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I made a batch of beer about 6 months ago and kegged it. Its been in my fridge under CO2 the whole time. Is it still good to drink? or is it too old at this point?

Hey guys, I currently have one keg under co2 now and I"m drinking it.. I recently bought a second keg that I want to have my beer age condition for a while. I'v read on this site to give it a shot of 20 psi to "seal" the lid. Here in lies my question. Do I just take off the grey connector of...

I absolutely love Sierra Nevada Pale Ale... Does anyone have a clone recipe I can use?? thanks...

Can you use a lager liquid yeast for an ale recipe??? I was looking through a bunch of recipes I had and it was for a pale ale... It said to use Wyeast 2112 (california). but when I looked that up in Promash, it said it was a lager yeast.. can you do this?

My beer has been in the bottle now for 3 weeks with little carbonation.... Is it true that a lot can change between week 3 and 4??? Also, this is a honey beer, someone once said honey beers could take longer than average to bottle carbonate, is this true??

Hey Guys. I'm trying to come up with my own recipe and I threw this together... Please let me know if you think it will work or feel free to make any suggestions...Do I have to much extract or too many hops? or different hop suggestions? Keith's "Honey-do list" Ale 6.5 lbs. light malt...

Hey, I only have one keg and one CO2. I am in the process of picking up a couple of kegs so I can keep a fair amount of batches going at once. My question is this: when I do the usual 1 week primary, 2 week secondary and I rack into the keg, can I just set the beer aside to age without any...

do most of you guys get your keg to the right serving pressure and just leave it hooked up until the beer is gone? or do you disconnect and pour beers without gas until the pressure gets to low and then hook it back up again?? I've been getting advice on both methods...

Just curious, what is everyone's definition of Green Beer for a typical Ale (smaller beer) Less than 4 weeks? Less than 6 weeks? Less than 8 weeks?

If I have a keg in the fridge hooked up to CO2 at serving psi of 12...and I go on vacation for a week, can I just keep it hooked up or should I diconnect it? reason being, will I be wasting a lot of CO2 or as long as the beer isn't going down, no more gas will enter the tank? Not sure how this...

Hey, I know the rule is 1-2-3 for bottling, but does that apply to kegging as well? If I have a beer 1 week in primary, 2-3 weeks in secondary, is it ok to keg, carb and drink? or should it sit in the keg for a period of time as well?? If the answer to the last part is yes, can I put it...

Just curious.. I know primary ferm temps need to be around 70 or so for the yeast to do their thing.. but what about secondary fermentation?? Since fermentation is over when in secondary, is it ok for the carboy to sit in a room that is much cooler, say around 55-60 ??

Just started kegging today. Bought the whole setup, racked the beer in, forced carbonated and I have beer for the Eagles game tomorrow!!!!! I am free of bottles forever!!!! This just makes this hobby so much better

Can anyone tell me how these work and where online I can buy them?? My LHBS does not sell them...

I am interested in moving to kegs because bottles are PITA.... most people use the 1-2-3 method bottling, but since the CO2 is carbonating the beer in a keg and it only takes a few days, do you still leave the beer in the keg for 3 weeks before drinking, or can you drink kegged beer basically...

hey. I think I made a terrible mistake. When I racked my beer from primary to secondary, I made sure not to aerate the beer by putting the hose all the way down and it just syphoned in nicely... BUT when I did that, i noticed that the 5 gal carboy I am using really didn't fill near the top...

I bottled my first brew 9 days ago. I used 3/4 cup corn sugar in 16oz flippy bottles. I tried one today just to see how things are progressing and there was no "pop" when I opened it and not ONE bubble.. NO carbonation at all.. shouldn't I get somthing after 9 days?? I have the bottles in a...

I didn't get much action on this in the beg. thread so I'll try here. I dry hopped for the first time and I don't think I like it. #1 I didn't use a bag so now I have a film of hops on top and it will never go away!! will they get in my bottles? will my beer clear properly? can I put a...

Well, I'm on my second batch. first batch is bottle conditioning as I write... My 2 part question is this... 1) when you rack to secondary,I always seem to get more trub than I want. How far down do you guys spyphon to avoid getting that, or doesn't it really matter b/c it will clear in...

How can you tell how much alcohol is in your beer? Does it have something to do with the S.G. and F.G??? Can someone please explain how I calculate this? thanks. Oh, one other question that has been bothering me since I joined this forum... what does SWMBO and RDWHAHB stand for?????:ban: