Recent content by olatheks

I have 3 ball lock kegs that had Pepsi in them. I have replaced all rubber gaskets. I haven't replaced the poppers, dip tube or posts. I have tried cleaning with oxy clean, vinegar and water, pbw, soaked in baking soda and water and ran beer line cleaner thru the dip tube. I sanitized...

I bring back dogfish head all the time on my trips. I use clothes and wrap up every bottle. I've never had a problem but have noticed slips inside my luggage saying it was inspected.

I just realized a couple days after brewing a wheat beer for the dirt time in a cooler mash tun that the hose clamps I used weren't stainless. They are now rusted. Did I just ruin this batch of beer? I'm more worried about lead than off flavors. Thanks

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I sampled a BBQ brisket beer by cib brewery out of Iowa at a beer festival a few months ago. We talked to them and they smoked brisket and took all the drippings and clarified it to remove the fat and solids then brewed it. It actually wasn't bad. The beef flavor was mild and came thru in the...

A friend is coming in town on July 14th. I brewed an all grain Sierra Nevada PA clone only 2.5 gallons on Sunday. Would it be ok to ferment 1 week then dryhop in primary for 1 week then bottle after only 2 weeks. That would give it at least 3 to 4 weeks in the bottle. I used Nottingham yeast...

I had some problems siphoning my beer to the bottling bucket and ended up with 4 gallons. I just realized I put the entire package of sugar that was meant for 5 gallons. Should I worry about bottle bomb?

Stupid phone. I hit the wrong button. So basically I have been drinking ipa's a lot lately. Stone IPA, lagunitas ipa, hopslam, hopstupid etc. In the last few weeks IPA's have tasted horrible to me kinda like a dirty sock. It's kinda like my taste buds are constantly changing and one month...

This is my first post but I've been lurking for awoke.