Recent content by amanwilldrink

Thank you! Keg lube was perfect! Though I feel like a total newb at least I will have beer to drink in less than a week!

I am a first time kegger. Got my system all hooked up and beer in the keg. Went to get it carbonated and I cannot get the gas line to stop leaking on the gas line input post. I have a pin lock keg and the leak is where it connects between the pin lock disconnect and the pin lock post for...

Irish red -- All Grain please!!!

I am taking my wife on a pilgrimage to Belgium. We are both huge beer fans - she loves Sours and I love hops. I know there are tours all over for beer tasting but I was hoping to hear from the community - what are your thoughts? Where should we go? What should we see? We are planning on...

Thank you for all the great replies! I will be bottling tonight!

I threw together five gallons of cider and added mangroves dry cider yeast and agave for the yeast to chew on...put in my fermenter at 68 degrees and checked it 48 hours later. It looked like the yeast was starting to pick up...but 17 days later I go to rack it and there is no sign that the...

May want to try a sour ale like Williams Rodenbach Ale...it's an extract but to get the sour you need to secondary feen get for at least four months...six months would likely give some robust flavors to it.

I am racking a william's Christmas wot from the primary to the secondary fermenter this weekend. I thinking about getting some rosebuds and petals to put in the wort (sanitized of course) for some extra flavor. Any ideas on if this is a good or bad idea? Recommendations?

I just bottled a Williams Red Sour Ale. Here is the problem - I pitched the yeast for carbonation when I transferred the wort from the primary to the secondary fermenter. Today, as I looked at my instructions to add the sugar for carbonation, I realized my mistake and included some dry yeast I...