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I have a 15.5 gallon coors Sanke and I want to use it as my keg. I know I can carb it up with a Sanke coupler and distribute it with a co2 tank, but I was wondering, can I force carb it then detach the coupler and use a standard hand pump dispenser as if I got the keg from the store?

Does anyone have any info on what type of 55 gallon drums are acceptable to use as a kettle or mash tun? Some are painted inside etc.. We have a lot of barrels at my work and food grade oil comes in them but I want to make sure they are safe for use. Is there a cleaning process etc.... Also...

So, I have a counter flow chiller (homemade). I have never had a problem using it, but I was being stupid and lazy and using a plastic racking cane to transfer the hot wort through the counter flow and into my carboys. My racking cane obviously would get too hot and warp and bend lol. So I...

I have a turkey fryer I would like to convert to natural gas. Does anyone know if you can just buy a replacement burner for the stand etc... I have looked at this burner ......".Thunder Group IRBR002CN Natural Gas Jet Burner But I cant tell what all I would need to hook it up.m I'm pretty...

So i have a 5lb co2 tank and i got some more kegs. Questions : 1. Can I hook up more than one keg at a time to the 5lb tank? I assume yes. 2. Where can I buy an adapter to do so? Can I just find a screw in piece to attached to the regulator? or is there a simpler way?

recipe says dry hop 5 days. with no other info. does this mean dry hop 5 days from fermentation or dry hop for 5 days before bottling?

I did my first AG brew today. My strike water was supposed to be 150 I added it at 160 and it dropped to 140 somehow. Maybe I didn't wait long enough for the temp to equalize? Anyways so i added more boiling water to get to 150 and it went a little high like to 160 so i left the lid off the...

ok so i got a recipe off of here for a two hearted clone and it called for 10 lbs of pale malt 2 row, 2lbs vienna malt, 8 oz of both cara pils, and crystal malt. what is the formula to figure out how much extra grain i need to get a proper batch size of 6 gallons of wort, instead of the 1/2...

what kind of tubing would you recommend for using on my mash and lauter tuns I am building? I bought a polyethylene tubing. Its a bit rigid but i actually wanted that for what i'm doing. i am concerned if it will be ok. looked ok at store but tag says 100 psi at 70 degrees. Suggestions?

Ok so i hooked up my regulator.........hooks up the lines and attached the co2 line to the tank. and yes it is attached to the right in poppit. But the problem is i was tryin to force the carbonation to go faster by turning it to 30 psi and rolling the keggin on my legs back and forth. well...

Quick dumb question. Ok so i just got a keg and all the co2 tank stuff now i need to keg my beer. Everything i read says put the keg in the fridge. My question is..................do you put the co2 tank in as well? or sshould i drill out a hole to run the co2 line into the fridge??? i am...

I made a classic american pale ale. left in primary 2 weeks (it called for 1) cold crashed for a little over a week (was sick). bottled and aged 7 days. cracked one to taste it. Carbonation was good, beer tasted good, was very clear. about 10 to 15 seconds after swallowing and thing it was...

I am ready to carb and bottle my beer. I have saved 1 cup of the DME for carbing. How much water do I need to boil it with before putting in the bottling bucket? The recipe just said add 1 cup DME no specifics on how much water. I'm guessing its not too important, I just don't wanna water it...

So Its been a week and I wanted to check the SG. I did so and It was at the target. Instead of dumping I chose to drink my sample. It tasted fine up intil I swallowed it. Then I got an awful bitter after taste. I'm guessing it just needs more aging? The recipe even said to bottle to age 10...

I have a Classica american pale ale. Its been in the primary for a week so far. I plan On waiting an extra week or so beyond what the recipe said (which was 1 week) and then I want to cold crash it to clear it up some more. 1. Is it worth it with this type of beer? 2. How long should I...

This may be in another forum already but, I know you can re use the oberon mini kegs a few times but I'm having trouble removing the bung. Any advice?

So I pitched my yeast into my pale ale. The temp was 80f. i just read the yeast vile and it said to pitch at 70f. Am I in trouble? Or is this ok? I usually pitch my dry yeast at about 80f and never have a problem; this is my first liquid yeast vile. Its a white labs english ale yeast...

I'm trying to get my buddy into homebrewing. He said he really wants to try the apfelwein first. I have never made it, it looks real simple. Any suggestions? What kind of apple juice to use? Where can you find it? I find it hard to find juice without preservitives in them.

I have posted 2.5 weeks ago roughly about my ginger ale. I put the dry yeast in cold water before pitching because i wasn't thinking and thought i killed the yeast because of no bubble in air lock. I was told to wait it out. I have checked at 1.5 weeks and got a hydrometer reading of 1.060...

So I bought supplies to make a simple Ale. Heres they basic recipe: 4.5 lbs amber DME 1.5 oz cascade hops (60min) .5 oz williamette hops(finish) english ale yeast first question is : I have never used DME do I just bring water to bail then add it? Question 2 is : I bought 1 oz of...