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I am trying an IPA recipe I got off a website but none of the times or size of boil was listed. It seems for a 5 gallon batch a 2.5 gallon to 3 gallon boil to starts is about average. Is there a reason why this would not work? Also, to steep the grains and extract the sugars, it only is...

Does anyone have a source for reasonable 3 gal kegs, I would love to get two for smaller batches but even eBay is spendy, it looks like I am better off using 5 gal kegs.

Does anyone have a source for reasonable 3 gal kegs, I would love to get two for smaller batches but even eBay is speedy, it looks like I am better off using 5 gal kegs.

Why would kegging lend itself to loosing aroma while in a contained pressurized vessle and not bottle? I keg my stuff too, but have not had the experience to really discover any changes, except that as it conditions in the keg it mellows and gets better.......or maybe I am just looking forward...

I am wondering what peoples opinions are about their dry hopping practices. How long should the beer be exposed to the hops, I have seen things from 4 days to 2 weeks. What is the optimum time period to dry hop in order to get maximum flavor and aroma.

I am going to brew an IPA here shortly and have decided to split the 5 gallon batch into two secondary fermenters and dry hop them with different hops to see what kinds of flavors I can get and how it changes the flavor of the beer. I was wondering what kinds of hops I should consider for the...

It seems like everytime I fill a growler it de-carbonates rather quickly, is there a way to keep the carbenation so that it lasts a few days or is it really just for short transports and meant to be consumed in short order?

Simialar expericence to mine the first time I kegged. My buddy works for the company that supplies CO2 and he said that when you cool your CO2 tank, because it is a "liquid" gas that everytime it cools below 50 degrees you look pressure in your tank. My gauges did the same, dropped a pretty...

If you force carbonate your brew in a keg and have to disconnect for trasporting away from home, how long before your beer goes flat. Is it hours, days, weeks? I dont want to travel with a keg full of carbonated beer hooked up to the CO2 tank, just for sake of ease.

I brew in the garage and during these cold winter days have not considered ventalation. I have a 3 car garage so I would imagine the C02 would need to be rather significant to cause a problem. Between the in and out of cleaning and grabbing all the equipment I for got inside, I am not exposed...

Since I am still new to this and I am not entirely sure how to adjust recipies, and I have not looked specifically for smaller batches, are there places where I can easily find some smaller batch recipes? I would really like to experiment but I dont have a lot of extra money to be going too...

I have been thinking long and hard about this for the past few weeks. I am new to brewing and have completed one brew, a basic pale ale that came with the brewing kit I bought from my LHBS, and have an African Amber in the secondary fermentaion stage. The first brew was just to get my feet...