Recent content by TheBone

I'm leaning towards the Sanyo 4912 with a twin faucet tower. I definitely want to be able to have two brews at a time going.

I hear people refer to "chest freezers". You really want a chest "REFRIGERATOR", right, not a "FREEZER"? :confused:

Do I have to keep the beer in the corny keg cold immediately, or can it be stored at room temperature until it is ready to go into the kegerator?

at this point. As for budget, if I could do something for less than $500.00, that would probably be ideal.

to have to carbonate my beer prior to kegging. I would like to have two taps. Now I'm getting picky, huh?

What is the absolute cheapest set up to get into kegging?

so that the carbonation pouch is not needed?

I bottled my Barleywine this weekend. I had a handful of bottle caps that I had left in some StarSan in a bowl. The starsan had turned cloudy, so I removed the bottle caps and rinsed them in a Mason Jar with scalding hot water from my "always hot" tap. I then put them in another clean bowl...

of honey makes a difference? There are a number of high quality, "boutique" honey's out there....

styles is a great question. Those on this site should have a more informed opinion than your typical Coors Light drinker (or at least we would like to think that - no offense to Coors Light Drinkers). There are a ton of beers out there. I say find a local grocery store that has a bunch of...

Northern Brewers British Bitter. Very nice. Smooth. Not overly hoppy.

within hours following my pitching of the dry yeast.

no signs of fermentation. Wheat beer. 6.6 lbs Coopers Wheat LME, 1 oz bittering hops, 1 oz finishing hops 1/3 oz irish moss. Wyeast 3068. I think I got a bad batch of yeast. Temps were correct at pitching.

If overpitching is rarely a problem, but underpitching is a common problem, and using two vials of yeast is not a problem, then... The only reason not to pitch two vials of yeast would be the cost? ($5-8 per 5 gallons?). That seems like a small price to pay for improved beer.

Don't you need an airlock or some type of blow-off?