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Hi Gang Short version: Is there any harm in putting a 1-gallon batch into a 5-gallon corny keg? Longer version Okay so over the last few years I've been dealing with a string of injuries that made me temporarily unable or at least hesitant to lift any sort of weight - a torn labrum in my...

Okay so my technically second All Grain brew day, made a half batch of Edwort's Bee Cave Pale Ale. Used tap water treated with a campden tablet, since bottled was hard to come by due to the coronavirus. Brew day went great - hit my mash volumes and temperatures, boil and final volumes looked...

Getting ready to get back into the hobby after a long time off. Better, I'm making the jump to all grain, thanks to an infusion of Christmas and Birthday gift cards. First beer up is Edwort's Pale Ale. Got back from the LHBS a couple hours ago with the ingredients, just need to find time and...

Due to some unforeseen circumstances and technical difficulties, I took a break from homebrewing to the tune of about 9 months off. Had a chat with the wife, who suggested I get back on the horse. She, as they say, must be obeyed. Anyway, my gear's been sitting in the crawlspace under the...

Hi Gang Now that the winter has (more or less) returned and my crawlspace is probably cool enough, I’m thinking of brewing my first lager. Figure I’ll ferment it in a swamp cooler in the crawlspace – I should be able to maintain temperatures around 50 degrees easily enough. The only place...

Hi Gang, Dealing with a CO2 leak here - been through four kegs and two tanks of CO2. The guy at the gas place told me to: 1. Charge my system 2. Turn the gas off. 3. Mark where the gauges are 4. Come back in 20 minutes. If either gauge drops over 20 minutes, there's a leak in the...

I've had the Danby DAR044A6BSLDB for a couple of weeks now. The bits and pieces for my two-tap kegerator arrived from KegConnection this afternoon. Unfortunately, my "work from home, put it all together on my lunch break" plan fell through - daycare is closed Friday, and so SWMBO needs to get...

Just ordered a two-tap tower kit from KegConnections.com. Looking to build (and document) pretty much as soon as they arrive. Can the DIYers here run your eyes over the list, make sure I've got everything I need? Refrigerator (Danby DAR044A6BSLDB from Costco) Drill Hole Saw Screwdrivers Socket...

Apologies if this has been asked and answered (probably several times over), but my Search-bar Fu is weak. Is it possible to use the Beirmuncher Bottle Filler with a room(ish)-temperature keg that has always been room(ish) temperature? I’d like to move to keg carbing, because we wouldn't...

Santa brought me a Bayou Classic SQ14 outdoor burner (yay!), but I don't have a garage to store it in (boo!). I'm wondering if I'm able to store it outside with my grill (under a grill cover). Anybody else keep one of these things outside? The instructions say "out of the elements," I just...

Mea culpa, folks. Posted this to the wrong topic. I've reposted in Equipment/Sanitation.

So the other day SWMBO expressed an interest in brewing a beer, which is awesome :rockin:. I'm thinking of throwing together a Kolsch "recipe kit" for her, since she loves the style and Anyway, I've cobbled this together: 6 lb Pilsen light DME 1 lb Carapils (steeped) 1 oz Vanguard @ 30...

Okay, first time using the Bonus Yeast from the "make an extra-big starter, save some" method. Made a batch with WLP005 about 2 months ago, saved a mason jar full of yeasty goodness. Took the jar out of the fridge this evening, was greeted thusly: So far, so good. Put it in a bowl of...

After about a year and a half away from the hobby (working, raising the kid, etc.), I've got a new brew on the stove right now. :rockin: I'm making Yooper's extract brown ale (with WLP002 instead of Notty). Had very good results with it last time I made it, plus it's a very hands-off recipe. So...

So a couple of days ago I'm out and about with my daughter and my mother, on what happens to be the same side of town as my LHBS. I happen to mention, in passing, that I need "a couple buckets" (meaning a fermenter and a bottling bucket to replace the ones bogarted, albeit unintentionally, by a...

Hi Gang, I brewed Yooper's Anchor Steam clone on Sunday afternoon. Didn't do a starter, nailed the O.G. (1.050), pitched at ~60 degrees. Fermentation began in earnest about two days ago (Monday night), and temps are holding steady in the swamp cooler at about 60-61 degrees (ambient temp is a...

I brewed a dry stout on Saturday. The recipe (hnya) calls for ~7 days in the Primary and two weeks of bottle conditioning. Following the directions to the letter, it'll be "ready" on December 10th. I'd like to have the beer ready for drinking on December 17th (the Christmas party), so I've got a...