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Just received my kegerator equipment and c02 and was going to naturally carbonate my first batch with priming sugar. Was reading about sealing off the keg with co2 after the beer is in the keg with the sugar. Do you just do a quick shot (a second or two) of c02 and then bleed it off...

I have brewed about seventy or so gallons of beer in the last year. Not too bad, I'd say. I've never had a problem with carbonation until now. Here is the recipe: 1 ¼ tbsp gypsum 5 lbs. Mutons Extra-light dry malt extract 2 lbs. Cook's Pure Honey 1 oz. Hallertauer hops 4.7% alpha boiling ½...

I have been extract brewing since now for about 8 months. Some of the recipes I have been doing have been asking me to steep the grains at 155 degrees for 30 minutes. I have an electric stove top, and obtaining this temperature has been impossible. It usually just shoots right past it...

Boiled up a pretty basic IPA yesterday morning. For the first time I tried some liquid yeast, White Labs British Ale Yeast WLP005. The directions recommend your brew be between 70-75 degrees during the fermentation. (you may skip to the bottom to read the question, or read on for some...

I've read as much as I can on fermentation and when to get concerned. This is my second batch of brew. I am day 3 with no visible activity. My specific gravity has not changed and I tasted the sample from my hydrometer and it doesn't taste like beer. So with no grav change, taste...

I am planning on brewing an English style brown ale with a very basic recipe: 7# Amber Malt Extract 1/2 lb. Crystal malt 1/4 lb. black patent 1/4 lb. chocolate malt Fuggles hops I was wondering if looking at these ingredients you'd have an opinion on fermentation time? My plan was...

Short Version: Has anyone had experience with heating your bottles in the oven to sterilize them? Long Version: I picked up some old brewing equipment from a guy who is a hard core brewer. He gave me ton of bottles too. His method was to place the bottles in his kitchen oven at 300...

I have a bag of Breiss Brewcraft Crystal Malt. It's airsealed and on the back it says,"This grain will impart is character without mashing." From this I'm assuming I don't have to run a rolling pin over the malt to break it up, and it does look like the husks are cracked. Anyone have...

Can you transfer from a primary plastic bucket to a secondary carboy using the spigot? I'm assuming yes but don't know if there are any problems that I might incur. side note: Just got back into brewing after a loooooong hiatus. And I'm setting up things for my first batch. 'Back in the...