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Poured a pint or two last night. It looks well enough carbonated for me! A nice head, and some bubbles climbing up the sides of the glass after the pour. I'd say the experiment was a success. That being said, I'm going back to carbonating in the keg using priming sugar. Or, in a pinch...

it hasn't crept up since this am, but thank you for the heads up. I'll keep an eye on it until I leave.

The CO2 is connected at 12 psi, where it will remain for the next 5 days.

So, it went into the kegerator under 30 psi at 68, but dropped to 39 overnight. When I recharged it back to 30 psi the next morning, it was at 39. It held pressure for 24 hours, when I bled it completely, and reset at 12 psi where it will sit until Monday. I'm feeling pretty confident that...

Ok, so I checked again this morning. A big, healthy release of CO2 when I burped it, so I've ruled out a leak. I bled it completely and hooked it up to about 12 psi, where it will sit until I return on Monday. Fingers crossed it doesn't foam like hell when I pour my first pint next week...

Ok, thank you. Checked again, and the pressure seems to be holding. Got a good, quick burp when I pulled the PRV tonight, so the keg is holding pressure. C The fridge is set at about 40 degrees, and the beer is chilled to that temp. Rocked it for a bit, and will hit it again with another 30 psi...

Quick update, as expected, the krausen went as quickly as it came. Seemed to fall overnight. I gave it a handful of extra days in the primary just to be sure the yeast petered out, before putting it in the corny. Exactly 2 weeks after I pitched. As with most of my brews, it looked darker than...

Hello All, Just transferred my kolsch into the corny after about 2 weeks in the primary. I normally either carbonate my beer in the keg with priming sugar, or chill it quickly before hitting it with 30-40 Psi and rocking it for 10 or so minutes. As I don't intend to drink this one for a few...

I've never thought about harvesting the krausen - that's interesting. How do you do that? With regard to the gunk, I used whirfloc at the end of the boil, and always find it results in a really fluffy trub. It's cool to see it churning so quickly in the fermentor, but it does leave some funk at...

Kolsch is one of my favorite summertime recipes, so I'll definitely try and compare the 2565 next time. Thanks!

I'm fully aware that the size of the krausen has no bearing on the quality of the beer. I just thought it was interesting the way this one took off so quickly. As you can see, I use the Big Mouth Bubbler, which has always had enough head space for the other batches I've brewed. Like I said, the...

Wyeast 1007 has Kolsch listed as a style acceptable to the yeast: https://wyeastlab.com/yeast-strain/german-ale What would you have used specifically?

Thanks! It's sub-70 degrees where I'm fermenting. I don't think the temps are ramping it up. I did a really good job of shaking the hell out of the primary to aerate. Wondering if the combination of good year and lots of O2 gave it a good kick start!

I brewed a Brewer's Best extract Kolsch kit yesterday. As usual, I added a pound of light DME, and swapped out the crappy yeast for a Wyeast 1007 for German Ale. I don't have a question, but rather just wanted to brag about my huge krausen! I've seen some of the wheat beer yeasts take off like...

I love the Big Mouth Bubbler, but hate those lids. I push the lid on and then put one of my wife's 5 Lb. plastic barbells on it. Keeps it down well enough.

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It's about a break-even for me. I brew 5 gallon extract batches, and end up with about 24 (or so) 22oz bottles. If I was doing 12 oz bottles, I'd end up with 44, or about 7 six packs. I generally make my own recipes, and try to use good, fresh ingredients. I'll typically pay $50-$75 for those...

I'm not big on hoppy beer, but wanted to brew a crowd-pleaser. I asked a buddy to help me build a recipe for an east coast-meets-west coast IPA, and added some grapefruit. Everyone who's tasted it loves it. It was an extract, so I clouded it up with some flaked wheat in the steep. I did a...

Just the one on the tank. I'll try to get it apart soon. Vacation to Nh until Monday. Lots of breweries to see in Portsmouth! Thanks for the advice!

Thanks, very helpful. So, just unscrew the black housing with the pressure regulator? I have a kegco one as well, kind a like this, but with both a tank and keg gauge: Is it right hand thread, or lefty loosey? What about the valve and valve housing? Remove those as well and clean? Right hand...