Recent content by murppie

lol, its real rough with the paint too. But its a 2.5 or 3 gallon corny keg. I got it for Christmas one year from some online sale. I figured it was like $40 and I wanted a smaller keg for when I traveled, but then with this issue I just haven't used it. (it also has some issues with its...

I just bought my first new keg this week after having 3 used one for several years. My two complaints about the used ones are that I did have to replace some of the hardware. Maybe a total of $40 over the years. My other issue is that I bought one and the rubber of the handles literally just...

So question for the HBT Brain Trust here. When I'm brewing, after my boil and ice bath its time to pour said future deliciousness into the carboy. So when I'm pouring from my pot through the funnel I use a little mesh filter (I used to have this awesome fine metal strainer that I can't find...

So is it OK to degas after I added the chemicals ?

So I have a muscato from a kit currently, and the instructions told me to degas for about 2 minutes, then to add my chemicals and fining agent and what have you. Just out of curiosity I've been watching some youtube tutorials and hit one on degassing and now everything I'm reading is telling me...

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me out here. A couple of weeks ago I make a yeast starter because my girlfriend was going to be in town and we were going to make some beer. Long story short life happened and we were unable to make the full batch and I haven't had a chance to brew since...

So I've been meaning to ask this for a while, when you get a commercial keg (I just got one of Bells Two Hearted not long ago) do you need to do anything different when you hook it up to the CO2? Should it be lower?

I usually brew alone, but I like to filter stuff out before I go into primary so I like to have someone there when I'm racking, but aside from that I tend to be alone.

It isn't so much the boiling that I'm worried about. It is the purple/blackish that gets in the foam part. I can't for the life of me figure it out.

Ok, so this is some bizarreness that has now happened to me 4 times....I need some help good people of the interwebs! I'm attempting to make a starter, and I clean and sanitize my Erlenmeyer flask. I'm using PBW and Star San at their recommended levels to clean/sanitize. Then I put in my...

Its an Irish Red. Primary should be done Friday. Force carb/shake Saturday, drink sunday.

I've had some humorous ones myself. Two recent ones are: International Beer of Mystery- supposed to be an Irish red with a hint of citrus, was more like a session IPA O-Face- awesome IPA. This one was just funny because I never really know what to name my beers or how to label bottles...

Just thought I would brighten everyone's morning with a story of fail from last night/this morning. I'm doing an Irish Red for St. Patty's Day, and so I wanted to do a starter last night. So I attempt to do it in the flask (as I had done before) and it resulted in a HUGE boil over. Had to...

I remember reading somewhere to use all light or extra light DME and then add color with specialty grains. I've been doing that since my 3rd or 4th bath and I really feel each has turned out better than the last. I haven't used LME in over 2 years, maybe its time to give it another try. On...

I personally don't like to put in much more than 5% myself. I think much over that starts to dominate the flavor pretty quickly. Just my opinion