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The leak itself isn't really a problem. The spigot sitting in and near the pool of leaked brew is. Any unwanted bacteria growing here could easily be transferred to your packaged beer. Since you are kegging and not bottling, any bugs that are picked up will have little chance to significantly...

Most homebrewers have gotten away from doing a secondary. There is really no needed to transfer to secondary. You risk contamination and will likely induce oxidation with no discernable benefit. Just leave it in primary the entire time until you are ready to bottle then transfer to your...

Use Irish moss or whirlflock near the end of boil. Allow the beer to ferment completely. Cold crash if you can. Use gelatine now if you wish. Use a bottling bucket and bulk prime. Avoid transfer of any trub to the bottling bucket and avoid picking up any that does get transferred when...

You may have already looks into this but if you are still interested in the horizontal build...I did see a post somewhere (with pics, may have not been here) of the compressor in a fridge or freezer that was rotated just for this purpose. Essentially unmounted it, rotated to the needed position...

Exactly. Know of nothing where you enter a type of brew you want and a recipe pops up. Most any brewing software or app will allow you to scale the recipe to a chosen size. Many are free and still perform well. They may help in formulating your own recipes when you are ready There are plenty...

Started with 4 Cascade. Two at each of the end posts in the pic. Each year I will trim off some stray growth to start a plant in between. Now there are 2 rows, each with several plants. First year I got a couple ounces. More in later years. I had around 3 pounds in 2017. Only a little more...

Cascade do well here in Charlotte. Probably on about my 5th or 6th year with them. Even split off some rizomes for more plants in the hop garden over the years. Willamette failed to produce and were generally not suitable. Haven't tried any other

Not disagreeing with you.. I am assuming that the beer is as stated in a bucket and opened for inspection and they took a good whiff from the just opened bucket. They would be inhaling a higher proportion of CO2 than normal air which is what they were asking about. There are a lot of...

CO2 does give a burning sensation when inhaled in concentration. The concentration volume will not be the same coming from an individual bottle or glass as it is from 5 gallons in a bucket where it was fermenting. Unless there are peppery adjuncts you should smell primarily the grains, hops and...

You can probably bottle at any time now. Will the CO2 dissipate? Let's hope not. In fact you are going to add more sugar when you bottle which will be used to create more CO2 in the bottle that will be absorbed by the beer. That is exactly what you want to happen. Carbonation. You are seeing a...

Perhaps but not entirely. Mixing is not instant upon opening a bucket. The CO2 produced by yeast in an enclosed space will displace such a significant portion of all other gases that there is nothing much left to mix with. No not all other gases are lighter than the CO2 but it is heavier than...

Nothing's up other than yeast doing what they are supposed to do, eat sugar, produce alcohol and co2. Stick your head in any bucket of brew and you will get a nose full of co2. CO2 is heavier than air and settles in covering the beer protecting it. Nothing is wrong or needs to be addressed...

I used to check the numbers along the way when brewing a beer. I knew where I would be a little higher or lower than expected and slowly began to take fewer readings to the point that I only took an OG and FG so that I could determine the ABV. (Since others would ask me what it was) Then I...

Possible? Yes. (Sometimes) Reliable, safest option, sure to seal? Not so much.

No. Use non-twist offs. Any capper will do. A hand wing capper or bench capper. I find the bench easier when capping several bottles as long as they are tall enough. When capping short or just a few bottles I prefer the wing capper. Mine are old. The bench capper is at least in it's third...

Don't know if it will make enough difference for you but... Alternative beverages does have a Brewers Club. 10% off purchases with membership. I can't remember the annual fee but I save the amount of the fee just buying per batch grain. Buying extract kits would recoup it faster. They also...

Stainless won't prevent infection. The introduction of unintended microbes isn't hampered by the vessels material. It may be generally easier to clean stainless depending on construction. Some stainless vessels may actually be more difficult to sanitize than a simple plastic bucket.

Pre-carbonation tastings are interesting but often do not reflect the end products taste. Early tastes following carbonation also are often poor indicators of potential improvement or degradation over time. "Sour" might be concerning. "Horrible" is not helpful in determining if there is an...

Nope, can't confirm that. Krausen fails to fall. CO2 bubbles form. Yeast floats on top. While it is more common that there is little if anything floating on top given enough time, things appear. Each beer is different. Sometimes it is an unintended infection other time not. Something in your...

Sounds like it is working out. You mentioned clumping and breaking them up... Stir the heated water and add the grain slowly while continuing to stir. If you keep it moving the paddle should mix the grains without forming dough balls. Might have been more difficult with the loosely attached...