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Whoosh. I experience that sulfur smell this morning. I went down to check on the beer in the basement and the minute I walked in the door it hit me. Both fermenters are happily bubbling away but the sulfur is coming from the 34/70. The s-23 doesn't seem to be giving off anything but what I...

Right now I'm sold on going w/o a valve. The cover on my old kettle valve is melted and I was always so concerned the o-ring would get compromised from the heat. In fairness, this kettle is so much wider that wouldn't be an issue. But we'll see, I'll reserve my right to change my mind. What...

I brewed 11g of German Pilsner yesterday. One fermenter got 34/70 and the other s-23. I pitched two packs at ~60F, directly without rehydrating. Both were bubbling away after 18h. I'll let you know how it comes out.

Hmmm. I wish I had a better idea for you. My foaming issue was solved after I realized I had over carbed the kegs due to my lack of patience. But you already addressed that. Best of luck!

In case someone finds this thread via search one day, I figured I'd give an update. Based on several recommendations on this forum, I went with a Concord kettle, the 20gal with the flat lid. They're currently 10% off with free shipping, so it came to $103. I am really impressed with the quality...

If you pour two pints, does the second one exhibit the same amount of foam?

If you can, move them yourself. When we did our move, we rented a minivan to haul 12 cases of wine, a few cases of beer, some houseplants and musical instruments. The movers were very clear about not moving liquids and if anything leaked they would not be responsible for any damages. It might...

I've had decent luck so far with my "fermentation chamber". I have a back room in my basement than stays pretty cool and stable. I keep my fermenters in a rubbermaid tub filled with water. I toss a frozen water bottle at the begining. That coupled with the wet t-shirt & fan swamp cooler...

Bummer. Do you recall what temp your fermented at? I'm going to give it a shot. I'll report back in a few weeks and let you know how it came out.

After reading this excellent Brulosphy article shared by others on this site, http://brulosophy.com/2016/02/08/fermentation-temperature-pt-4-lager-yeast-saflager-3470-exbeeriment-results/, I am planning on brewing my first 10gal batch using the same recipe for his Munich Helles Exportbier. I'm...

Makes sense to me. I guess I made the ultimate Oktoberfest session ale. At least it didn't come out too sweet.

I'm getting ready to rack my OktoberFAST this weekend. It fermented for a week at ~60F, then another week at ~66F. I then took a sample and it measured at 1.024, higher than I anticipated. I raised the temp to 70F, slightly shook the fermenter and gave it another 3 days. Measuring this...

I was thinking about this thread today. As I walks through the garage after work today, I believe I came up with the simplest solution. Seems so obvious now. I bought a second CO2 tank to keep in reserve. In lieu of a spunding valve, I could just buy another regulator. Store the reserve kegs in...

I knew I was doing something wrong! :mug:

Have any of you had you NE hazy beers clear up on you? I brewed a NE Pale Ale in August. It was an amazingly tasty beer. Oddly enough, after 4 weeks on tap, it had cleared up perfectly. I mean crystal clear. I was surprised with 20% of the bill comprised of oats and wheat. Grain Bill...

After switching to kegging, I started using my bottling bucket during brewing as simply a container to avoid putting things right on the driveway. For example, after racking to the fermentor, I might temporarily put my immersion chiller in it while I clean up everything else. On my last...

I think my very first post here several years ago was about some 1L flip tops that exploded on me. In my case, the bottles were quite old that were given to me. On 2/3 of them, the bottom blew off in one piece. The third was fine. I had been keeping them in the basement in Feb, but it seemed...

For my latest brew, an OktoberFAST, I am planning on fining with gelatin. Like many things in brewing, after lots of research, it seems that there are several approaches that yield similar results. I plan on bringing this keg to a party at the end of October, so I figured I'd run my plan down...

Thank for that article! Those brulosophy guys are great.

Unfortunately, I am going to have to slosh it up the stairs. When I built my keezer, my wife said, "if you make it look nice, why don't we put it in the dining room." But I think I might be pushing my luck by asking to store additional kegs in the living room. ;-) Maybe if I put it in the...