and a sink and a fridge behind it so I want to...

Looking into building a keezer to go underneath the counter in my bar downstairs. Have found a 14.8 cu ft GE chest freezer on craigslist for $200. Looks fairly new so I think this is a good deal? Also, I want to run a 3 keg system. 1 1/2 barrel and 2 5 gallon home brew kegs. I'm assuming...

anyone know what you can fit in a Danby DCF550W? 5.5cu/ft width - 32 3/8 depth - 22 height - 32 7/8 is it possible to get a quarter / half barrel in this as well as one corny? trying to get an idea, looking to build a keezer here soon and can get this freezer on the cheap. the depth...

thanks for the responses. i took a read of the final gravity and found it to be right around 1.02 which is were I would expect it. Tasted it during bottling and seemed fine. I did have a slight white film on top but I just chalked that up as normal for sitting around all that time. seemed to...

I moved a 5 gal batch from primary to secondary..... nearly 5 months ago. Not sure the reason, perhaps I wasn't looking forward to bottling, but my question is.... long fermenation period = nice good aged brew or long fermentation period = dump it out and fire up another batch. further...

Put a little time into create the recipe below. Want a yuengling amber type lager, but still something unique. Please let me know what you think. 6 lbs Light Dry Extract 8 oz Carafoam 1 lb oz Crystal malt – 120L 8 oz Aromatic Malt 1 oz Willamette (60 min) .5 oz Crystal (10 min) .50...

Have brewed 5 batches (all ale kits) and used the following process... 1 week primary (bucket) 1 week secondary (glass carboy) 2 weeks in bottle before chilling. Starting to make my own recipes so want to make sure Im giving it ample time before drinking. I always make sure there is no...

Just cleaned/removed two cases worth of lables today. Mostly Sam Adams and some Michelob. Sammy's were pretty easy just soaking in hot water and then giving them a nice scrub with a towel to get the glue. Might try the oxy clean next time to make sure all the glue is off. They will work for...

Sounds good... was able to find a used fridge for $50 and will pick up the temperature controller. Through research I have found this general lagering procedures... 1. Primary ferment in the fridge at the temperature determined by the yeast used for about 2 weeks. 2. Diacetyl (sp?)...

Good stuff... I was actually just reading your post about the easy mash the other night. I was told that mashing my grains in the above recipe (melanoidin, cyrstal, belgian biscuit) would make for a better beer. This is my first time creating a recipe and have not attempted mashing yet...

Great links... thanks! I am planning to brew a red ale and am currently using northern brewer which from what ive read can serve a dual purpose... give you both biterness and aroma. Right now I'm planning to use 2/3 oz at the beginning of the boil and then the remaining 1/3 with 15 minutes...

New to homebrew and starting to create some of my own recipes. Beginning to understand the use of the different extracts and grains and their effect on the brew but now would like to get information on what hops can do for me. I'd imagine experienced brewers could talk for days about this...

I am new to homebrewing and am just now starting to formulate my own recipes instead of using the kits. I would like to make a lager sometime soon, maybe a yuengling clone or along those lines. I know that lagers are to be fermented at colder temperatures as opposed to ales which ferment in...

Great insight once again... I really appreciate you taking the time to give me your thoughts. I am very intrigued by the details (late extract, hop utilization, use of grains,etc) and will try to incorporate your suggestions. Couple of things... 1) What do you mean by "3 gal boil". Being...

goplay - I really appreciate your comments. I have thought about alot of the points you brought up but not quite in that detail. My thoughts... 1) In the recipes that I am looking to create I will be using atleast 50% dme compared to lme. Per your suggestion I will look to move to...

Thanks guys for your insight. I am new to using a "hop schedule" compared to just throwing an oz of them in at time of boil. Can you suggest something to increase the bitterness instead of using the hopped extract. I would imagine this would be a change in the type, amount and timing of...

welcome... glad to hear you are getting back into homebrew. i am also looking into building a kegerator as bottling is a bit tedious and i find myself making more and more batches these days. initial thoughts were to start with one of those stand alone freezers that could fit 2, 3, or maybe...

Hello all from Pittsburgh, Started brewing a couple months ago and am currently going through the different ingredient kits to get an idea of what goes into making the different types of beer. Have bottled and tried a red ale, oktoberfest and a porter... all have turned out good so far...

Have made 5 batches using ingredient kits and am looking to start to make my own recipes. I really liked the RedAle from the kit so I'm going to start and try to make something similar. Here is what I have come up with by combining ideas from the kit and also from an example in the Brew book...