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I force carbed 3 corny's on Monday night. my process was : Fill Cornys and put lids on attach gas and turn to 30 psi lay on floor and rock back and forth until I cannot hear/feel bubbles filling the keg (about 5 min) detach gas place in keezer set to 45 deg F wait 24 hrs relieve...

insane.

I bought one of those from Northern Brewer, and it must have been for a different model of Perlick Faucet than the one I have as it did not fit. :(

I bought a new racking cane and a drilled #2 stopper last night. I already had a picnic tap assemble for serving. I just wanted to test it out right away, so I only filled one bottle. I skipped chilling the bottle and just went for it. Worked beautifully. Can't wait to crack it open when I get...

Sounds great, can't wait!

ONE YEAR LATER.... how did those yeilds go for you Minnesotans in the Fall of 2012? I am a first time grower, and have just ordered a bunch of crowns from Great Lakes Hops. 3 Columbus, 3 Glacier, and 2 Nugget. Can't wait to get them in the ground. I have heard great things about crowns from GL...

Have a homebrew!

AVOID a trip to the homebrew shop?

Having a glass of my "1st nut, brown ale." Its my latest batch of my house nut brown which has won three medals thus far. Just slugged down a delicious pint, think I'll have another!

Ive used chocolate extract and cacao nibs before. +1 to cocoa powder and cacao nibs for flavor, but the extract can really help add chocolate aroma. I'd say go ahead and use all 3. just be sure to add about half of the extract when bottling, give it a taste, then call it good or add more. I...

I have never done this, and would probably never do so.

Just placed an order for 8 crowns from Great Lakes Hops. I have read previous threads from folks here on HBT, and they seem pretty legit. I live just outside Minneapolis, MN. Any advice from a fellow MN hop grower would be great. :rockin:

I would rack before lagering. I would also like to see what others think on this. I am brewing a munich dunkel, and am ready to rack to secondary. do I bring the temp up now for diactyl rest? or wait till I'm done lagering. Thanks!

Sweet writeup!

Im in!!!

A pocket of lower Gravity?? that sounds a bit far fetched. I recirculated during the entire mash, and stirred my wort before taking the reading. I dip my temp probe in the wort and drip a couple drops on the glass. This has happened twice now, Pre-boil reading higer than the post boil. then the...

yeah i gave it plenty of time. plus 2-3 drops ought to cool pretty quick. Mine reads Specic Gravity and Brix.

I just acquired a refractometer for use in my All-Grain brewing productions. I would really like to utilize this tool for quickly checking the gravity of my runnings, and for Pre & Post boil gravity readings. During my last 3 brew sessions I have had stange results. My pre boil gravity will read...

Just used my new hop spider. I built one with a SS sink flange and three 6" bolts. cost about 20 bucks (with 3 - 5 gallon paint strainer bags) and worked like a charm. the bags are so big I couldn't see a loss in utilization being an issue. wort flowed freely through my 40 plate chiller.

Drink it, its got alcohol in it!