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My CO2 tank is too big to fit in my freezer or fridge. I accidentally bought a massive one. Not a terrible problem. The problem is that I dont have a way to get the line into the fridge at this point. After initially adding CO2 to the corny keg, can I unplug the keg and then just put it back...

just an update-- I ended up getting one of the big tubs of water and sticking my primary in there. I've been icing it down with water bottles three times a day and the water temperature stayed consistently at 19C, which is pretty good. The room is A/C and I put a fan blowing over the top of...

Ok thanks guys!! I think this helps. Whether it hurts my dry yeast or not, I'm gonna take them out of the room and stick them in the fridge. I'll check in after brewing my next batch next week. Thanks!!

OK also I wanted to double check. Noob alert here. I've been storing my yeast at room temp. When I went to the brew store back in the states I saw that they were keeping all of their yeast in a fridge. The brewing store in OZ that I bought my kit from wasn't doing this. Could this have been...

This has been helpful. I saw a bunch of stuff that said fermenting at 70 was OK, but in real situations, all of you more experienced people are saying that lower than 70 is always better. Also, what temp should I store my yeast? I didnt know that could have an effect on the beer either. You...

Thanks guys!! For sugars I used the amount that came in the kit for the boil/wort. For priming my first brew I used the coopers sugar pellets that came in my beginners kit. They were all premeasured out. The second batch I used some of those, I used table sugar and I experimented with a...

Hi all! I've asked a bunch of friends and merchants about my problem, but figured that I'd ask here, since I lurk on these amazingly helpful pages all the time. I'm living in a third world country (I dont want to say where) and brewing my beer because its the only way to get good brew here...