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I am new to brewing and I would like to try kegging. Ive read some stuff about it but I would like to get some other opinions. After the beer has fermented you would transfer it in to the keg and not bottles right.? Now, where do you set the CO2 to carbonate the beer..? When do you turn the CO2...

Nothing yet.. Its a brand new barrel I bought from a guy in Mexico..

I was wondering if this would work. I have a white oak barrel, the inside was charred to a medium toast. I want to age my beer in it and I also want to dry hop as well. If I put the beer in the wood barrel and then put some hops in a grain bag and stuck that in the wood barrel also for a few...

Thanks again for the great info... Also.. How do you measure 1 lb of honey..? I want to make a honey wheat and I see recipes that say 1 lb of honey.. I bought some good honey from a fresh market but not really sure how to measure it.. Any ideas..??

I know you add the zest of the oranges and lemons last 20 minutes of boil but can you add the oranges and lemons themselves in the fermentation bucket and have them sit in the primary for 3 weeks...?? what is a good way to do this..?? Also, when do you add the honey..? At flameout..??

I see, I have to learn how to do that... Does anyone know of any websites or books I can read to learn how..? Im new to home brewing, I only have 1 batch under my belt...

Why is it that all the big name beers like Bud dont have anything at the bottom of those bottles...?? I wonder what they do..??

This past Saturday I bottled my first batch. As I was taking the beer from the primary bucket and putting it in the bottling bucket I noticed some yeast particles and stuff floating around. I am wondering if I buy some screen from the hardware store ( you know that really small hole screen used...

Is this normal..? After I bottled my beer I looked at a few and it seems like there is some stuff at the bottom of the bottles.. Im guessing its hops bits and stuff from when I bottled...

well I bottled my very first batch.. before I bottled it I had a taste.. It smelled good but tasted alittle watered down.. But then when I was almost finished with the bottling I tasted it again and it was very strong and good.. Is that normal..? Im not sure if I messed something up or not...

Nobody has an answer for me on this..??

I am bottleing my first batch today and I was cleaning all my equipment. I washed the bucket that I am going to transfer the beer into.. I washed the bucket with oxyclean and water, rinsed it out very well and sprayed the inside with C-Brite to sanitize the inside.. My question is, do i have to...

Thanks, so my next batch is going to be a classic english pale ale, if I want more ABV i can add an extra can of the extract...?

I have a question.. I have seen beer with 6.4% and even 10% ABV.. How do you get those numbers..? Is it because of the beer itself or do you add more of something when making the beer..? I just made my first batch of True Brew Amber Ale and it also came out in the 3% ABV.. Am I missing something..?

Thanks for the information...

I found a guy who makes wood barrels used to age whiskey and beer. They look pretty cool.. I was thinking about buying one.. My question is.. would I use the barrel as a secondary fermenter, or would I put the beer in the barrel in place of bottleing and then bottle as I want to drink the...

Monster Brew is pretty good, They have everything you need..

Im interested in the capper.. Send me a message if its still for sale.. $16 with shipping..?

I need bottles bad..!! I live in Florida and I would be willing to pay shipping charges if anyone is willing to ship them.. My local store in over 150 miles away and last time I went there I spent $45 in gas... Shipping would be cheaper... Let me know