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Dumping out four (4) five gallon kegs of beer! That's right, twenty gallons of home brew down the drain. Two kegs of Oatmeal Stout, and two kegs of Centennial Pale Ale. I've been brewing all grain for about five or six years, and have brewed several hundred gallons of beer. Our beer is...

I have ten gallons of oatmeal stout that is undrinkable. See my post in General "Oatmeal Stout Rescue". It was brewed three weeks ago. I've kegged one carboy, chilled and hit it with CO2 and the off flavor is very pronounced. The taste is a harsh astringent flavor that hits the roof of...

Brewed up a ten gallon batch of oatmeal stout. Pretty basic recipe. 14 pounds of two row, assorted other adjuncts (Yoopers Oatmeal Stout) and the recipe called for TWO pounds of flaked oats. I had the local brew shop include two pounds of flaked oats, and the next week when I brewed I added...

I'm ready to purchase a grain mill for brewing, and I need it to crush dried corn too. I'm thinking that the Monster Mill Pro 2 is the best one, and I spoke to Fred at Monster Hardware and he told me that there are different coupon available to help with the purchase price, but I'm not finding...

I spotted this ad on today's Craigslist from Seattle. Too far away for me. These won't last long. Good Luck. beer making supplies (Seattle) Date: 2011-05-17, 4:29PM PDT Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?] I have about 100 grolsch style...

When I started my kegging operation last year I purchased four pin lock kegs. Since then, I've added three more pin lock kegs. I have six pin lock picnic taps, and all the required pin lock gas and beverage fittings for pin locks A nearby brewer has a dozen pin lock kegs that he wants to...

I'm not affiliated with this website. I use Craigslist to search for brewing bargains. It became tedious to have to enter the search criteria, then change to a different city, and have to re-enter the same criteria. For the past couple of weeks, I've been using SearchTempest. It's pretty...

I live at about 800 elevation. I took a keg of properly carbed Centennial Blonde from the keezer to a mountain lodge for a work party. It was foam city. Couldn't get the keg to dispense anything but thick, creamy foam. Finally decanted into a large teapot and waited for the foam to...

Just in case someones looking for a good deal on 3 gallon corneys. Here's a Craigslist link He had nine of them, $35.00 each. Good Luck.

Been looking around for a refractometer, what do you think of this? I sent the vendor a message two weeks ago asking if this would work for beer brewing in the USA, and I haven't received a response. Do refractometers come in metric? The temperature could possibly be in Celsius . Any...

I was at the local Lowes Store today to purchase an Oxygen tank to aerate wort. They had the little red tanks for about eight bucks, and then I noticed that they had a kit that contains one oxygen tank, one mapp gas tank, a regulator for the oxygen tank, and a regulator for the mapp gas tank...

I'm placing a grain order this week and I would like to order some extra packs of dry yeast such as Safale us-04 and 05, plus a pack or two of Champagne yeast. What's the shelf life of these dry yeast packs if they're stored in refriderator? I like to brew about once a week, and I have no...

OK, my first attempt at All Grain was less than spectacular, not a dumper, but a disappointment. I’ve been all over the web and I’ve read a ton of posts. I have a flaw in my process and need to sort out where I’m going astray. I’m using BeerSmith, and I have a 48 quart cooler for a...

The incandescent light in the brew room burned out, so I popped in a new CFL (compact florescent light). I got to thinking that if forescent lights are not recommended for brew rooms, then aren't CFL's just the same thing in a different package? I'm going to change back to incandescent, but...

I'm still building my keezer, I have the Ranco temp controller on it's way. I have four corny kegs in the "spare" fridge. 1 Simcoe IPA, 1 Stout, 1 Honey Ale, 1 Coopers Lager (extract). I'm dispensing right now with a three foot 3/16" hose and a picnic tap (until the keezers done). I...

I did my first all grain recipe yesterday, BeirMunchers Centennial beer. Everything went about as well as I expected. I learned a lot, and next time I can improve my method. I had one significant problem, the wort wouldn't drain out of the MLT worth a darn. I'm using a 48 quart cooler...

I've been trying to load the Chocolate Espresso Stout recipe into Beersmith. The recipe calls for 3 lbs Muntons Dry Dark, but I can't locate this ingredient in Beersmith. I've been to Beersmith website and searched the support forums. I did locate how to add grains, but not how to add this...

OK, I've been reading about yeast ranching, washing, pitching, etc. etc. etc. Here's where I need help. I have a 5 gallon batch of Simcoe IPA that's been in a 5 gallon carboy since July 12th (12 days). I used Whitelabs Burton Ale Yeast (vial) and the SG was 1.084 and this morning it is...

I'm starting to hook up to the advantages of reusing active yeast cakes. Is this a common practice? I currently have a Honey Ale that's been in the primary for just over a week, and I have a Simcoe IPA that's been in the primary for a week, and I have a Exract Lager that's been in primary...

I've read several threads that recommend creating a yeast starter from a portion of the wort when using liquid yeast. The procedure is to take a portion of the wort, and add the liquid yeast to it, and let it rev. up for 24 or so hours, before dumping it into the main fermenter. Sounds...