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5 taps here, will be adding a 6th sometime. 1 tap is has never been anything but club soda for wife. With a bit of citrus juice it's pretty good. Homemade syrups are always on hand. Time is limited from January-April so that time of year not much gets done. After that I'll usually brew a...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I picked up the grain today and will make a starter this evening. Hoping to do this Sunday morning. I'll post what the final recipe ended up being and update when something exciting happens.

Like I said it's my first time dealing with standard faucets but the fact that they stick at all tells me there's a sanitation issue there. Probably easily dealt with a spray bottle of star san every day or so if I had to guess.

Disclaimer: not a recipe designer I know you said you were using leftover malt but for something christmas-y and spicy I don't know if Pilsner is a great base malt for something like that. If your main goal is to use up leftover Pilsner and Munich you might consider getting a bit more Munich...

Limited experience with anything but Perlicks here but I do have a jockey box with standard faucets I used for the first time two weeks ago. As is tradition, I have yet to run oxyclean/starsan through the thing. All I know is my standard faucets are sticking. I know I've had longer periods of...

Not exactly the same thing but I did something similar with a summer shandy. I brewed a beer, fermented as normal. When it was done and had conditioned for a while I added campden and potassium sorbate. It was blended with a lemonade-ish drink and force carbed. It spent most of its life in the...

Probably a stupid question but why not glue it down?

Thanks for the post I don't know if it's my water or something in my process but I haven't had any luck with adding roasted malts to the mash. It ferments and makes beer but the taste is off somehow. Steeping makes the finished product come out smoother. YMMV It's meant to be a stout with...

I've not compared them side by side but the flavor comes out...chewier maybe? That's not a great description but saying it comes out sweeter isn't really accurate either. It came out tasting bigger, if that makes any sense. It is worth noting that when I do an Oktoberfest I always do a single...

Cheers, thanks for the reply I think you're right on cutting most of the specialty grains in half, especially the crystal. I may scale back the pale chocolate to .75 pounds only because I really like that malt. Flaked barley could probably use some trimming too. I didn't want too much vanilla...

I've gone 1/3 of Pilsner, Munich, and Vienna with pretty good results. Lately I've been scaling back the Pilsner to about 20%, Vienna to about 25% and Munich 55%, but something like that might mess with your color requirements.

I've been wanting to put together a big cherry stout for a while now and since I promised my wife a beer for when she's done being pregnant I figured this is as good of a time as any to go for it. I've put together recipes before but nothing like this so I'll take all the help I can get...

Sorry to hear that dk. He looks like a helluva dog

Me too :tank: After I put the collar on it was really a work in progress whenever I had the time to string together to do something to it. I'm not a great example of beer line sanitation but I usually run some oxyclean through them every...I don't know 4 batches? Usually followed by...

One other thing on the difference between pin lock and ball lock is their footprint. Generally (though not always) ball locks are slimmer and taller where pin locks are wider and shorter. They're both good options depending on your set up but for me I couldn't fit as many kegs in the freezer if...

Is Dew Shine in your area? Only had it once about a year ago but remember it being a pretty good soda. Half the caffeine as regular Dew IIRC. Might get you by.

Plenty of good advice here already. One thing I'll add though is cold crashing/conditioning in a keg is pretty great. Sure you could do it in a carboy too but then you're behind 2+ weeks while the beer bottle conditions after cold crashing. For example I have 4 taps dedicated to beer and room...

I honestly hadn't considered that. Don't see any reason why you couldn't though!

+1. OP If you haven't done a stout yet and want coffee, this is the way to go. Come to think of it I cold steep my dark roasted grains too and add them at the end of the mash. You get the flavor but not the bitterness. YMMV.

Yeah man I hear you. Something doesn't seem right about having a drink that's worth more than my car. I know Bourbon has (had?) some barrels sitting up on the bar early last year. I'm guessing they still have those drinks for sale. Nice place but pretty small and the food was pretty pricey...