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My friend was left with a sankey keg of beer from a wedding. I'm set up for ball lock, and have no plans of ever doing sankey. I bought a cheap chrome sankey coupler, and ball lock adapters for it. The inside of the liquid part of the coupler looks like exposed brass. Not sure if it's supposed...

Decided to go for an American oatmeal stout. The grain bill was about 18.5 lbs (inlcuding 2 lb 7 oz of oats). I added rice hulls as well to aid the flow. Everything started ok. Got 3 gallons off the first run before it started to slow a bit. Decided to transfer to my kettle, stir up the mash a...

It's been a few years since I've seen this beer available to me (PNW), and I miss it! I decided to try and make it as best I can. They provide some recipe clues on their website, but other than that I'm going in kind of blind. I can't even get the beer here to taste it, so it's all off memory...

I just went to check on a stout I made a month ago. The expected FG was supposed to be about 1.017 according to BrewSmith. It came out to about 1.026. Is that considered stuck? Should I try to get it going again with more yeast in a starter? I tasted it. It's got a bit of a sweet taste, but not...

I used Cali Ale yeast in a batch of beer about a year ago. I washed and saved the yeast, but never used it. Was in the fridge the whole time. I plan to make a starter and see what happens tonight, but I'll avoid that if it's possible the yeast is no good. It looks ok, I suppose, but after a...

I kegged my beer 2 weeks ago, purged oxygen at about 10psi, and let sit until now, when I've got room in my kegerator. Do I still need to let it sit at 30psi for 24hrs, then back off to serving psi?

When I did a dry fitting of my kegerator insides, everything seemed fine. But I forgot to check clearance with the beer lines attached to the shanks! :smack: I drilled new holes higher up to clear my kegs, but now there are two holes I need to cover. The front is all black chalkboard paint...

I'm just now setting up a 2 faucet fridge kit I got from kegconnection. When I hook up the CO2 tank, the pressure builds just fine. However, when I open the valves to the lines, nothing comes out. I've tried adjusting the screws up front and pulling on the relief valve, nothing. Any ideas...

I don't even know how to search for this, I tried to find an answer. I bought a couple of kegs some months ago, used of craigslist. They looked fine, and one is. I didn't notice the other though, the out side is kind of bashed in. This makes it impossible to put the dip tube back in without...

I'm new to kegging, picked up two 5 gal ball lock kegs off craigslist the other day. I'm on keg connection looking at my options for a kit and I'm not sure what to get for my set up (looking at the two faucet fridge kit, going SS and Perlick 630). First, I think I want the Chudnow dual body...

Hey everyone, I'm kind of in a rush and a quick search didn't yield me any answers. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a couple of used corny kegs that I found off of craigslist. They look like they're in great shape, come with extra o-rings, and the guy says they hold pressure. What should I look...

I'm growing 2nd year Cascade, and they've been really taking off in this strange weather we're having in Portland, OR. Just got back from a week long vacation, and went out to check on them. Found these critters all over, about midway up the plant. There's also what I believe are eggs that look...

A buddy at work just gave me a cascade plant. I'm currently in an apt that I don't plan on staying at for too much longer, maybe moving in 2 or 3 months. Is there a good way to start growing the plant, just to keep it alive until I find a more permanent spot? I don't really want to produce...

Welp, just got my keggle set up and did my first AG. Here's the recipe info: 11 lbs Pale 2 row 1.5 lbs Crystal 60L .5 lbs CaraPils 60 min - 1.5 oz Zeus 20 min - 1 oz Citra, 1.5 oz Cascade, yeast nutrient 0 min - 2 oz Cascade, 2 oz Zeus WLP001 (1.5L Starter) 2 oz Cascade, 1 (maybe...

So I've finally been getting the basic equipment I'll need to start AG brewing, and I want to kick it off with my favorite style, IPAs! This is gonna be an American IPA/Imperial IPA. Not sure if there's such a thing, but I'm going for it. I also saw a recipe using oak chips, and thought that...

I recently picked some Zeus hops from a buddy at work, and dried them. I don't have a vacuum sealer, so I just put them into a big ziploc bag, squeezing all the air out I could. That seemed to work just fine. Woke up the next morning, and air had gotten back in. I knew it wouldn't be perfect...

I just bottled my first brew yesterday, an IPA. I thought I was bottling 5 gallons, but when I made measurements on my fermentation bucket after it was empty, I realized it was only about 4.4 gallons. I did the typical 2/3 cup of table sugar in 2 cups of water. Should I be expecting bottle...

Over in this thread I received the suggestion to try Joe's Orange Ancient Mead. I only have about 2 months left before I head back home (across the Pacific) and needed something quick and easy for one last brew here. I do have a few questions, though. By the way, I was planning on going for this...

I am teaching in China, and I had ordered some Montrachet wine yeast off the net to make some cider around Christmas time. I have another packet of yeast and a packet of pectic enzyme left, and want to do something with it. Unfortunately I will be leaving at the end of July, and traveling for...

I am trying to get some cider going. I've got everything ready except the juice. My two options are unpasteurized apple juice with no preservatives. Or juice made from concentrate that was heated up to 25 degrees celsius. From what I understand that's not fully pasteurized, right? What would...