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I’m about to brew a Beer in a Bag IPA and I was thinking about doing a yeast starter for it. First, when I look around for tips on starters, I see almost nothing on doing it for dry yeast. Is a starter a bad idea when using dry yeast? Anyways, I just wanted to run through the process to make...

Thanks for all the advice on this. I finally got it drilled out and tested.. no leaks! My outdoor burner just came in as well, so I'm going to hopefully brew sometime this week.

I'm just about ready to drill the hole in the side of my 15.5 gallon sanke keg for the kettle valve, but I just wanted to double check w/everyone on here... how high above the bottom of the keg should I be?

Def not.. I want something close to a hint of fruit. I think it will be ok. I made this once before and it isn't hoppy. Thanks for the advice... 2lbs sounds good to me.

I want to do a 5 gallon batch of blackberry wit from extract. So far, here's my recipe: 6lbs Wheat DME 1/2 lb Wheat, 1/2 lb Oats 1oz Golding Hops, 1oz Saaz Hops Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit So now, the question is how much(and what) to add to the secondary. I've been reading posts on...

Thanks again for all the advice. I'm going to try using a tub of water and pay super close attention for those first 72 hours. I will eventually try to buy the freezer and temp controller, but right now it's not in the budget. Our basement seems to keep the beer at a steady 64 degrees after...

I didn't really aerate either batch. I poured water onto the wort from about two feet up, but after watching some videos, I think I need one of those drill attachments that stirs the beer up really well. I'm also looking into a chest freezer and a temp controller for fermentation. All in...

The English brown ale was a brewers best kit and the wit was something I threw together from a basic recipe on the internet. Both had dehydrated yeast packages(re-hydrated both before pitching). Both sat in a plastic bucket for fermentation for about 5 weeks. Here are the differences in those...

just brewed two batches: Belgian Wit & Brown Ale. Both have banana taste. My basement stays very consistently at 64 degrees. The temp of the wit spiked up to 75 degrees on the 2nd day, so I kinda thought it might turn out this way, but the brown ale only reached a temp of 69 before I cooled...

Yes!! Sorry, I used 3/16" ID. A couple things... I don't have a real kegerator. It's just an old fridge with all the selves out and my beer line is just coiled around the top of the keg. What I've noticed is that the line gets bubbles in it that cause problems when I pour. If I hold the tap...

I kept degassing as suggested, and every time I pulled the relief valve today, very little came out. I turned the gas on and set it to about 7psi. It's better, but still comes out of the tap VERY quickly and I still get too much foam. I also switched to 12 feet of 5/16 inner diam. tubing...

I degased it all the way down to nothing. I then opened the tap and slowly turned the screw on the regulator until the CO2 finally filled up enough to force the beer out. When it came out, it flew out!! I"m guessing I won't be able to solve this until I get smaller/longer beer line.

Ok, so I just force carbed the first keg(pale ale) and each glass is nothing but foam. I bled out all the CO2 and then turned the regulator to 5psi. I let it sit for 10 or 20 minutes and the beer line is completely empty. I open the tap and after I finally get beer out, it still flies out and...

Well, I jumped the gun a little on that post. I posted w/the intention of kegging the beer and then coming back in to see if I had any replies. After filling one keg, I got nervous and decided not to do the other one until I soaked it in star san overnight(based on advice I read in another...

Ok, just about ready to get things rolling today. 1) I have some star san that I left sitting in the keg over night. Should I hook up the CO2 and push this through the system to clean everything? 2) Once I fill the keg, do I need to fill it up w/CO2 and bleed it off a couple of times just...

This makes sense. In that other post, it didn't make sense that a smaller gas line would have that kind of effect. Maybe I'll try to force carb one of these batches. What happens if I over carbonate? Release the CO2 and try again? I agree. getting apart and cleaning was a hassle. But...

I just purchased a couple of used Sanke kegs for homebrewing. Mostly because we have a distributor up the road and they sold them to me for $30 a piece. Anyways, I got them apart and cleaned them. I have them both filled and put back together and cooling down in the fridge. My next step is...

Looked around for some mini kegs, and the only ones I found were from Heineken. After watching all those videos, I'm not sure mini kegs are the best way to go anyways. I think I might look around and see if I can find some 5-gal kegs anywhere for a decent price.

Thanks for the video! It does help.. but I'm still a little up in the air on this one. I will probably pick one of these up just to see what it's like.

I'm still looking for a way to get into kegging, and mini-kegs caught my eye. http://www.homebrewohio.com/pd-5-liter-mini-keg-with-tap.cfm You can purchase a decent tap and some CO2 cartridges that look like what you might put into a pellet gun. The reviews are pretty good, but how...