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Ok, on 1/12/07 the OG was 1.048 on 1/21/07 the gravity is 1.020. There is no more action in the airlock. When I took the cover off the primary there was no knausen (Foam). I'm not sure what the expected FG should be? Do you think the beer is ready for the secondary? Also my calculation give the...

I'm brewing a California common, with San Francisco lager yeast and I really haven’t seen to much action in the airlock. It has been in the primary for about 5 days at about 60 degrees. Is this normal or should there be more action in the airlock?

I used 5 gallons of water and oxyclean to soak bottles for about 5 hours. Then I rinsed the bottle off with water and let dry. Do I still need to use a sanitizer?

what is the best way to clean 22oz bottles with out a bottle cleaner. does the dishwasher do a good job?

Two- three weeks in the primary then rack to keg, pressurize for a few days and server. Will this method work well?

Is it a good idea to use a Glass carboy as the primary fermenter? and a keg for the secondary?

i brewed a Belgian stronge ale friday and i used a plastic primary fermenter. When i checked it today beer was overflowing out of the airlock. what should i do?

Thanks for in the help. I will bottle in 22oz bottles. How long did it stay in the secondary?

I'm about to brew a batch Belgian Strong Ale. But I don’t know what is the better option bottling or kegging it? If you have experience dealing with Belgian strong Ale let me know what you prefer.

How do I force carbonate a keg? Do I need to use priming sugar? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Considering I’m a poor college student I don’t want to drop any more money then I have to. Therefore I was thinking I could use the corny keg as my kegerator cleaning kit. I would add oxyclean and water to the corny then add pressure and flow it through. Then I would do the same with no rinse...

I just got my Ball Lock connectors today and I was going to put them on my kegerator. I had no problem with the gas side but I’m unclear what to do with the beer line. Should I just cut the beer line where the connection piece for the "sanky" is? If I do that will I be able to switch from home...

Another newbie question but have a kegerator that I have used for traditional kegs but I just got 4 corny kegs for my homebrew. How do I set up the kegerator for the corny kegs? single tap

I can’t seem to get the soda smell out of my kegs completely used oxyclean and a carboy brush to clean the inside but I still have a little soda like smell. Also the o-ring smells of soda as well. Will the soda smell alter the taste of my beer?

what does "steep" mean? my recipe requires me to "steep" for 15 min?