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I've been kegging my beer for the past 6 months. The last two batches have done this to me. The line fills with air and foam and then when I pour a glass it's about 90% foam no matter how low the pressure is. After the first, I thought it was due to lack of lube and/or not having hose clamps. I...

About 4 days ago I racked to secondary for dry hop. FG was 1.036 so it still fermented completely. ABV comes to 13.91%. If I work the math backwards, the high OG can be attributed to slightly more water boiling off than anticipated. I calculated 0.9 gallon in the fermentor. This also puts the...

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Experimenting with new recipes again! These little 1 gallon experiments drive me nuts! The end goal here is a high alcohol, super hoppy beer, just want to get that out of the way up front... Recipe here: http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/273465/ipa-experiment-2-small- Was...

Recently, I've become rather fascinated with IPAs and IIPAs. Then I hear about this mythical triple IPA... I guess it's not an official style? From what I can tell, it appears to be a cross between an IPA and American Barleywine. I have set out on this adventure to brew one! I'd appreciate some...

Found a recipe in BYO magazine, looks good, gonna give it a try... Here it is in a bit more organized format... http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/245919/riverwards-ipa The recipe calls for ECY29. I've never even heard of this stuff and cant find it anywhere local. I...

It's been a while since I've had something on tap that I can be proud of!

I think trub is just getting mixed up too much. I think what i'm going to do is try gelatin with my saison. I'll keg it, let it chill for a day or two, then add gelatin and let it sit for three days before pouring off the gunk at the bottom. Now, would it hurt to carbonate while letting the...

I've read a little bit about gelatin. Is it true hat it can be added directly to the keg? And then just toss out the first 1 or 2 glasses?

Totally worth it

When I first started brewing I always racked to a secondary after 1 week in the primary then kegged after 2 weeks in secondary. I had one batch that was neglected and spent 7 weeks in secondary. The beer was fantastic but the hop flavor was drastically changed. I started looking into why this...

Happens to me all the time!

I've been brewing for about 6 months and have made about 5 wonderful batches of beer. I can say that I've never had a bad batch. I've always used dry yeast. Never rehydrated and never made a starter. Currently I have a Belgian Dubbel in the primary and it has been fermenting very slowly. I think...

Just put in 8ft hose. Problem solved :)

I had no idea the length of the beer line made a difference in pour rate! I think my beer lines are around 4ft which is probably why I've had problems with too much foam. No matter how hard I try to pour down the side of the glass I always end up with more than half foam...

I get all of my keg stuff from www.cornykeg.com they have by far the best prices on kegs and co2 parts. I use the reconditioned ball lock kegs which is a coke keg refitted with ball locks-about $55 each. I get my faucets from Amazon. CO2 and tanks can be purchased from a local fire supply store...

This week I'm going to be adding a keg to my kegerator setup and will be doing some regular maintenance as well. I've noticed with others that the gas lines are some kind of red hose and have also seen it at my local hardware store. Is there a difference in using this red hose vs a clear vinyl...

On the subject of blowoffs... if you're hooking up a hose to the 3 piece airlock, wouldn't it run the same risk of getting plugged and blowing something up?

I recently began experimenting with mini batches as well. On Monday, I did my first and got a tough lesson on head space. I'm still cleaning beer off the ceiling... 1 gallon of wort in a 1 gallon glass jug = bad idea