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My fiance and I made 15g of melomel (fruit mead) using her families honey to serve as the champagne toast at our upcoming wedding. I have it in kegs at 34 degrees at 50psi trying to force carbonate it to somewhere around champagne/sparking wine level (my regulator safety valve trips at 55psi or...

My fiance and I made 15g of melomel using her families honey to serve as the champagne toast at our upcoming wedding. I have it in kegs at 34 degrees at 50psi trying to force carbonate it to somewhere around champagne/sparking wine level (my regulator safety valve trips at 55psi or I'd go...

I have a 10% barrel aged Russian Imperial Stout I'd like to submit to NHC. I force carbed it in a keg over a month ago. To my surprise I've had to keep it at about 30psi at around 53F to look, feel, and taste like it's carbonated correctly. I'm guessing with an avb that high maybe the charts...

Tickets were sold out even though I was trying to get them right when ticket sales opened. I have friends flying over with me that have their tickets. Willing to pay a little extra. Thanks, Allen

Down to my final large piece needed to finalize the brewery. I know it's best to go with the vent set up Kal recommends but I'd like to try and not spend 20% of the overall brewery cost on ventilation. I brewed two five gallon batches at a time on my old stove using a microwave vent fan for...

Posted this in the electric brewing section but it's also DIY https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/tricky-brew-space-layout-426029/#post5420705

First off sorry for the long post. You can just go look at my photos and tell me what you think about the layout before I build cabinets. I recently purchased a partially built system. I'm SUPER excited to get this thing up and running, thanks Kal for all your hard work and attention to...

How much have people on here typically paid to upgrade their panel to 240v and install the outlet? I received a quote for $575 for "Supply and install a new 240v 30amp line from sub panel to kitchen with new outlet box and new breaker in panel". This seemed really high, I have the outlet and the...

Trying to get some opinions on a coconut rum porter recipe. I'm not looking to use anything like malibu's coconut rum but rather using actual toasted coconut and aged rum. My friend found a rum which is a 12 year old bourbon barrel aged blended rum, it's sweet and delicious and he wants to...

My friend just purchased a brand new chest freezer for his keezer project we'll be working on together. He said he thought he had a CO2 leak in his brand new 20lb tank because when he stuck his head deep inside the freezer while attaching some fittings he thought he smelled something off. He...

I use one of those disposable oxygen tanks to oxygenate my wort and have always though at $10 a tank I should always keep a spare around. My first tank lasted 15 5 gallon batches, this new one only last five and at a horrible time. I brewed a lager this past weekend and chilled it down to 44...

Just figured I'd share an unplanned successful disaster. I had brewed and bottled a blonde ale that I was very fond of a few months ago but I thought it was a little light on flavor for my taste. Normal commercial beer drinkers loved it so I decided to brew two five gallon recipes, one with...

I've tried searching but haven't found much on topping off in the bottling bucket to reach 5 gallons. From what I did find it sounds like when people top off in the secondary it just dilutes the beer. I'm guessing this would be the same as topping off in bottling bucket? I have a batch that...

I am doing my first lager (American Style Lager from Brewing Classic Styles). Just wanted to get a few confirmations/questions answered. I went for the Narziss method of 44 degrees then finish at 50 (for primary which was recommended in the book). From the boil I cooled with a wort...