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So, I bought a couple pin-lock kegs a while back, but only had enough hoses, taps, etc to hook up one at the time. I'm looking to get the rest of what I need to get both kegs going at once, but I discovered the other day that I don't have a gas dip tube on the keg that hasn't yet been used. I'm...

So I recently took apart my 2-piece ball valve (from Bargain Fittings) to clean it, only to find that one of the two white teflon seals (on either side of the ball) was totally mangled past the point of being useable. I've tried Lowe's, but they don't sell any replacements. Anyone have any idea...

So, I'm slowly putting together a list of thing I'll need to put together my keezer. It will take a while, but a man can dream, right? Anyway, I'm trying to decide if I want to spend the extra money to get a a simple distributor for my kegs or a secondary CO2 regulator that would allow me to...

So, I placed an order with my HBS over the weekend and my recipe included WLP830. I usually get stuff shipped, but I was in the area for other reasons so I picked it up in-store. Anyway, they were out of that yeast, so the guy subbed me the Wyeast 2206. I did a little looking online, and I...

I'm selling my 8-gallon Northern Brewer "Megapot" kettle. I bought it naked and put a 2-piece stainless valve with a 3/8" barb on it. I'm going to upgrade to a bigger kettle, so I'm looking to sell it to cover some of the cost of the new pot. I'm asking $100 for the kettle with the valve. I...

I have an Army friend stationed in Japan and he's looking for a big ol' hop bomb that he can find there. Anyone have any suggestions?

I bottled a 10.8% barleywine about 7 weeks ago. I popped one open last week and there was zero carbonation. I wasn't totally surprised by this, but I did expect at least a few bubbles. Anyway, I know that I can just leave it longer and it might carbonate with what yeast is left sometime this...

This weekend I'm going to brew up my first really big beer. 5 gallons of a barleywine that should start out around 1.118 (recipe from BCS). I'll be harvesting WLP001 from a blonde ale on Friday to use in the batch. Here are my questions: 1. I usually ferment in a 6.5-gallon bucket; will...

I'm planning to brew a Belgian Pale Ale this weekend (OG 1.052), and the vial of WLP575 that was sent to me with my order is past it's "best by" date by about 10 days. I called the shop that sent it to me, and it was the last one they had. I was assured that the yeast had been kept...

I'm looking to add a valve and side pick-up tube to my boil kettle and was wondering: Is there a big advantage to getting stainless steel stuff over brass or copper? In the interest of budget, I was considering the brass valve and copper pick-up tube, but if there is a real reason to go with...

So, I just moved to a new town and the water here tastes terrible. I'm pretty sure it's really high in chlorine and I don't think it will produce a very good beer. Can I used bottled drinking water and achieve a satisfactory result? I'm brewing a basic APA this time using extract and some...

I'm looking to build my own wort chiller. I was going to go with 50' of 1/2" pipe (I'm not making bigger than 5-gallon batches right now, but I want to make sure I'm prepared for future expansion...) and, looking around online, it's almost cheaper to just buy one already made. Any...

...and I need to know where to get a drink! I recently accepted a job with the US Army Band and, after all my training is done, I'll be stationed at Ft. Benning. I did some googlin' and found the Cannon Brewpub, which seems, at first glance, to be a cool place which I'll definitely try out...

I brewed a Scottish 80-Shilling the other day. My brews up to this point had been kits, so everything I needed was included in the box. On this one, I decided to put it together myself from a recipe I got from an old episode of The Jamil Show. In my haste to get everything together and brew...

In preparing for my second batch, I've been doing a lot of research on styles and looking at a lot of recipes. I've listened to several podcasts of The Jamil Show while taking notes on the recipes from the shows. In several of his recipes, he's doing a 6-gallon batch. I'm still brewing...

I'm going to be brewing my second batch soon, and I want to do a better job of controlling the temp during my primary. I don't have a lot of extra cash or space, so I'm going to go basic with a big plastic trash can with water and ice bottles. (I put it in a spare bathtub before and wasn't...

My first batch is in bottles and conditioning in a closet, which means I have empty fermentors right now, and that's just no good. I've been looking at a Scottish Wee Heavy kit on Northern Brewer's website for my second batch, and I have a question about some of the numbers listed with it...

I'm going to be doing my first-ever batch of home brew tonight (an American Pale Ale kit I got from my local supply shop) and I had a question about fermentation temperature. It's been an especially hot summer here in NC, and to keep utilities costs down, my wife and I have been keeping our...

Hello all, my name is Stuart and I'm a soon-to-be new brewer from Raleigh, NC. I got interested in the hobby several months ago after tasting a friends' homebrew, but only yesterday got together the cash to get equipment and ingredients for my first batch (which will be a basic American Pale...