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Does anyone out there know the wall thickness on Coors and Budweiser 15.5 gallon kegs?

Thanks a lot guys.. that really helps

I am starting to think about a larger all grain system. Does anyone know how to size coolers as mash tuns? For example, if I want to make 20 gallon wort boils, how big off cooler should I get to mash the grain?

I have been looking at several options for all grain brewing. Is there a significant difference between Stainless Steel mash tuns versus Aluminum mash tuns? Do they create different tastes, properties in your brew? Has anyone done any research on this?

I made a batch of wheat beer on Sunday. Tuesday night there is still no sign of fermentation in the air lock. Should I be concerned? I pitched Danstar Nottingham dry yeast at 80 degrees.

My son wants to dry hop half the batch and I want to keep half the batch as it was put into primary. I am worried that 2 1/2 gallons of air in the head space is too much for secondary fermentation. I hear air kills beer.

I have a 5 gallon batch of IPA that I want to split into two batches for secondary. I only have 5 gallon carboys. Will it hurt to split the 5 gallon batch into two 2 1/2 secondary batches? Will 5 gallon carboys leave too much head space and ruin the beer if there is only 2 1/2 gallons of beer...

I recently started using a boil pot with with a spigot set just slightly above the bottom of the pot and it has a stainless steel high temp hose covering acting as a filtering device. This left a lot of my hops in the pot after the boil and they did not make it into the fermentor. Will this...

Thanks, been stewing about it all evening.

I made a simple batch of hard cider. Juice and yeast. Two days into primary fermentation white blotches about the size of a dime are forming on the surface of the cider. There are no spider webs but should I be concerned?

Anyone know how long bulk DME can be stored at room temperature? I am trying to decided if I want to buy in bulk.