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A question for everyone: I was always using liquid yeast & then harvested my yeast from that. I switched over to dry yeast. I talked to a couple of the yeast guys out there and was told not to try to harvest from dry yeast. Is any one harvesting from dry yeast with success ?

Hi everyone. I used to be a fan of glass carboys. I have three 5 gallon ones I got 30 years ago. The glass is so thick the each weigh at least 25 lbs each. I switched over to stainless steel fermenters because I was always worried about dropping the glass. I’ll never go back to the glass. The...

The comments above are spot on about releasing the pressure. To be safe, a pair of googles is recommended. Do the pressure relief outside because trying to control the release of any of the fluids is next to impossible.

I use an electric brew kettle, and a utility sink in a space I built in the basement for brewing. Hands down, the best thing I ever did. The arrangement allows me to brew all year long. Also with a tile floor, any water that drips or gets away or any spillage is a snap to clean up. By setting up...

Try the Sierra Madre Pale ale extract kit. This makes a nice clean and crisp ale with some complexity. It is a good brew to do while learning some of the techniques of home brewing.

I only have used the oem posts on my corny kegs. The poppets get very unpredictable when you mix between oem & universal. I have 15 corny kegs I use. Of these I only replaced three post sets with universal style. I found that I had to make sure that the poppets were made for those posts & I...

While you may not have liked my response, these corny legs were made for the soft drink industry. Having worked with these kegs for delivering pre-mix to picnics & public events, the last thing we ever wanted was to have to go back an replace the soft drink & CO2 supplies. This would have been...

Just a quick note; I worked for a major soda company & had to work with Corny Kegs daily. Post seals were replaced every time. Top lid seal was replaced if it failed a pressure check. Any lines used were always pulled apart at the fitting. The line was trimmed and the reattached after cleaning...