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Thanks! I don't think there's much debris, if any, in the keg, so maybe the out post is clogged up. I've never taken it apart before ... is it simple to do? ... And sorry, what is a QD?

Thanks! I don't think there's much debris, if any, in the keg, so maybe the out post is clogged up. I've never taken it apart before ... is it simple to do? ... And sorry, what is a QD?

Hi all ..... So I just kegged my homebrew but for some reason the beer is just flowing out at a trickle. There's plenty of gas in the CO2 tank, and I know the dip tube isn't blocked because I blew some CO2 through it to check. (And it's a stout so not much in the way of material that would block...

Yes, liquid yeast.

Ya, for some reason when I made the Star San batch I thought in my head warm is more sanitary, so I filled it with hot tap water. Won't do that again.

Ah ok, good to know. I put the starter on a stirplate and it seems ok as far as I can tell. I cold crashed it overnight and there's cake at that bottom -- that's a sign all is ok, no?

So as I was getting my yeast starter ready, I dropped the yeast pack in my bucket of Star San mix and left it there for 15-20 minutes. What I forgot is the water was warm … like 100 degrees. Whoops. Anyway I went ahead with the starter, so we’ll see what happens. Even if I get some action going...

Oh nice. Not sure if it will work as well with a thermowell attached to the stopper, but will give it a shot. Thanks!

It was actually this one from MoreBeer. Haven't used their kits before until now. But this is apparently put together in conjunction with Vinnie at Russian River. The listed OG is 1.066-70 and ended up at 1.055, though not sure why it was lower...

Well, funny story. I have a temp controller and thermowell that had popped off from the krausen the first morning after brewing. I put it back on and it immediately popped off again. So then I got really forceful with it and ... poof ... the entire stopper/thermowell dropped into the carboy. So...

Cool thanks. Yeah, I had actually read about water baths just the other day and will try that next time. Yes, that's an insulator/light protector, but I only put it on after the high temp had dropped this week to try to stabilize it. (I've read big temp changes during fermentation can be...

So, I've only brewed about 10 times, but I've never seen a fermentation like this. I brewed a 5 gal. Blind Pig clone from a Northern Brewer kit on Sunday afternoon. By Monday morning, it had blown the top off the airlock and krausen-ed all over the place. I replaced it with a blowoff tube and...