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I need one more keg, but I haven't bought cornys since March and my sources, mainly brewersdiscount out of NC, has dried up. Any good sources out there? I searched the forum for cornys but found only an e-bay listing for a 4-keg deal, but I really just need one more. SWMBO might have my @ss if...

Curse you, grains of paradise. This, the "exotic" ingredient in Sam Adams Summer Ale clone (AHB) is overpowering my beer, now towards the end of secondary. It's peppery; smacks of black liqourice. Not so tasty or refreshing as summer ales go. Any thoughts on how to the balance the taste and...

Hi all, I'm looking to bring the cost of my batches down and one way I though I'd do this is spliting a white labs yeast into two, creating big starters for both, thus giving me the ability to make two batches with one vial of yeast. Possible? Advisable?

R.I.P. first homebrew. Tonight, I got the first glassfull of foam, signaling the last of a wonderful Irish Red Ale, my first venture into homebrewing. Damn, I'm sad. What will I do without my homebrew? Will I (gasp) have to pay for commercial beer?:mad: I'm brewing a summer ale on Saturday...

Hi all, I'm new to kegging and just bought me first CO2 tank this past Friday. I bought the tank, had it filled and put it on my freshly kegged irish ale on Saturday. When I hooked it up, I noticed that the high pressure side of the regulator is measuring somewhere between 1,000 and 500 (i.e...

(Fixed the pictures finally! Such a rookie...:confused: ) Anyway, Here's the new kegerator Fridge1 Fridge2 I can fit two cornies and the co2 tank on the bottom of the fridge (stupid compressor hump). I can fit add'l carboys/cornies in the top of the fridge, but the shelf won't...

I brewed an irish red ale in late March. Fairly malty, low IBU beer. (first batch btw). Anyway, I started with a 6g boil, hoping to end up with 5. I'm using a 30qt stock pot and thought I could prevent boil overs, but did so probably 5 times, a little each time. I thought I was close to...

I'm a new brewer. I used one-step as a sanitizer, and every time I need to take a gravity ready, I'm making a gallon of the stuff. I've already gone through the small 8oz packet in this, my first brewing journey, and I'm wondering if there's a cheaper sanitizer option, or if made sanitizer has...

I may be in the midst of a stuck fermentation, so I've searched the posts looking for answers, and have found a mixed bag of suggestions. A lot of people unstuck the fermentation, but didn't like the final product, so I'm wondering if anyone has actually intervened and unstuck a fermentation and...

My dad is looking for some place to store an antique ice chest. The kind where the ice man would come around and drop of blocks of ice and that was your refrigerator back in the day. Does anybody use these, or a similar modern day built set up to condition or lager? There is a place on top...

Today was a glorious day....got my first cornys. Does anyone here cut their dip tubes to reduce sediment? I've read that people do, and it will be much better for SWMBO and the flow of my brewing funds if I can give her clear beer. So who cuts em?

When I started reading this forum, I told myself I'd never be that guy. Guess who's that guy? I've searched and read about stuck fermentation but still don't know whether I'm fine, should stroll down the gas isle for some beano or chalk this one up to experience. Last Saturday was my first...

Does carbing beer at different pressure matter? I mean I know it does, but I see a ton of people using a primary regulator and just a manifold to split off to kegs. I used to be a bartender and we did the same thing at the place I worked at. Is there some trick to using those things or can you...

I am looking to buy my regulator set up for my kegs. I’d like to have a dual-guage primary regulator with a single-secondary regulator. I’m going to “T” off of the main primary line with one line going to the higher psi keg and the other line going to the secondary regulator. My question is...

Hi all, I brewed my first beer, and irish red ale extract w/ specialty grains kit from AHB on Saturday, and all is going well. Got fermentation started within 7 hours of pitching and have enjoyed a nice fermentation with tons of sediment swirling about and a hefty krausen. I think all is going...

AHB recommends setting your white labs yeast out for up to 24 hours before brewing. Is this a good idea? White lab instructions say 2-6 hours.

It's all I got. Should I even try or is it DME or nada?

Tomorrow's my first big brew day and I'm pretty excited. Got my equipment, ingredients, etc and I'm all set except for one yeast question that I can't find an answer for on this board or anywhere else. I ordered the Irish Ale kit from AHB. I specified the wyeast pack and instead got the...

Hi all, I've researched, read and researched more and am just starting to buy equipment for my first homebrew. Little birthday gift to myself (and to others if I can pull off making decent beer). I'm from Bellefontaine, which is nw of Columbus and ne of Dayton. I like nearly every kind of...