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Hello again everyone! I decided to brew a pumpkin over Labor Day weekend. The brew day went pretty well, ended up adding some extra pumpkin pie spices to primary and secondary fermentation. Had more crap in it than ANY beer I've ever made so filtering it from primary into secondary was a real...

Hi everyone. I've been brewing for a few years now, and I'm venturing into the world of wine making. Starting off witha Vinters Reserve kit for a Pino Noir. Going through everything that I'll need I'm not 100% sure about a few things. The first (and biggest) is the kit says I need is an...

So I'm in the middle of my first pumpkin ale, and I think (more hope) its going well. I just transferred off some pumpkin and trub and into secondary. It was a little while ago, and now I'm starting to see a few signs of fermentation. Most of my brews just clear up in secondary, haven't...

So here is the deal. I'm the best man in my best friend's wedding, which is awesome. I thought it would be cool to make a beer to have at the rehearsal dinner (its at someone's house rather than an actual business so no real worries about legal business licences) Anyhow, the real problem with...

Thanks for the help guys. I might try and tackle a third tap down the road, but for now I think a picnic tap will do.

Hi all, I've got a question. I have a two faucet kegerator (from the beverage factory website) in my apartment. I would love to have a third tap in my place and was thinking that I can fit a third corny keg in my kegerator but don't want to deal with drilling a new hole and putting a new...

Hi all, I feel the need to share the best compliment I've ever gotten about my beer. I was talking to a friend last night on the phone and she was telling me about a picnic she was going to on the 4th. And in her words "Yeah, but they will only have Miller Light or something. You know...

So this is kind of strange. I went to brew an Irish Red for the summer because it quenches. I decided to experiment a little bit and toss in some Citra hops at the end of the boil. So the last 15 minutes, I tossed in an ounce of them. Sat in the carbouy for 3 weeks (maybe 4?) Transfered to...

Ok, so I've been reading a lot on kegging, and enjoying my own kegerator. However, my question is really about first pours. I have a commercial kegerator (living in an apartment and they gave me a no-go on getting a second full-sized fridge)...

So question about a brew technique that I swear I read somewhere (though I can't find where) that I've done with a good deal of success, but like I said, I can't find anywhere to back it up. Hopefully someone with more know-how can let me know if this would be a good idea. Lets say a recipe...

So question. I just got my kegerator and have about 6' of beer lines. Its workout out ok so far (3 beers, its still a youngin) But I was doing some reading earlier today and saw that most people on here recommend 10' lines, but when I was reading on kegerator.com they said 5' (I think?) Why...

I have a dual tap kegerator coming in sometime in the next few days. Apartment living just got a whole lot better :D

Roger that on the starsan to sanitize. Thanks for all the great advice!

I want to get myself a Kegerator for my birthday in February. I'm thinking of a dual tap model, but not sure where/what to look for. Any thoughts/suggestions?

I've seen several people talking about using Oxyclean on here before. I have two questions. 1) Is it just commercial Oxyclean or do I need some special kind? 2) How long do I soak stuff in it? I usually use starsan as a sanitizer but some of my equipment is starting to look a little...

I know this is an older post, but how did it turn out? I lived in Bakersfield, CA for two years and got hooked on this stuff. Now I'm living back in Michigan and sadly I can't get it here (not that there isn't plenty of great beer around living in Kalamazoo) Anyhow, I was just...

You use your bottling as your primary? Do you have any problems with it leaking? I was wondering about this.....I could potentially triple my brewing capabilities....

So I've been wondering about this since I was looking up information about the benefits of conical fermenters, but what exactly is washing the yeast? Is that how you can reuse the yeast? How do you go about that? Maybe I should start my own thread?

This sounds like an awesome auction item! A few thoughts as a teacher here: 1. Have something to sit down and read before the whole process starts. Its always nice to have an idea about what is coming up next, my students always want to know and seem to understand better when they have some...

Just finished my first stout, its a Christmas present for my father, so he might have to wait a week or so to drink it but I'm excited!