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Start pulling and cleaning these also. I bought a dip tube brush. Amazing what I first saw come out of the tubes.

It took me a few brews on my system to get things dialed in. I lowered Brew house efficiency. I think my biggest thing was my grain absorption was off. Also, I know you should brew what you like to drink, but these are huge gravity beers your brewing. Maybe brew some lower gravity beers until...

Have you taken a gravity reading? You can pitch yeast in the keg. If you haven't put gas on it, it's already flat. You can let the yeast do it's thing and carbonate, or let it "blowoff". To do the latter, I would use a barbed gas in pin lock or ball lock, with a tube and run that tube into some...

+1 on above

I'm determined to brew a "proper lager" for my neighbor. He likes Howdy Pilsner from The Post in Lafayette, Colorado. Does anyone have a recipe for this beer, or have you had it, and can help me build a recipe. I'm an all grain brewer, pretty much single infusion. Thanks

I started with Beer Tools, now I'm transitioning to beersmith. I print recipes from both. I have a brew day log that I made up. Section for starter, and then the steps with gravity readings, ph, amount of water for strike and Sparge. Then I also have a fermentation log. My recipes are stored on...

I agree with ncbrewer. Once you start the process, you're better off finishing. The beer will settle and clear in the bottles.

It all boils down to (no pun intended), you need more liquid. Keep in mind that this will change how the beer tastes, so you may need to adjust other things like grains.

I was going to say Hair of the Dog, but someone beat me to it. Also like All Dogs Go to Heaven. I think naming beers is a lot of fun. I've also named a few beers after dogs. They're such a special animal, and a special bond with people. That said, this afternoon I will raise a glass in honor of...

I bought one of those regulators for exactly that purpose. It works great!! I set the psi to about 2 and I checked it twice a day. 16 gram cartridge worked fine, and there was plenty left when I reached the temp. I did initial fermentation in carboy, transferred to keg, purged any air out. I...

Join a home brew club and take some beer there, and also get feedback.

I feel like I'm at the opera. I don't understand any of this, but I love it!!!

Not falling for it, even if today is March 28th!!

Are you sanitizing the bottle caps?

I wouldn't worry. I'll bet it's fine, and there's only one way to tell...

If it were me, I would just leave it. But, if you add water, you'll need to boil it, and then chill it before you add it.

5 gallon won't be big enough.

I wouldn't have any trouble drinking that!!

Be careful of exploding bottles. I would put the ones that are unchilled in a plastic storage bin just to be safe until you get it figured out.

What was your og? Could your hydrometer be off?