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Hey all, I just wanted to run my Red Ale by you all and see what you thought: 5 gal batch 8 lbs US 2-row 1.5 lbs Carared 8 oz caraaroma 4 oz roasted barley 60 min 1 oz Kent goldings 15 min 1 oz Fuggles British Ale yeast

I just build a keezer and half of the cost was the CO2 regulator and the tank. I got the fridgidaire 5 cf freezer at Best Buy for $219. Then you just need the Johnson thermostat regulator for $50 and you're there. I just went with picnic taps for now because I wanted to get up and running and...

I find that a lot of your belgian style yeasts will have a strong odor after the primary. As long as it doesn't taste and smell like sulfur, I proceed. I had several skunked batches when I first started homebrewing and trust me, if it's bad, you'll know. If you're thinking "I can't tell, it's...

I read some of this when I first started kegging and then took some advice from my LHBS and came up with my own strategy that's worked pretty well so far. I hook it up at 30 psi and lay it on it's side and roll it back and forth until it stops hissing. This is when it's already cold, BTW, I...

I've got the Fridgidaire 5.0 CF freezer. I bought it because it was small and our apartment isn't too big, but wish I had shopped more because I can barely squeeze 2 kegs in there. I don't see myself needing more than two kegs so big deal, but still almost freaked when I actually tried putting...

Oh my god! It was delicious. I don't even like fruit beers and was doing it for a friend and it just turned out amazing. We just bought 5 lbs of frozen strawberries and let them thaw for a bit before adding them in a grainbag to the secondary fermenter. Looked nasty when we took them out but...

Ok, thanks. I've read about both and wasn't sure which way to go. I'll try to just thaw them then. At the secondary point of fermentation there shouldn't be much chance of contamination anymore anyway.

I'm working on this recipe in my brewtarget program and wanted to see what people thought. I plan on putting frozen strawberries in during the secondary as well as the citra. I'll probably boil them, mash them up, and then put them in a grain bag in the bucket. I think the grain bill is...

Cool, thanks guys. That's pretty much what I was thinking. One more thing. Do you filter the beer at all before putting it in the keg? Is that just a preference thing?

Ok, another question: ball lock or pin lock? Now that I'm thinking about this, his kegerator should have the CO2 pressure valve setup already, right? So I would just need one of the soda type kegs and the disconnects? Sorry if this is painful for the experienced guys. I've never done...

The current setup is your typical kegerator set up to what I call 'normal' kegs. It's actually my buddy's setup. He has two taps going and we're trying to replace one of them with homebrew. So, what I am getting here is that I'll need at least one keg with the removable top so we can pour the...

Ok, so we've been brewing for a couple of years now and bottling, but we want to start kegging. What I need to know is this; we have a keggerator setup already and just need to know what we need to take our beer from the primary to a pressurized keg. I'm guessing we need a CO2 container, some...

We recently tried Citra too. I liked the aroma and fruity flavor for a nice finish but have since quit using it as a bittering hops. I prefer Cascade and then throw in some Citra at the 5 min. One thing you could be tasting is that the citra hops is 10% bitter compared with 5% for a lot of...

Hey all, new all grain brewer trying to get his feet wet. My buddy and I have made 6 batches now and are wanting to try a good hearty porter. We've mostly done Pale ales and IPAs that we bought from Austin Homebrew. Our last batch was pretty much a recreation of our favorite so far by going...