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I don't have a basement and my kegerator is a stand up fridge that has limited capacity. I was planning on storing in a keg in my garage. It's cool right now (springtime), so I'd imagine it will be fine for another month or two, but what are your thoughts on storage in the garage during the...

Currently experimenting with pressure fermentation in a corny keg. I've read a lot about people saying the biggest drawback to fermenting in a corny is that you get a little bit of trub and yeast while transferring. My first thought was "Oh, that stinks. Less beer." But my second thought was...

Ok. I was wondering if that was a possibility. I knew yeast would use oxygen, but wasn't sure about CO2 getting absorbed, especially at such a warm temp.

Fermenting under pressure in a corny keg. Filled up to the weld, pressurized to 10 psi, attached spunding valve, and let sit overnight. By morning, pressure was at 0. I checked for leaks with star san and there were no bubbles. Tightened gas and liquid post, re-seated the lid, even went through...

This is an old thread, but had a question: Is it possible to bend your dip tube instead of cutting it? I read about it in an article somewhere a while ago (can't find it again. Sorry) and it seemed like a nice option in case you wanted to use the fermenting keg as a serving keg again in the...

Me personally, I would do the fruit in primary (end of fermentation), the transfer to the bucket.

This one wasn't meant to be as big as a Tripel. While fermenting, there was quite a bit of hop character, and I was worried it would overpower things, but now that it's finished, I don't pick up the hops nearly as much. It's mostly classic Belgian flavors. The fruity yeast, almost bana and spice...

When kegging in the past, I would purge my keg with CO2, open up, put my hose all the way to the bottom, and auto-siphon from my fermenter. Pretty standard. I would love to avoid opening up the keg if at all possible, though. My thinking was to hook up my line from the auto-siphon to a barb that...

Heavy: Yeah. Like I said, this was the most efficiency I've gotten. I was building the recipe around 60% efficiency (7.5% ABV), which is what I've gotten the last few times. I added a 10 minute mash out+Sparge which must've helped quite a bit. Hoppy: What can I say? I like hops.

Brewed up a Belgian Blond Ale today. I'm brewing on an Anvil Foundry 10.5 and got nearly 70% Efficiency (a new high for me. Excited about dialing it in on this thing. Still relatively new to me). Recipe down below, but I'm relatively new to Belgian beers. Any tips/feedback/thoughts on the...

Hey, I want to make a fruited Gose, but I think the best way to impart the fruit flavor I want is to add either puree or fresh fruit or something into the primary a few days after fermentation has started. My question is, if I'm adding it in to the primary, what's the best way to calculate the...

Recently brewer an American Wheat Beer. Recipe Below. Ended up with a slightly lower efficiency that I wanted. Forgot to ask the homebrew shop to double crush. I know my PH ended up being just slightly high as well—about 5.6. Might add some acidulated malt next time to compensate. First...

After some more digging, I found a video detailing the process. Begins at the 12:40 mark in the video. Thanks again for the input everyone.

That's the explanation I was looking for. Thanks for clarifying.

From the PRV. Maybe I'm not explaining myself well. 1. Equalize pressure via gas post 2. Unhook gas posts 3. Connect liquid posts 4. Pull PRV on SV to create initial flow 5. Connect gas posts again

Even if I were to pull on the PRV of the SV a few times before connecting the gas posts? That wouldn't get the flow started?

I think this is closer to what I was thinking of doing - connecting the two via gas posts to equalize pressure rather than filling with CO2 from my tank. Yeah, I get that part. I'm thinking after that. Once the two kegs are equalized and connected, one needs to decrease the pressure in the...

Ok. This seems like it takes a lot of CO2. Would jumping gas/gas not do the same thing after purging?

Just got a spunding valve and am planning on fermenting my next beer under pressure in a corny keg set to around 10 psi. For pressure transfers, I've heard you need to equalize pressure between the two kegs, and that you can do this by hooking up the Serving Vessel (SV) to a regulator set to the...

I have a habit when I stir occasionally do move the output of the pump to the outside of the basket wall - circulate that wort while stirring the grain bed. Do you think this sufficiently mixes things up/encourages the pump to draw from the sides? I also lift the basket once or twice.