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I just found this insulating bag used for homebrewing: http://www.cool-brewing.com/ It was discussed on this forum five years ago and has good reviews. This solves the problem of temperature control, so I ordered one! They sell it on Amazon too. I was looking into kegerators in case I...

Did anyone use their kegerator as a fermentation chamber? Obviously, the temperature should be regulated to a lower temperature most likely by using an external temperature controller. But the inside of the kegerator should be large enough to hold the fermentation bucket and the airlock...

Thanks much all for your tips! I found small carbonation tablets on this site: https://www.homebrewing.org/Prime-Tab_p_1986.html I'll get them and will try them. I'm glad I can try something and hopefully these won't cause the foaming issue. Meanwhile, I'll shake the bottles in case the...

Thanks for your reply. It's good to know about the nucleation point! I saw some videos online that show how the coke can shoot out of the bottle when mentos are added. That's cool to see. Didn't know about that. Should I add new yeast in addition to sugar? Assuming that I can control the...

My Hefeweizen beer has very low carbonation. It is not pleasant to drink so I decided to fix the low carbonation. After I discovered the low carbonation, I conditioned the beer 3 months in the bottle at room temperature hoping it would help increase the carbonation, but it didn't unfortunately...

Thanks for your encouragement! I will wait a few weeks and see what happens! Btw, I did take one gravity measurement when I racked the beer to the secondary, and it read 1.0. However, I didn't take the OG before pitching yeast and at the end. I'm curious next time to take this reading at the...

Hi, It's my first homebrew. I'm brewing an Amber Ale. When I racked the beer from the primary bucket to the secondary carboy, I took a sample and it tasted good (I could taste the flavors of the grains.) However, at the time of bottling, I took a sample of the beer after priming in the carboy...

Thanks for your answers! When is a carboy really needed? I saw that some people just use one container for all the brewing. I was told that a carboy will help keep the sediment out of the beer and will prevent off flavours.

I am brewing an amber ale. The instructions I have say to store the carboy (to which I racked the beer from the primary) in a cool and dark place. How dark should it be? I placed the carboy in a corner that gets indirect sunlight that is not intense at this time of year in the winter. There are...