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diagnosing my CO2 leak issue in my draft system. I built this keezer about 2.5 years ago. Everything was great for more than a year. Since last winter however, I've had on-and-off leak problems where I am blowing through CO2 tanks in a week or less. I've swapped out regulators with a spare one...

I have a pale ale recipe that I use quite often to make single-hop pales to try out new (or new-to-me) hops. I almost always have a single-hop pale on tap. I was going through my hop inventory last night and realized I have more hops on hand that I can realistically use in the short term with...

I'm looking at making an all-grain Berliner Weisse. I want to make a 10-gallon batch and split into two five-gallon fermenters. But i don't have the kettle space to do a full 10-gallon batch. With target gravity of 1.032, can I just make a five-gallon batch of 1.064 wort and then put 2.5...

Headed your way next weekend. I'm a hoops guy. Need brewery suggestions with decent televisions to watch NCAA tournament while I'm there. A list that included those plus great beer (in no particular order) would be very much, by me, appreciated. Thank you. Cheers.

Today was just one of those brew days. Went to LHBS to fill a couple of grain bills, one for today and one for next weekend. At some point between filling the bills and crushing each batch, I effed up and a pound of munich that was supposed to be in my saison recipe is now in my IPA recipe. I...

I have a pale ale in secondary right now being dry-hopped. In an effort to get a little cleaner and clearer finish and get better hop aroma from the dry-hop, I cold-crashed prior to racking from primary to secondary. Temperature control is one of the things that I don't fixate on and was just...

Am working on an alt beer recipe. I've brewed a couple alts before but all were from kits when I was doing extract. Was looking to add a bit of rye and am toying around with using that Briess smoked malt to give just a hint of smokiness in the background of the beer. But am not sold on either...

I am visiting Tucson later this month for the first time. Any recs on breweries to check out or craft beer bars? Thx

Having a carbonation issue. Not sure where it is coming from. Here's the background. Sorry for lengthy post, but I can't figure out the problem so including every detail. I have a four-keg keezer with a Johnson digital temp controller. Recently built this and a friend helped me get it all set...

Have the day off today and want to brew. Only thing I have on hand are ingredients for a big belgian beer (~1.075-1.080). But obviously, it's too late to make a starter , if starting mash in the next hour or so, with the Wyeast Trappist I have. I also have US-05 and Notty on hand. Is there a...

Was just informed that we're hosting family for holidays this year. I'm a bit of a hophead so the bulk of my current or soon-to-brew beer is IPAs and hoppy pales. I'm looking for some recipe suggestions to balance that out. Thinking something along the lines of a malt-forward amber, a brown or...

Has anyone tried or aware of a Firestone Walker 805 clone? http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/805

Brewed an American Brown Ale (similar to the Rogue Hazelnut clone recipe that's around but also added some honey at the end) last weekend. OG was 1.061. 3-gallon batch. Started with about 5.5 total volume. BIAB. Mashed at 152 for 60 minutes. 60-minute boil. Cooled down to around 75 with an...

I've kept a 22-ouncer of every batch I've made since I began brewing in June of 2011. Not sure why, but I did. On vacation with family now and I brought all of those with me to open and share and see how they've aged. Have seen mixed results and some surprising things. Some, like my German...

I have a Double IPA batch that I brewed on May 23. Today (June 2) marks 10 days. It's at 1.011 and I don't expect it to go lower. I'm looking for this to be ready to drink by June 29, the first day of a week-long camping trip. Here's what I'm trying to decide today: When to dry-hop and bottle...

Has anyone used Watkins extracts before? Was at the grocery store today and noticed a bunch of flavors and it got me started thinking about some ideas for different beers. But, didn't buy anything because I wasn't sure. My searching here brought up a few mentions but just wanted to hear any...

I brewed a basic wheat beer yesterday - 1.046 starting gravity. Put 5.5 gallons into 6-gallon carboy. Pitched Wyeast Am Wheat straight into it - no starter. 20 hours later and my airlock is flooded and its dripping down the sides and I've got a mess. Second time in last three batches this has...

Hi, hopefully a simple question and I think I know the answer, but looking for reassurance. I have a 10-gal stainless steel brew kettle. Nothing fancy -- no valve or thermometer or measuring marks. When it comes to the latter, is it OK for me to take a Sharpie and mark off gallon increments so...

Am going to be brewing this weekend, maybe even tonight. I am moving from extract to BIAB with my next batch and was looking to accomplish three things: 1. Use up a jug of Pilsner malt that I have sitting in the fridge. 2. Try the belma hops that came out in the fall. 3. Have a nice, mellow...

Does anyone have good extract recipe for a Deschutes Red Chair clone? Have been playing around with some things and wanted to compare to anything that that might out there before I try.