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I don't even bother trying to remove any of this in my brews. I just dump the entire thing into the fermenting bucket and let it go. I have never had any problems with this method.

Well this has turned out to be the strangest brew I have done yet. I pulled the fermenting bucket out last night to rack the beer to secondary. Strangely, it looked a lot like chocolate milk. Well I racked to secondary, inserted the three piece airlock and placed it in my closet. For...

I have a couple of questions in light of the new comments. 1. What are the negative effects of utilizing too much yeast? 2. What is meant by washing the yeast and how does one do this?

I repitched on top of my old yeast cake and major fermentation began within 2 hours! Holy Cow! I have never seen anything like it. It has been 4 days and this thing is still going like gang busters!!!! I had my fridge set at 65 degrees and the beer still got up to 75 deg before I found out...

I agree about the blow off for sure. I have done it before and definitely plan to do one for this one! My main concern was the possibility of imparting off flavors to the next batch, because there are alot of other things in the trub other than yeast. Thanks for all of the advice and I...

Hello all, I am relatively new to this and am about to brew my 6th batch and had a question. I ordered an ale kit from AHB about 4 months ago and just never got around to brewing it. I did brew another one this past Sunday and am planning to brew the older kit this coming weekend. Since...

All of the kegerators I have seen in the store come with the tank, regulator and lines for under $500. I went with the store bought one and wish I would have built my own now. With all of the modifications I have made, I have added another $200 to the purchase price.

Well, I found an AC powered, PC sized fan for around $10! If anyone else is interested here is the link. http://www.buyextras.com/suac1180fanw.html

Sirsloop, I agree on the temperature setting for certain styles. The differential between my temperature setting and actual beer temp will still be a problem.

:WARNING BS ALERT: I really think the issue lies in the fact that metal (the keg) has a higher coefficient of thermal conductivity than Air does. The plate in the back has only two settings on and off. when "on" it drops to say 0 deg F. If the air takes say 10 minutes to drop to the set...

I am having an issue with my keggerator. The keggerator is cooled by a chiller plate in the back of the box. This presents a problem as there is no air movement in there. So, what happens is the back of the box gets really cold before the front does. I am having problems with my kegs...

I recently purchased the Avanti BD-6000 Kegerator so I would be able to utilize commercial Sanke kegs as well as cornies. After inserting my first commercial keg, I noticed a huge problem. The clearance from the top of the sanke tap and the top of the kegerator was only barely enough to allow...

I forgot to mention that this is a commercial keg of shiner bock. The label stated it should be served at 38 deg. I am using the stock beer line that came with my kegerator. It is a total of about 3 feet from the tap to faucet. You mentioned it would be fine for a couple of weeks, but how...

I am having a foam issue and am trying to pinpoint the problem. I am leaning toward temperature at the moment. I haven't been able to get the keg under 48 deg yet. It is supposed to be served at 38 deg. Will an elevated temperature cause foaming? The beer looks good in the lines, it just...

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I figured it was co2. I am having a foam issue and am trying to pinpoint the problem. I am leaning toward temperature at the moment. I haven't been able to get the keg under 48 deg yet. It is supposed to be served at 38 deg. will an elevated temperature cause foaming? the beer looks...

I just set up my kegerator for the first time an notice there is air in the beer line in between pours. Is this normal?

The main reason for the purchase was for my homebrew. I just didn't want to be limited to this only.

After reading many threads on this board and others regarding the Sanyo 4912 conversion, I finally decided to dive in! After going to BB to investigate, I discovered the inside depth to only be 12". Since, I want the capability to utilize commercial as well as corney kegs, I chose to go a...

The reward zone is like best buy frequent flyer miles. You get best buy dollars for spending money there. I don't think you can physically fit a commercial keg in the fridge, because the inside depth is only 12 inches and a commercial keg is like 16.5" also, I don,t think you will be able...