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Fantastic!

I believe opening them when VERY cold will help too!?! CO2 should stay in the beer a bit better when very cold, and hopefully let off excess slowly as it warms a bit. Just a guess on my part. Hope it helps

So $200 later, I kegged my IPA. The good news is...I now have two kegs. The one my friend gave me, and the one I got from the LHBS. The REALLY good news....My beer turned out great! I am drinking it much too fast, I have to get going again on my next batch to keep the fridge full! Thanks again...

I cant complain, the fridge was free, but I was so careful, that I ran it for a week with a thermometer inside, just to make sure it works well, and everyday was perfect, then I go to pull the carboy out today, and....CRAP! Oh well, Thanks again everyone! I will raise a pint to you all in about...

It's starting to look like I may be OK. Thank for the help! :mug:

Wow, thanks for that! Mine is a firm slush, no where near this situation. My buddy is bringing me a keg, and I can pick up the bottle, and reg. nearby, I may try that, as I need to buy a bunch of bottles for my brown ale too. perhaps keg the IPA, and bottle the nut brown?!?

Another option?!? I could possibly keg it, and force carb it!?! would it condition OK? Thanks again for the help with my idiotic questions! I am learning, and will pass the wisdom down, once acquired ;)

I don't think so, it seems to be a ring frozen around the outside inch of the carboy, but it still is 75 percent liquid'ish

I was planning to bottle tonight, but my free refrigerator, that has been working great, and holding a good consistent temperature while I have been cold crashing for a few days. Well, today, I opened the fridge, and it was 15 degrees inside, and my carboy is half frozen!?! WTF...

Fantastic, Thanks!

Very cool, I am almost there, two more weeks, and I start drinking my pipeline:mug: I will brew up something else in the next week or so to keep things going:cross:

I posted about a partial mash kit for Diamond knot IPA that I brewed up a month ago. I just took my FG reading, and had a sip. All is going great, and for a flat 68 degree beer, it tastes pretty darn good:D My question is, the instructions say to dry hop when racking from the primary to the...

A question while I'm here... I "upgraded my kit with Wyeast liquid yeast, and am very impressed with how actively it begins fermenting. Also the local brew shop told me this yeast would give a better taste. Any thoughts on this? Would the dry yeast included in the kit work just as well...

My (very inexperienced) thoughts exactly. Also, my first brew, had the airlock going great gangbusters bubbling every three seconds for a day, and a half, but dropped off almost immediately to over 30 seconds, and to over a minute by that night, so it can slow activity pretty abruptly.

Last Sunday, I brewed my first beer (Diamond Knot IPA clone) Last night I racked it to the carboy for secondary, and stole a taste. It was not awesome, but actually much more better than I thought it would be. Definitely hints of the real deal in there! This may turn out after all:rockin...