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I got mine through homebrewing.org. I think the corny keg, regulator, and co2 tank came to 90.00

CONGRATS! I just got into the home brewing about a month ago and decided right off the bat that I was not going to bottle. Long story short, kegged my first ever batch of beer sat night and had it carbing in the fridge. I sampled the beer yesterday and it was good. Not exactly great, but I am...

First time brewer here. I decided to skip bottling entirely because it seems like an unreal mess. I just put my first batch in a corny keg sat night. pressurized it to 30 and then backed it down to 9 psi 2 days ago. so, now I play the waiting game until sunday. I can't wait. I did have some...

I was super busy at work so I didn't have time to respond. thanks for all the advice. sounds like I will leave it in the primary for 3 weeks, dry hop it for a week then carb it in the keg for a week and I should be in heaven.

my first is still in the primary. irish stout. I could technically keg on sunday which will be 3 weeks away and force carb it. but, I am learning patience from this new hobby so I will carb it at 30psi for two days then let it sit at 9 psi for 5 days. so, hopefully in less then two weeks, beer...

I had my oops with it on sunday. was prepping my primary and the wife distracted me and I opened the wrong end and poured a bunch in the primary. money down the drain.

Very interesting. The instructions called for 2 weeks primary, 2 weeks secondary, then adding dry hops and waiting 2 more weeks. I like the shorter route but don't want to cut corners. Maybe 2 weeks primary, 1 week secondary, add hops then 1 week before kegging?

Got the home brew bug after my stout I brewed 2 weeks ago started to come together. I figured why not get the pipeline rolling? Had no initial issues to speak of with this brew. I did not put my grains in cold water and bring to temp but instead got the water up to 160 and then added my grains...

ups for the reliability. fedex for customer service but unreliable because of contracted drivers vs union. usps, horrible tracking system, unreliable.

I work in shipping and I have a couple of points to this. it's not a bad deal as long as it fits in the two size boxes they want you to use. The post office is trying really hard to be right up there with the big kids since traditional mail is on the out. On the other hand, I can't trust the...

excellent! I just cleaned the equipment for my 2nd brew. just need spring water and away we go!

what's funny about this is that I could never stomach light beers. when the micro beer phase hit in the 90's, my friends had just started to do all grain brews and I fell in love. never looked back. as I get older, I can stomach a little of the light beers at concerts and whatnot, but the...

Since I am a newb, I would say it was a solid 1.04 and a solid 1.01. I had some foam in the hydrometer so it truly was guess-timation. I did spin the hydrometer as instructed.

I brewed an Irish stout 2 Sundays ago from an extract kit with specialty grains. I took a gravity reading at about 95 degrees because I could not get the temp down the day of the brew. To the best of my newb skills, it read 1.04. I got immediate action when I pitched the yeast and the krausen...

I just did my first home brew 2 sundays ago and I am dying to get that in the keg. nothing like waiting.

I did my first brew Sunday and just from reading into the process, it seemed like I should boil as much wort as I can. I did my grains in 2 gallons and then added 1.5 for the boil. It was tough making sure it did not boil over, I failed twice, and the cooling was near impossible. I tried as hard...

I handled my airlock on day 2 of the brew but sanitized it promptly before putting it back in. I keep a small spray bottle of star san "just in case"

Thanks for some sound advice. I was just following the instructions for the transfer from the primary to the secondary but if I don't need to transfer, I can just leave it in there till it is done in 3-4 weeks. Sounds good to me because I could brew another batch for the glass carboy I have...

First time brewer here. Thought I would post just to put it out there. I brewed an Irish stout. I put a bunch of time and research into getting prepared and went as far enough to get a wine thief because of my new fear of getting the brew infected. I washed everything with oxyclean Saturday...

don't feel bad. I did my first brew today and had my pot boil over twice and had a bunch of fun when my grains popped out of my bag when trying to tie it. overall, great fun but man time flies when your having fun.