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Today was a double brew day! I've got a Winter Warmer bubbling away and an Imperial Orange Saison waiting to release the krausen!

New wine in a box comes with special bags that collapse as the wine is poured to protect the wine from exposure to the air. Would this growler do a similar thing? (Maybe with the cap) It would be an advantage over traditional growlers if you could open and pour some beer out, but still have...

I agree it takes 8-10 days for it to carbonate properly (in terms of flavour and body) but at 25 psi it should be carbonated in 2-3 days. Same when you bottle, it is generally carbonated in 3-4 days, but isn't right until at least 2+ weeks.

You can tilt the keg a little a rock it back and forth gently to force the co2 into the liquid. You should hear the co2 going when you do this. Try to keep the liquid away from the co2 tube, cause it is a pain to clean. Did you check the cutoff valve on the regulator is open? It shouldn't take...

I stumbled upon the EcoGrowler the other day and wondered if anybody had any opinions about it. It's a new form of growler that's more eco-friendly than tradition glass growlers. Not sure how it will stand up against the glass ones though. Check it out here: http://ecogrowler.com/

1151 The bottom popped out of the sample tube and the hydrometer fell into my bin of sanitizing solution. Worst part is that it was inherited from my father, who had it for 5 years...and I broke it after 4 batches...I still hear about it...

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It's comforting I'm not alone with this obsession... Another sign of being a home brewer...getting disproportionately excited when you learn a friend enjoys a beer that comes in a flip top bottle.

Sat: 8 gallon blonde, which I will split and put vanilla coffee beans to the secondary of one half Mon: wet hopped beer with my hop harvest. Any recipe suggestions? I have fresh hallertau and fresh cascade to work with