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Need some help regarding carbonation. Im part of a local Miami homebrew club and we do some local beer festivals. When its time to keg my beer i set it to 25-30 PSI and let it card up in a 60 degree walk in cooler. I know it should be colder but cant get it any colder until I invest in a keezer...

I need some help figuring out how to force carb my porter. My keg is in a walk in cooler at 55F. How long and at what pressure do I have to carb this beer at? The quick way and the slow way? THANKS!!:mug:

Im having a small problem I need some help with. I usually force carb my beer and when i pur it into a glass it is nicely carbonated with a nice head. But when i transfer it to a growler or beer bottle using the we dont need no stinking beer gun method i have no head at all the next day. What am...

Ok so ive read and read and read HBT, Mr. Malty and so on....i guess im simple minded but for the life of me i dont get this 1L starter has ...billion cells and if you step it up to 4L it goes to so and so....so can someone please simplify this...if i have a gravity of 1.060 what size starter do...

So i live in Miami and I guess our water doesn't get cool enough to bring my wort temp down to pitching temp in a reasonable amount of time using a wort chiller. It takes about 40 mins to get it down to 80 and that's a lot of water going down the drain. What can I do to improve this?

Two weeks ago I brewed a NB Oktoberfest, it's now time to move it to the secondary to lager but my chest freezer broke and don't have the funds to purchase one right now. So the question is what would happen if I just rack to secondary and leave it for about 2 months at 52 degrees. What would...

Well I brewed my first all grain this Saturday and everything was on the money!!! Mash temps sparge temps and pre boil volume!!! Woohoo!! This was possible due to the amount of help and knowledge here at HBT so THANK YOU!!! Now I was wondering how good my efficiency was how do I calculate this?

So... ive been extract brewing for about a year but i finally got all the equipment i need to move to all grain!! Woohoo!!:ban:.. I ordered a kit from NB and will be brewing it today using the batch sparge method but im all confused because everyone does it so different. I put the recipe into...

OK i just purchased a 3 cornelius keg kit...how should i carbonate the beer...naturally with corn sugar or with the co2 tank....if i should just force carbonate it how is this done? at what temp? and what pressure?....also when i bottle i leave the beer in the bottle for 3 weeks @ room temp b4 i...

I was interested in brewing a clone IPA....whick is the best IPA in your opinion?

Which is you favorite sam adams beer?

I just found out that my microbiology teacher is a homebrewer as well....we started to talk about what he brews and he told me that he loves brewing a clone of shakespeare stout by rogue brewing co....he said its rated as the top beer in the world in some book cant remember the name....My first...

could someone please point me in the right direction on where to purchase a cheap kegging kit .....i prefer it to be a 2 cornelius keg kit.....thanx

if i want to end up with a five gallon batch how much water should i start with for a full boil....and what amount should i put into the pro mash program?

Wen extract brewing is it better to use LME or DME....another question i have is it better to use corn sugar or or Dme for carbonation? whats the difference?

WHere can i get a good cheap propane cooker for a 30 qt brew pot that will boil my wort alot faster..i use my bbq side stove and it takes forever need something with more heat.

OK so i brewed my second batch today...Just made it uo tell me what you think 1.Steeped Briess Victory up to 170* 2.Added 3.3 lbs amber and 3.3 lbs dark LME when boil started 3.Boiled 2 oz centinnel for 50mins 4.boiled .5 oz kent golding last 15 mins 5. boiled .5 oz kent golding last 5...

how could i purchase beer so i can try different microbrewries...not many different ones here in miami?

was just wondering is it better to bottle or to keg? If keggin is better could you please tell me what i need to purchase and where.

OK i just finished bottling a brew kit that i recieved from beer-wine.com. I see that everyone has name for their beer. I need to know how you classify a beer. How do you know if you have an english ale,pale ale, red pale ale , red ale, porter.etc...I have the charlie papazian book and i didnt...