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WOOOhOOO I'm gonna go a drinkin' tonight! :D Peace everybody!

In looking for corny regulators, I see several the range on the serving pressure dial goes all the way to 160, way too high for beer use. I would assume that one that goes up to 60, or even 30, would be far preferable, since you would have much more accuracy and resolution in the range of...

Could someone post a step by step guide to refurbishing used soda kegs? What tools are needed, what cleaning solutions? What parts and washers should be replaced, and how do you know when things are worn out? Photos would be a bonus.

I would like to hear from you all who have purchased whole hops from different suppliers what experiences you have had w/ the quality of the product, be it how green and aromatic they are, how much loose petals there are vs. whole flowers, how accurate and dependable there alpha acid estimates...

Just found a fun site that has a remarkably comprehensive list of cheers translations. To your health! :D http://www.awa.dk/glosary/slainte.htm

Can someone walk through the process of transfering beer from one keg to another, preferably using co2 pressure (i.e. not just racking from one to the other)? What sorts of considerations would need to be made if the beer was not chilled to refrigerator temps? How do you know when the keg is...

Just racked my "kill whitey" pale ale into secondary yesterday, and I got a bit too efficient with my carboy tipping; I siphoned off just about all the liquid from the bottom - a good thing in my book, but if you need to have something in there to swirl arround to help imulsify the yeast cake...

Perhaps this should be added on to the thread about naming beers, but I was thinking yesterday about fun beer names, and "Big Red" jumped to mind, so I started thinking about how I would brew a rather heavy (chewy? :)), red colored ale. I have a fermenter with a wyeast american ale pale ale...

I recently brewed my second all grain bach (woo hoo :D) and everything seemed to be working out fine (mash tun still working like a champ!) till I began transfering from my brew kettle through the wort chiller into the fermenter. In the boil, I used .5 oz of pellet hops, which I put in a hop...

I imagine this has been discussed, but should I wait till the Krausen has entirely settles before going into secondary? The Alt that I am working on now has been in primary for 6 days now, and is still has a fair bit of krausen on top, and the airlock is going about once every 15-20 seconds...

Anybody use the Mini keg system (the one with a PhilTap, 5 liter kegs that you have to prime w/ 1/3 cup sugar and condition for two weeks)? Looks like those kegs you get Heiniken in (can you use them with the same tap?). On northern brewer they list a different tap system from the philtap, the...

Just curious if there might be some cases where a slower fermentation might be preferable. I do clearly understand the value of having as little lag time as possible between brew and ferment, as well as a vigorous start to fermentation -- all to limit the impact of possible contaminations. But...

My Alt is currently going at it in my 6 gal. carboy primary. The glass of sanitizer that has my blow off hose in it is bubbling like mad, and smells great, :D if you like the smell of fermenting beer! The hose that leads from the stopper in the carboy to the class could probably be a foot or...

Whew, just got finished with brewing of my first all grain, appartment is all steamy and smells wonderful (in my opinion). :D Now I am relaxing with one more brew. Everything seems to have gone well, my mash seems to have been effective (an Iodine test of the runnings stayed nice and...

The other day my girlfriend said that she and a friend of hers wanted to start brewing to prove that it isn't just a good old boy sort of hobby. And before she mentioned that I hadn't even thought about the fact that everyone I know who brews beer is a male. I may be wrong, and just haven't...

I just bought a length of stainless steel braided faucet supply hose, which I intend to become the screen in the bottom of my 10 gal mash tun. Just one question: how do I get the fittings of the end of the hose without fraying the braid too much?

Anybody brewed a great ALt style brew lately? I have my German Ale yeast in the mail, a pound of Tettnanger hops in the freezer:D, some new all grain equip., and a basement that is sitting at about 52 degrees. If I were to stray from a pretty traditional forumulaion, I would be inclined to up...

Well, I live in Pocatello Idaho, not exactly a mecca of beer conisureship, but definitely a town full of people that appreciate a good cheap drunk:D!! There is a bar called the First National Bar (we all call it the first Trash!) that, every thursday night from 7-8 pm, serves nickel beers...

Since it is cold in my basement right now, I be thinkin' about lagerin'. And one lager that I especially like is the good old Sammy Adams. I like the lighter body that is still really flavorfull, with good hopiness, etc. Any recipe ideas? I'm looking to to an all grain version, but if you...

So here's a technique I was mulling over this morning (sorry its a bit long, it must be the English major in me coming out!): I have heard from several sources that you can perpetuate a yeast culture using the trub cake from your primary fermenter (i.e. by throwing a new batch of wort right...