Recent content by lordflies

A friend just gave me about 20 oranges and i am trying to figure out what to do with them. I was wondering if anyone had a great beer recipe that uses whole orages in the primary, or even secondary. I am thinking about perhaps a Kolsch or a wheat beer, but I want to think outside the box and...

Ok....stupid question but isn't that the point of these. You are all smart and I turn to you for guidance. Once the beer is carbonated and good, the CO2 still needs to be attached to push the beer out...correct? Once you put the beer in the fridge to carbonate it, it should always be at 12...

Thank you everyone for your help. It appears that most of the issue was pure ignorance. It means alot that you are all so nice and helpful. Good luck with all your brews.

I only had the CO2 hooked up for like 30 min. before I tried. As well, I turned off the CO2 at night because the guys at the brew store said I should turn off the CO2 when not in use as to not allow for easy leaking. That would make sense though that it takes time to fully carbonate a beer...

Hi everybody, So I have been brewing for about a year and a half now and I just made the move up to kegging. Did the whole chest freezer conversion thing and I am really happy with how everything turned out. I have two Perlick that I bought off Craigs List and then another generic one I got...