I've only pitched the dregs of a watermelon wheat that started to get funky towards the end of the keg. Other than that, when I first started, I tossed those bottles that ended up foaming over and losing half the beer to the sink anyways - over carbing was the push I needed to start kegging.
About a week and a half ago I set out to brew an Imperial Stout (see recipe below). However I made a crucial error - I went to my LHBS and they did not have any DME, so I did a quick conversion to LME, but I did it backwards and instead of getting 11 lbs of DME I ended up going home with about...
Wanted to add my $.02 as I really enjoyed this cider and so did my friends!
A couple of tweaks:
*Used Mangrove Jack's cider-specific yeast (M02)
*4 12oz cans of apple juice concentrate (my mistake)
I thought this was a fantastic cider. It yielded close to 5 1/2 gallons after all of the...
I have for sale:
1 Taprite - 2 body secondary regulator w/MFL (like new)
1 KegConnection.com - 3 way manifold w/MFL (unused)
Just purchased a 3 body secondary regulator to simplify my setup.
Located for pickup in King County, WA.
Sold Together:
Pickup $80
Shipped $90
Sold...
Keezer:
Stained and sealed red oak collar with insulation backing
3 Perlick 630 SS taps
Bottle opener
14" stainless drip tray
InkBird temp controller (Fahrenheit)
10lb C02 tank on the hump
Primary regulator
Dual secondary regulator
3-way manifold (to be installed)
Currently...
Recently brewed a stout with 1056 American Ale yeast. Had a pretty vigorous fermentation. The carboy had a blowoff tube running to a 1/2 gallon of sanitizer liquid.
The blow off sanitizer liquid turned brown from the beer and there was a fairly solid amount of yeast actually in the...
Beer is ranging between 18.5 and 19.5C or about 65 to 68 degrees...ambient. I taped the probe to the carboy last night after first feedback to see if that was more accurate.