Recent content by Cold71

Dry yeast, pitched it at about 75F.

Brewers Best Belgian Dark Strong.

Okay I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here but I'm screwing something up. I'm having the same exact problem as I had with my first batch. I took my time and followed the instructions on my kit very carefully. When the wort was done I added it to my fermentation bucket and added water to bring...

The keg kit I bought has the hose preconected to the regulator to the point where I would have to destroy and replace connector that's holding the hose on. If I ran water down the hose and into the regulator would it hurt anything?

Had a Heavy Sea's Loose Cannon on tap last night. I was shocked when I saw it on the menu. Probably one of my favorites, I've never been a huge IPA guy but there is just something about the flavor of the loose cannon that I love.

Thank you, much appreciated!

Just thought I'd share with everyone that I gave the brew just a gentle stir for about a minute and within minutes I had bubble activity :-) fingers crossed.

So if I'm understanding you correctly I'll just need straight CO2. Anyone know if "food grade" CO2 is a real thing?

Ok so i've had to do a bit of digging to find a place near me that does CO2 fills for my new kegging system. I found a place near by that sells what they call "Beer Gas" which they say is a CO2/Nitrogen mix. I was wondering what are the pro's and con's of a CO2/Nitrogen mix and is there anything...

Thanks for the ideas all, This is an extract kit btw. Should I try and buy the same yeast that came with the kit? I think next time i'm going to keep it in the primary the whole time and see if this changes anything. I'll be honest i'm kind of nervous about stirring my beer up.. I may keg this...

Bump.. Anyone know if I'm able to recharge this?

I'm wondering if there is a way to recharge it or something? I'm sitting at only about 3.8% ABV a bit far from the 5-5.5% I should be at. Good idea btw..I think I'll just keep my next Ale in the primary the whole time.

Ok so I'm making a Dunkel. It spent a week in the primary fermenter, I took a gravity reading which was at about 1.020 from the OG of 1.049. It's been sitting in the secondary for another week now. I took another gravity today and it seems to be sitting still at 1.020. This is my first batch...

I'm not too far from the brewery and surprisingly this is the first time I've tried them, I've heard nothing but bad things about Raging Bitch so I'll have to give one of those a go. Magic Hat #9 on tap is one of my favorites, I love apricot finish it has.

I'll be cleaning my new keg this weekend which should be here tomorrow (Fedex delivers on Saturdays according to the tracking?) and I'll be running to the local brew shop for keg lube and more cleaner. I'll be kegging my first Dunkel the following weekend if the gravity readings are good.