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Thanks for every body's help, even the smart asses.

Just did a gravity reading, 1.012. This is a Brewers Best PSA IPA. The OG was 1.054 and there still lots of krausen on top after 4 days.

After 96 hours my airlock is still active. I have heard that long fermentation could mean an infection. Any thoughts? Thanks

When you pressurize the keg how do you do it? What psi and for how long?

I racked a beer into a keg last week and never force carbed or carbed at all. Will I have an oxygen issue or is the beer just fine to sit in there?

Not sure about the DME but as far as adding water to the wort I have always used unsanitized sprint water from the grocery store. I also know of other brewers that use water right from the tap. I have never had an issues doing this. Homebrewer tv is also correct i that you should not rinse...

What probably happened was I didn't let the Better Bottle sit long enough on the counter before racking. This beer had 8oz of hops so there was a lot of sediment. I should have let it sit, like ThatGuyRyan said, a couple hours or longer.

I have a second keg but it has a bad lid. I'm actually on kegconnection.com looking for a replacement. I also read that someone cleared the tube and then put a sanitized paint strainer on the bottom of the tube with a zip tie to keep it from clogging again. Any thoughts?

What would I do with the scrubby? Also, do you think I should rack into a fermenter to clear up then back to the keg. Not sure how I should deal with my current problem.

Dip tube in the keg keeps clogging. I get about an inch of beer then it clogs. I dry hopped but did it in a better bottle... although this beer did have lots of hop additions. I thought it was clear enough but I guess not, I'm also new to kegging. Where do I go from here? Thanks

You guys rock! Dark basement and a habit of trying to do to many things at once caused me to put the in on the out and so on. Thanks for your help and the info on doing what I did to force carb.

Just connected my first keg to my new CO2/regulator. When I cranked up the CO2 to force carb, it made a gurgling sound, which I assume was the CO2 entering the beer. I just want to make sure I do the right thing, probably paranoid. Did I miss anything? thanks

I'm going to dry hop whole leaf hops in a muslin bag in a better bottle. Can I just put some marbles in them and then just let it sink to the bottom or does it have to be suspended with fishing line or something? Thanks

I know what bonehead move I did now. In the sumer I would sanitize my fermenter, lid and airlock, put the lid on loose and the airlock in. I would put this on the table in my garage. Well I did this last night when it was 25 degrees out I did the same thing. The pail, without starsan in it...

I'll give it some more time. If after 72 hours what do you all think I should do? Thanks for all of your help.

Brewed a brown ale last night, pitched the yeast around 6:30pm and as of 8:00am there are no signs of fermentation. I did a yeast starter and it looked healthy, would almost volcano when I stirred it. Pitched at 70 degrees, aerated real good before pitching. House is at 68 degrees. Sanitized...

I ordered a kit from Norther Brewer called Emma's Ale which 100% of the proceeds to to a children's cancer hospital. Emma has Neuroblastoma. I would encourage you to brew this inexpensive kit...

Thank you all! Just got done brewing, all went well. The pot that I bought had a slow leak out of the rivets that attach the handle. This is the first time I have used it, it's also my 2nd one as the first one did the same thing. Any ideas for a 9-10 gallon pot for a reasonable price...

Bought an extract kit from Midwest, Hop Head DB IPA. I entered in Beersmith and with 2 of the grains, Victory and Aromatic Beersmith says you Must Mash. Midwest says just to steep them. I have done some research and I haven't seen anyone doing Partial Mash. Any help would be much appreciated.

For those who use oxiclean to clean equipment such as plastic primary ferm pale, should I be soaking the pale in oxiclean (if so how long) or can I just wash it like you would dishes... hot water oxciclean and a cotton hand towel? Thanks