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my first batch of cider is in the fermenter right now. i'm hoping for a very pronounced blackberry flavor in the finished product. i've got 2# frozen blackberries, 12 oz. frozen raspberries plus 2 cans of oregon blackberries in light syrup (which i pureed) in the bucket. i'm thinking i might...

i started storing my carboys with a little bit of starsan in them per several people's recommendations...i lay them on their sides (in boxes) so i can put them on shelves. after a brewing hiatus of a year, i got them all out and they all have no liquid in them...but all of them are cloudy/hazy...

12 + 12 = 12: makes sense now - wasn't thinking in terms of there being a vacuum. i, too, am suspecting the beer...it does taste like flat beer but it's been hiding in my closet for well over a year, maybe more.

haven't tried that...if i disconnect the QD, push the poppet, and the reg reads zero...and then reconnect it, do i set my psi back at 12? or will that double the pressure in the keg to 24 psi? - the reg is reading line pressure not keg pressure, right? probably a pretty stupid question but i'm...

CO2 on?: check valves open?: check pulled purge and "auto-fill"?: check it's not quite true to say i have nothing...there is slight carbonation but it evacuates my glass in 2-3 minutes. once in a while (every 5-6 pours) it will have a weak head on it but then the beer is flat. i'm burning...

@slipgate - this is my first time kegging. it vents plenty of gas when i pull the purge valve so i don't think the line is clogged. no leaks, either...just can't figure out why the damn thing won't carb (enough).

@yooper - i switched my beer line to 10' of 3/16"...still no head and still "flat"!!!? @all - my fridge has a +/-2 degree fluctuation because it's not hooked up to a temp control <--- maybe this is a problem? i find it funny that everyone seems to have problems with too much foam - i'd be happy...

um... ...it's been 11 days...12 psi at @ 42 degrees...where is my carbonation? honestly, there is slight carbonation but no head when i pour it. i'm using 5' of 1/4" for my beer line <---- is this the problem? let 'er sit a few more days? adjust my serving pressure (currently 12 psi)? start...

i'm pretty sure that this particular batch has minimal (if any) yeast left in suspension...i found a carboy full of beer in an unused closet that is at least a year old, if not longer. i figured that this would be my test batch for my first time kegging...amazingly, the beer still smelled fine...

...so i filled my keg, purged the headspace, tossed into spare fridge, hooked up the gas and... how the hell do i know when force carbing is "finished"? i'm referring to the slow-forced carb chart from kegerators but i've checked all the stickies and can't find my answer. do i just wait...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/austin-homebrew-supply-greenbelt-v-wlp001-experiment-begins-203256/ ^ couple of pretty detailed descriptions here. fruity? not really...

wyeast greenbelt (from AHS) is an excellent IPA yeast

i keep all my yeast, dry & liquid, in the fridge...i usually proof my dry yeast if it's really old, but i've always had them take off, even after two or three years of storage.

um...i found a full carboy of beer in a little used closet at my house. not really sure what it even is or when i brewed it (had to have been at least a year). it was definitely in secondary and there's still liquid in the airlock....also, there's a pretty nasty looking layer of dead yeast on...

i'll probably be brewing extract just because it's less time consuming... ...but if you have a favorite AG, i can convert it to extract. thanks! ...oh, if i force carb and store at room temp and then ice the kegs down for serving, that doesn't mess with the carb levels, does it? sorry...

wow! didn't expect a reply quite so fast...thanks, yooper! so i can brew the beer now, carb it, and let it sit until july? that's too damn easy. why have i not been kegging sooner? +1 on the cream ale...any particular recipe you're fond of or care to share? i tried the NB kit but it was a...

I'm getting married this summer and have been asked by my fiancee's family to brew all the beer for the wedding...I have never kegged and there is no way in hell I'm bottling all the beer I plan on making. Generally, I'm all about experimenting and learning from my mistakes but I don't have the...

i just tasted a sample out of the secondary and am a little curious/concerned about my finished product. i definitely get the "lemon" flavor i keep hearing about but there is also a flavor reminiscent of vomit (for lack of a better description) lurking in my brew...and yes, i was completely...

i like to use ladybugs to control other critters as well...however, they don't help me too much with that damn downy mildew that's everywhere in the carolinas. BTW, i tried insecticidal soap w/neem oil two years ago to "control" the pest...and control them it did. it looked like someone took a...

the carolinas seem to be pretty conducive to hop growing...i've even heard rumors of some farms in WNC converting to hop fields... ...and just because it's done a certain way in one place, doesn't mean that you can't figure out a cheaper, better, or completely different way to do it yourself -...