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I have a two tap kegerator with Sankey heads. Can either be used to force carb? Or is one considered a “gas side” and the other a “beverage side”? Also, if either can be used, I can only get my CO2 up to 22psi. Ideas on how long to carb a 5gal keg?

could be..although what i was both told and read was that for a 12oz bottle of reculture to use 1/2 cup dme..1 cup water and 2 hop pellets...since i was using a bigger bottle I was advised to double the recipe. Any way to save this? Should I add water to thin it out or get another bottle of...

ANy advice? I am trying to reculture yeast from a bottle of Chimay Red for a clone batch. It has been three days and not even a sniff of a bubble from the air lock..... I made a big starter batch since the original bottle was the 25oz type. I used a cup of DME, two cups of clean water and 4...

I highly recommend getting a thief...kind of a one stop shopping experience for taking readings...best 8 bucks ever spent

I know that kits are hard to mess up and really just follow the directions, stupid is the general anser to these questions...I am getting ready to bottle my BOddingtons clone I got from AHS...every other kit from different suppoliers had 5oz of corn sugar and said to boil in 1 cup of water..this...

I just did my 4the batch tonight..I got a kit from AHS for Boddingtons pub ale...My OG was 1.054 and the target was 1.044 according to teh directions...should I be worried about being high? The other three batches I did hit right on the mark. I did upgrade to the White Labs pitchable liquid...

the first one is the hardest. I have another batch just bottled 4 days ago and another in the secondary that I will be bottling this weekend...now that I have five tasty gallons to snack on the waiting for the next ones to condition won't be as bad....I agree with everyine else..it sux but...

Oh my Oh my Oh my....what a sweet nectar I have created. How will I ever be able to dring commercial swill again?

This Sunday will be three weeks in the bottle for my 1st ever batch. I hope it doesn't suck....I have been counting down the days like I am approaching my due date or something...

So I made the Blue Moon wort last night and poured it through a colander (sanitized of course) and, naturally,not only did the orange peels get blocked but so did all of the hop pellet residue from the boil...I freaked out a little and put about half of it back in the fermenter...does it matter...

I am using coriander...it came in a kit from Midwest so it is already ground up so I don't think it will strain out at all.

I am getting ready to start the Belgian WIt/Blue Moon clone...part of the boil is dried orange peels...should I strain these out as I pour into my fermenter or leave them in for flavor?

you should call it "Bulletproof" sounds like after a couple of these that is how you will feel....

can I use some of the LME to do a starter? I haven't made my wort yet....

I am getting ready to do a Weiss kit and it soesnt have any DME in it just LME. THe yeast I have is a wyeast smack pack propagator..it is swelled up and ready to go..do I HAVE to do a starter or can I just put the propagotr right into teh fermenter as is?