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Roger that, I am just wondering if the green beer taste will mellow even in a carbed keg, ie ready to serve, situation. Seem like you are saying that it will. In addtion, how is it that a lager, that has basically take ~3 months to get the to "ready to serve" step is still green? All that...

My setup usually goes primary till fermentation is done. Secondary for about a month. Then I keg, cool the beer, then slow carb the kegged beer. Once the beer is carbed, does the beer continue to change or mellow? I have read about people keg conditioning their beer, ie racking from secondary to...

I'm at 15 days in the primary on a lager. Expected final gravity is 1.010 and currently the specific gravity is reading 1.012. I am going out of town for several weeks and I figured that primary fermentation would be done by now but it is taking a little longer. Is there any problem with...

Question for you lagerheads out there. Brewed my first lager today and it went well. I cultured a starter for my yeast because I had doubts about the yeast health after shipping in the heat. I pitched the yeast about 4 hours ago and I am already seeing signs of fermentation. My recipe called for...

After reading this thread and only going thru 2 brews so far, it seems that the issue of green beer is a big one. I noticed both my beers got much better after they had sat in the keg for several weeks, with the last pull from the keg being the best. Seems like if I had let it age even longer it...

I have an extra fridge and a Ranco temp controller. Is this all I need to make an easy fermentation chamber? I think I can fit a couple carboys in a full sized fridge, right?

Well, I actually bought several of the epoxy nozzles already. Hopefully this will clear up the problem!

Wow, really? That seems like A LOT of hose just coiled up laying at the bottom of my keggerator. Well, if thats what will do it then I try that out.

Thanks for all the help guys. I realize that a swamp cooler would be the idea method and I would like to do that but looking around the house, I would have trouble putting something like that anywhere, whereas I actually have some space in my garage where I could fit a fridge conveniently.

I've got a length of 5' from keg to shank, the ID of the hose is 3/16" and the hose is perlock beverage line. What does that tell you?

Would a full size fridge be adequate as a fermentation chamber? Does anyone know if it is possible for it to stay between 60-75 on a consistent basis?

I will check, currently there is nothing on tap (sad face!) so I have to wait till I have a new beer ready to go. What could the issues be if this is the case? Toward the end of the keg, when I realized what was happening I would just pour a little bit of beer and throw all the foam out. I don't...

Its getting to be hot where I live, in fact we are already averaging over 90+ every day with some days getting over 100 easily. In the winter it was no problem to keep my fermentation area between 65-70 degrees but unless I want to have the a/c running constantly (and I'm not a millionaire) I...

Just got a quick question that I sure is something I'm doing wrong. My first brew was a strawberry cream ale that was great. The only issue I has was with the delivery of the beer. When I would pour a cup, usually the first pint was half foam. All other pours would be perfectly fine. Was the...

Cool thanks for the responses. Not a huge problem I was worried about but something that made me take pause none the less.

Racked my first brew from my primary to secondary fermenter today. While I originally brewed 2 weeks ago I didn't have Star San, just One-Step. After finding out that One-Step isn't a sanitizer I got some Star San. I used it to sanitized everything used in the racking and secondary fermenter...

Brewed my first batch yesterday, it was a cream ale and it is doing well so far, bubbling nicely. My question is this: if I want to make strawberry cream ale is it too late? Should I have added the strawberry puree to the wort as it was going into the primary fermenter or did I do the proper...

Wow, thanks for all the quick replies. It turns out that I have the kind that has the hole on the top that must be thumbed over. Opps, makes a lot more sense now. Thanks for all the tips about returning the wort to the fermenter. I had heard that returning it was a matter of preference but I...

Ok, just brewed my first batch today and it went pretty well. The only real issue that I encountered was how the heck to use the beer thief that came with my starter kit. I thought you dipped it into the carboy, it filled up, you could drop a thermometer or hydrometer into it, then when you were...

Hello, I am in Lemoore, CA. Just brewed my first batch today and seemed to go off without a hitch (knock on wood). :mug: