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I have not brewed in abou 2 years. I have done about 10 brews before I took a break. I did an extract kit summer ale to get me back in the game. I added way to much top off water because of poor calculation and measurement with my new keg brew pot. OG was suppose to be 1.046. Mine was 1.028. I...

Hey I am wanting to do put the valve and diptube in the bottom of my keggle. I was only able to find a half inch nipple about 2 inchs long that is brass. I cant find a stainless anywhere. am i looking in the wrong places or will it be ok to weld the brass to the stainless steel keg? Thanks!!

So the past week to week and a half i have been working away and collecting and building the stuff needed to move to all grain. And man does it really help having a good friend that works in a machine/welding/building shop. I asked him to do my kegs and the next day i ran them out to him and he...

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac359/skydog4884/Beer/ Hey i have been using this turkey fryer but found some kegs to start using. How can i make this fryer work without modding the fryer because its my fathers and he still wants to be able to use it as a turkey fryer, i dont know why he...

Some of you may have read my post on the colorado trip i took and the couple breweries i went to. well i went to the small one in Estes park and tried the raspberry beer they had. the girl loved it so we bought about a 12 pack; mind you estes park colorado is at about 7500 ft; brought it back...

The SWMBO and I just got back from a trip to Colorado and I found out how many micro brewerys they had. It was awesome! I ended up going through a tour of Boulder Beer Brewing and a tour of Coors light in Golden Colorado. It was pretty cool seeing the different levels of brewing.

I have a utility sink with extra washer hot and cold water lines. It works well for cleaning but I have to use two different hoses if I want cold or if I want hot. I am looking for a Y that has two female and one male output. I have seen one a long time ago just dont know if they still make...

You may have remembered me from Fort Lauderdale, FL but I just moved back to my home town of Sioux Falls. I was a little nervous that their would be no brew store near but they have one in a wine and spirits store that they just added in home brewing about 3 months ago. And since I have been...

Hey guys my name is Skyler and I live in SD. Im only 21 years old but already love the taste of good beers. I have only done 5 batches so far and love it already. Thanks in advance for all the help this place has given me on my first brews and building my kegerator and thanks for the help...

My dad is coming into town on the 23rd. He is a very loyal bud light drinker but i am trying to get him into drinking better craft beer. I want to have a good beer made and on tap when he comes. I know i am running low on time but.... I asked him what he would buy if he bought a better beer...

So i built a kegerator, i have been dispensing my homebrew perfectly. I bought a d style sankey coupler to put on a bud light keg (I know, i know i just dont want a bunch of random people drinking my homebrew) and i switched over the hoses. I transported the keg into the fridge, let sit for...

I have a six and half gallon carboy. I brewed an English pale ale and wanted to see if I could make it a little stronger so I added priming sugar (Dextrose). It was about a half cup. Is this the reason that during fermentation it bubbled over so bad that I had to switch from an air lock to...