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so I made a pale ale carbed it at 25 psi for a couple days then dropped to serving pressure beer flowed good for a couple days then all of a sudden there is no beer. opened the lid and beer was all inside the kegerator. don't know y this happened. any help wuld be good. also changed the gasket a...

the other day i kegged my blonde and left it at 30 psi for 2 days. i then turned it down to 10 psi and poured a glass and it was all pretty much foam. my first thought was that it was over carbed so i cut the gas off and left it. i checked it periodically to release pressure but there was no...

i brewed a scottish 80 with an og at 1.048 and got it down to an fg of 1.013. my question is i see it says to cold condition for atleast a month but the problem is it wont fit in my kegerator. so can i bottle then cold condition? or do i need to cold condition before i bottle? thx

just finished my second batch on the top tier today. gotta say its a great setup and im real happy with it. no major problems except the major cold break i got in the carboy and need to figure out how to keep it out next time. any suggestions? this system has reduced my brewday by an 1 and 1/2...

so im finally going to use my new top tier setup tomorrow and i have done some water runs with the pump. i know how to prime it and everything but would like if someone could give me a crash coarse on using it. ive noticed that some liquid seems to stay in the hoses and pump head after i have...

so im going to drill a new hole in my 10 gallon megapot for a thermametor bc its my mlt and it sits to high in the pot. just wondering if there is any body else that has done this and where to drill the hole? should i put it under the false bottom? that leads me to another question as i do 5...

Hen im pumping the wort through my pump and into my plate chiller. Should the pump be sanitized first?

Just got 2 10 gallon megapots and my only problem with them is that there is alot of space left at the bottom below the ball valve. I use one for mash and the other is my bk. Is there a good way to get the liquid out besides tipping the pot a lil.

im trying to order some camlocks to use on my top tier but dont know what i need to order so everything will work. plz let me know what to order.

i bottled some beer from the carboy and put the brewers best tablets in there. with out thinking about it i put them in the fridge and they are not carbonated at all. should i try to drop another tablet in or just leave them out and see if it will carbonate. its been 3 weeks already.

so im getting a blichmann top tier and i had a question since i decided to go with 2 burners. if i do a single infusion mash do i need to sparge or at the end of the mash can i go straight to the boil kettle. i can just mash in one kettle then vorloaf using the pump and then go right into the...

So i have been looking on the internet and came across these cooking stands that look like they would be good as a brewstand. Just wondering if nebody has seen or used them for this purpose and if they were ne good. Bayou classic also makes a triple burner one. Any help wuld be great. Thx

I made a stout today and i want to put bourbon soaked oak chips in it. Just wondering the best method to go about it as i still want the wood flavor from the oak in there. How long should i leave them in there for? Should i toast them? Any tips would be great. Thx

im thinking of starting a new homebrew club in houston. just trying to see what kind of response i get. also any suggestions would be helpful. if there is anybody interested let me know.

Made the surly cynic from northern brewer today. Smacked the yeast pack before doing ne thing. Then when it came time to put it in realized it didnt really swell like they usually do. Im thinking the yeast might be dead. Has neone had a similar problem? Had it in my fridge for a month. Also...

Kegged a beer the otherday and everytime i pour one now the glass is full of head. Had it at 40 psi for 2 days. Now it is at serving pressure. Dont know how to get the head down.

ive been kegging my beers for about 6 months now. the only problem i have is that i dont get the bite i like from kegging. i usually do about 40 psi for about 24 hours then start drinking. shuld i do it for longer to get the bite i want like they have in bottles? plz help thx?

Im making a pumpkin ale tomorrow and i am using canned pumpkin. I was just wondering if there was a way to do it with out getting a stuck sparge. Im putting the pumpkin in the mash. If u have ne tips plz share. Thx

Ant to buy a good brew system. Need help finding a good one. I like the single tier systems but also like the blichman top tier. Any suggestions on which path to go. Any good websites to find a good one?

Brewed a beer yesterday but missed the og by 20. Shuld have been 1065 but was 1045. Hit the target temp at 153 for 1 hour and mashed out at 170 for 10 min. Did 11/2 boil like recommended. It was nb fixed gear recipe. Not sure what i did wrong. Ne suggestions wuld be great.