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I just made one with a similar grain bill to yours and a similar hop schedule to what Yooper said (I had the amarillo mixed with cascade & centennial in the late additions) & it turned out fantastic. The amarillo is fantastic. Super bright & citrusy. It's a winner.

Fantastic. Welcome to kegging! You'll wonder why you ever bothered bottling in the first place... Cheers

There's a series of 4 of these that were really helpful to me when I started kegging. Here's 1 of 4...

That's what I was wondering, too. I've seen the debate in forums and such about what "bitter" quality you actually get from dry hopping (take this BYO article, for example). Part of the reason I'm going to try this experiment is to see for myself what flavor and aroma characteristics the...

I'd start with taking it apart and making sure it's put back together correctly. If those mechanisms aren't lined up correctly it probably would foam like that.

Not sure if your kegging set-up is like mine, but it's pretty easy to do. I have a kegerator built from an old stand-up fridge. I originally had one tap on the front and recently added another on the side. All you need to do is drill a hole where you want the new tap, get another converstion...

Just stumbled on this via reddit's /r/beer this afternoon. What a fantastic idea. Sorry if this is a re-post, but I thought that this was too good not to share... http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2013/03/dry-hopped-bud-light.html?m=1

I use fermcap and I love it, but right now it's almost impossible to do 90 min. boils so I'm hoping for some more head space.

I built a DIY hop spider ala this guy and it's working great in my 7.5 gal. turkey fryer kettle. But I'm getting sick of watching the first 30 mins. for boil-overs and am about to make a 15.5 gal keggle. If I'm making 5 gal batches (boiling 6.5 gals or so) in a keggle, will the 5 gal...

Looks delicious. I'm brewing a big DIPA this weekend. Maybe I'll save the grains for this...or dog treats. Thanks for sharing.

If you have some stainless steel nuts lying around somewhere you could sanitize them & throw them in the hop bags. I've done that before in a pinch.

I looked at their recipe and saw that they have you divide the hops up into 5 equal parts for the last 20 minutes. I'd take 1 oz. of the centennial & add it to that hop mix and add it in segments for the last 20 mins of the boil & throw the other oz. in with the dry hop mix. I late lots of...

Great idea. All grain is a blast and I wish I would've started earlier. Just make sure you do the research & understand the basics and good sanitation practices. An all grain kit might be a great way to go with detailed instructions.

When you add sugar to a sealed corny, it's really just a big bottle. You can condition & carb @ room temp. in a corny with priming sugar just like bottle priming. I know some people who actually prime their kegs to save on CO2, but I figure you'll need a CO2 tank eventually if you want to...

Best thing I ever did was measuring out 1 gallon at a time in my brew kettle and adding notches to the paddle to have a quick measuring stick.

Midwest's kits are fantastic. The one thing I found, too, was doing a full boil if you have a big enough kettle. On recipes like this Surly clone it'll really help add that hoppy kick you're looking for.

It really depends on your own tastes, the recipe, the hops, and the hopping schedule you used. Each beer is its own animal IMO. Personally I love hops - so when I make a high IBU IPA with big hop character I love the fresh hop taste & aroma and I'll try to drink them as early as 2-3 weeks from...

I live in Minnesota so I've got plenty of Surly and their seasonal DIPA Abrasive (sorry no smoke or darkness!) Looking for Some Pliny the Elder. Let me know! Thanks in advance.

Also with this one I used a big 2 liter yeast starter and fermented at the low end of the strain (about 60-62F). The yeast really got out of the way to let the malt and hops shine through.

Search for the Centennial Blonde recipe here on homebrewtalk. It's a giant thread and a great citrusy-hopped spring-time beer.