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Welcome from Marshfield.

I'd suggest waiting 2 or 3 weeks. It'll give your beer time to settle down and develop better flavors.

Congratulations! And welcome to your new hobby/addiction. It's a great feeling to taste an awesome beer and be able to say "I made that" I'm guessing you'll find that you have a lot friends willing to sample your beers and give you feedback. Best of Luck!

"Undercarbing" is really just properly carbonating a stout, in this case. It's a combination of the pressure of your CO2 going into the keg and the temperature the beer is sitting at at during carbonation. Here's the table I use to determine how much pressure to use when carbonating and serving.

I would expect a FG in the 1.023 - 1.025 range.

I'd suggest posting your recipe, rather than a beersmith file. Many of us have other brewing software, and don't have any on our work PC's.

I think your first idea is great. Halve it and if you like it, brew it again!

I've used ebay for my kegs. I've purchased 16 corny kegs from these guys - http://stores.ebay.com/mceverdistributors?_trksid=p2047675.l2563, and if you can but more than one at a time, the shipping charges are reasonable - http://www.ebay.com/itm/111235554415. I bought a cheap chest freezer...

It's called nucleation. It's a "rough" surface that causes CO2 bubbles to form as they come out of the beer. These glasses help with head retention as the head is being continually "fed" CO2. Google "nucleated pint glass" for some additional info. It's pretty cool to watch. Best of Luck!

In measuring OG and FG, having a hydrometer on hand is important. Your kit or recipe will have target gravities, but you won't really know what they are unless you measure them. Some of your loss is likely due to the hops addiction, and some may have occurred during the boil. If you had a...

+1 on this. A little soapy water will show that this is the case. One place to look at carefully help prevent leaks is the hose to barb connections. I switched to oetiker clamps from screw-type hose clamps for this high pressure set-up and they work great. I also upgraded my gas line to...

Hop 10 (or 14) then crash.

Wow!! South River Brewing Company

So, are you brewing something higher than 3.2? I was just in Salt Lake and had a couple beers at a small brewpub called Avenues Proper. Not bad for low alcohol beer. Best of Luck!

Stop by Foolproof Brewing. Five miles north of Providence. They make some awesome beers and have tours on Saturday afternoons.

Better start the next batch right now!!

I am a fan of larger. It seems like I'm always wanting to do something bigger. But for me, I don't have enough friends to drink 20 gallons of beer before it gets stale, or I'm bored of drinking it. The downside comes when you want to do something small. If you're going to keep your smaller...

Awesome - great idea and thanks for sharing.

This is my process, too. I soak my posts, tubes, and lid in the keg with PBW. I drop them all in and let them soak 30 minutes to an hour while I go do something else. The I pour our the PBW, rinse the components, reassemble, rinse the entire keg a couple of times, rinse with starsan, drain...

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