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It's been awhile since I re-plumbed my kegerator with DuoTight fittings, and it's past-due for a thorough cleaning. I have 4 taps. I have a sump-pump keg washer to recirculate cleaning solution. What's the order-of-operations here? PBW, then BLC, then Star-San? Or can I skip the PBW? I plan...

my sister bought a kegerator and draft tower for her back deck I'm trying to help her replace the vinyl lines and extend the lines about 5' from below the deck up to the counter / tower. I have EvaBarrier lines 4x8mm lines on my corny kegs, but I don't know if those would fit a Sanke coupler...

recently had a problem with a drifting pH meter, and checked my 4 oz. bottles of calibration solution, only to realize they're expired by several years Seems an expensive waste to buy the full bottles and have them go bad, or untrustworthy, before you can use them up I see some other...

picked up ingredients for a Bavarian Hefeweizen yesterday. LHBS did not have Munich Classic, so I fell back to Mangrove Jack M20: https://bsghandcraft.com/mangrove-jacks-craft-series-yeast-m20-bavarian-wheat-10g having trouble finding what strain this is equivalent to - is it repackaged...

inspired by a trip to an antique store with the wife found a barware tray labeled "Rheingold Extra Dry Lager" that I can use for carrying pints upstairs from the basement kegerator never heard of it, but did a bit of Google research and found this: The Bushwick Pilsners: A Look at Hoppier Days...

I've gotten fairly comfortable using several different yeast strains but I'm thinking of consolidating towards a smaller stable of strains. Was wondering if anyone has found a strain that is particularly versatile, in that it can produce vastly different (but still delicious) beers by varying...

I'm planning to set up a simple dry-hops-infuser, like a Randall-izer but without the whole water filter/housing. I'll use either a 2L soda bottle, or these 2.5L bottles if I can find a USA distro source: https://www.kegland.com.au/kegland-amber-pet-bottles-2-5l-pack-of-9-with-screw-caps.html...

looking to buy a bulk 500g brick of dry yeast for some upcoming warm-fermented lagers SafLager 34/70 is selling for $170 CellarScience "German" is $100 : CellarScience® German Dry Lager Yeast (500 g) | MoreBeer or Cart APEX "Munich True Lager" is $70 : Apex Cultures Munich True Lager Yeast 500g...

posting this in the Kegging forum as I'm sure it will require some custom fittings etc. I have one of my 5 taps in my kegerator dedicated to sparkling mineral water I have a mineral blend that I like, that I mix up in 5 gallon batches. The whole family enjoys which is great; the only problem...

I'm still looking around for a way to serve foam-free beer from a carbonated keg, without a bunch of line and a picnic tap Does this exist? I'm confused by all the products, and the reviews. Some say it works, others get all foam. I see ball-lock disconnects with flow-control, QD-to-faucet...

I'm putting in an order for some fittings and connectors due to rehabbing kegs. I ferment in my corny kegs and I want to put together some dedicated gas-to-gas and liquid-to-liquid jumper lines for transfers I already have DuoTight fittings and 4mm EVAbarrier on my kegerator and I'm happy with...

I'm trying to come up with a low-tech way to warm up my sluggish kveik blonde ale fermentation. My basement is cold right now - 55F and even the exothermic reaction is only achieving mid-60s I ferment in two corny kegs so it's partly a surface-area problem. I have them sitting on a seedling...

seeing recipes for spent-grain bread and other baked goods. Came across a granola recipe that was 50/50 rolled oats and spent grain, plus nuts, fruit etc. I always though that the husk of a barley seed was indigestible? Isn't it a bit like eating a shell of a walnut? I'm all in favor of...

I'm struggling with getting clear wort out of my keggle into the fermentor. I have a March Pump 809 which is rated to 250F max fluid temperature. Was thinking of putting the BIAB bag back into the kettle after removing the wort chiller. Then recirculating all the wort from below the bag, back...

I recently read about yeast oxygen scavenging to de-aerate mash water. Was wondering if the same principle could be used to purge a receiving keg, rather than pushing out 5 gallons of sanitizer. If it worked it would also have the benefit of topping up my batch size - I could ferment 4 gallons...

I have a batch of a simple Belle Saison recipe I brewed a couple months ago. Got full attenuation down to 1.002 for this diastaticus strain. It turned out "fine", just really boring. I think the temperature was too low, and my spunding valve inadvertently applied some top pressure. So the...

I collected a bunch of empty champagne and sparkling wine bottles from my neighbors after New Year's. I'm planning on bottle-conditioning a mixed-culture saison. My question is whether I can cap them with a red wing capper and 26mm caps, or if I need to go with cork-and-cage?

I brewerd an English barleywine back in September. Fermented down from 1.105 to 1.024. Took three months to go from a bitter chalky mess to a point where I can begin to taste the potential. This is going to be a great beer in another 3-9 months time. I fermented 8 gallons in 2 corny kegs...

I'm looking for a better solution for drawing foam-free samples from a keg. I ferment in kegs and often have several on deck at room temperature in my basement at 55-65 degrees. Pressure can be anywhere from 10-30 psi depending on how I managed the spunding. Right now I have a picnic tap with...

I'm trying to come up with a way to reduce the volume of hops making it into my fermenter. I use Whirlfloc 5 minutes before flameout, chill with my IC, then rack with an auto-siphon after it settles. But it's still a lot of sludge getting sucked up and clogging the siphon. I don't have a hops...