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Hey Derek, and welcome to the forum and the world of home brewing. I've only been at this about 6 months and I have to say that this hobby as captured my attention and focused my interests way more than what I initially expected. The great thing about this hobby is you can keep it as simple...

... taken the liberty of taking a whiz upon his own lawn?

I'm very new to this too, but from what I've read in other threads here, there a are a lot of guys who bottle a small portion and keg the rest. You will have to make some calcs on how much priming sugar you use for the bottled portion. And I believe, you'll keep your CO2 connected at low...

I don't know if it was a coinicidence or not, but the one batch that I elected to keep in the primary was by far the one with the best clarity. I know a lot of the elder statesmen on this board believe that racking to the primary is a waste of time and effort.

I bought a strainer and I'm glad I've got it. When I go from brew pot to primary I can pour as fast as I like and get some very good aeration in the process. But this is clearly more of a "nice to have" than it is a "gotta have" Cheers :mug:

It's gonna cost you a bit more that the Benjamin burning a hole in your pocket, but if you cook outdoors, I think you should take a look at a Blickman Burner. Prior to getting one of these I was cooking on a cheap-ass turkey fryer burner and I had nearly 0 control over the temp and the thing...

I gave up on the Wyeast 3724. I moved the carboy into a bathroom that had a space heater cranked to the max and also wrapped a heating pad around the carboy. The thing began bubbling away nicely again. After 4-5 days I did a quick check of the gravity and it barely dropped at all. Other...

There is some good information on these thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/substitute-brew-enhancer-410598/

First, let me preface all this by saying that I'm brand new to this too and I'm waiting for my unit to be shipped. With that in mind, here's the info that I think may be useful too you. I went with the ball lock instead of the pin lock options because there are more ball lock corny kegs...

I'm brand new to kegging. Just got my first two corny kegs home and I'm taking stock of what attention they may need before I use them. On both of them it seems like the dip tube is VERY close to the bottom of the keg. I've believe I've read on here somewhere that if the opening is too close...

I just got two corny kegs and took unscrewed the poppets and the seals look to be far past their prime. Definitely going to take care of that! Also, I certainly would have definitely done the high pressure force carb. Given your advice, I'm going to do my best to resist the temptation of...

I have over 100 Grolsch swing top bottles. I may give some to a good friend of mine, but I'm going to hang on to at least 40 so if I ever want to bottle a batch, I'll be able to. I'm very excited about kegging, but there's also something very cool about popping open those swing tops that I'd...

Thank you all for the replies and validating what I hoped was a pretty good assumption. Cheers

I have a SNPA in the primary (coming up on a week) that I was hoping to rack to a carboy and dry hop. However, the carboy I was hoping to use still has a very finicky Saison that is taking FOREVER to reach FG. I know I could get another plastic carboy for minimal $$, but I just popped for a...

I just pulled the trigger on a Kegco K309B-2 Dual Faucet Digital Kegerator. :) I've got a Saison and Kolsch on deck that should be about ready by the time this thing is delivered, I get my Corny kegs and get set up. Like so many other aspects of home brewing, and in the words of Tom...

"Not me but an American Amber IPA..." Isn't that kind of like blaming it on the dog? :) That's a very high OG. It would seem reasonable that it's either going to take a while or possibly stall. I have a Saison that I'm trying to finish fermenting now (OG 1.080) that stalled at 1.044. I...

Yup... just got off the phone with White Labs. They confirmed it's a known problem. :mad: If that's the case, you'd think the LEAST they could do is address this in the prep instructions. I'm a relative noob to all this. With only 6-7 batches under my belt, I know I have a lot to learn...

In the process of cooking my last batch of beer I managed to have multiple yeast disasters. The first came when I was ready to pitch my Wyeast 1056 for the SNPA clone I had just cooked. This yeast comes in the foil "smack pack." There's an inner pouch containing nutrients that needs to be...

Thanks Calder - I think you're on the mark with this. I went to the Wyeast web site and and for the the 3624 Saison this is what they say "This strain is notorious for a rapid and vigorous start to fermentation, only to stick around 1.035 S.G. Fermentation will finish, given time and warm...

For anyone who's done this recipe, do you have any record of your OG/FG? Mine should be about ready for bottling (coming up on 4 weeks total fermentation) but when I checked it the other day it was at 1.040, which would put me at about 5.25 ABV... I'm guessing that's probably low. Thanks!