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I've never seen a dented Corny keg explode. Ever.

Anything going on for a next group buy?

Actually it hurt right when it happened but after a couple minutes, I barely felt anything. Nerve endings were probably gone. MC

The silver stuff only liquified the scab... After talking to a virologist friend (also a homebrewer), he suggested to let it dry naturally and keep an eye for infection. It's looking well now, of course there's a scar (probably for life) and a small divot, but it's looking quite healthy...

Been a while since I posted. I was cleaning my brewing gear with near-caustic (diswasher detergent) at about 200F. The return hose slipped out of the kettle and shot me in the leg with some hot caustic. The liquid went through my polyester running pants and accumulated on my (cotton) socks. By...

Fixing to re-brew this on Monday, same exact recipe! MC

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Sitting in the lounge at London Heathrow, headed to Manchester for a beer & cider festival. :)

What's a state inspection sticker? We ain't got them in SC. MC

I always prefer to pitch too late than too early. If your yeast reached krausen too early, you can always let it sit, drain some of the liquid (leaving the yeast cake behind), and add additional fresh cooled wort. That being said, I usually start my starters 4-6 days ahead of brewing, mostly...

I've given up to 6 benadryls to my 70 lb Australian Shepherd and he still barks like crazy. I found out that if I put the TV on the Smooth Jazz channel, and that I crank it to the max, it drowns out the fireworks and he doesn't bark. Worth a shot. MC

When your beer category has a number of sub-categories: beer: homebrewing: hardware ingredients ... etc.

Praxair Columbia SC wants $25+tx for a 20# CO2 swap. I think that's in line. MC

I transfer to secondary after step 2, before step 3. Some people don't transfer, I do as I find I get a clearer beer in my process. MC

I have semi-clear gas lines, the hard kind. Similar to soda fountain gas lines. It may not happen to you, but it did happen to me. When you put in a new keg, it's normally quite full (mine would often have the lid take a swim when installing), and when you move them around, a small bit of...

I've had flow-back when using a manifold, even with check vales. Usually when the pressure is very close to each other but not quite. The pressure isn't great enough to close the check valve, and beer can flow back. It's happened to me I assure you. I moved to a 6-gang pressure regulator set...

One word of warning - since you're not using a regulator for each keg, you will need to do the following when you add a keg if they are quite full, even with a gas-in short stem: 1) Shut off all 8 valves 2) Put new keg in place, burp the keg down to almost 0 PSI 3) Attach new keg to gas...

CO2 won't damage the beer, mostly inert and won't dissolve well in hot wort. MC

Blue decided that spilled spent grain is tasty: MC

What's a pen? MC