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I recently built a house and had a kegerator built into the kitchenette downstairs. It is the under cabinet tower system that goes through the work surface. Of course this system came with 5 foot beer lines. I want to replace them with 10 footers. I popped the cap off the top to expose the...

I purchased a weldless bulkhead from Bargainfittings. About how high should I install this on my brew kettle? I also got the whirlpool adapter. Using 15 gallon pot, it was getting a little to heavy to lift all of the time.

How long do I really need to control my fermentation temperatures? The reason I ask is that I can fit two carboy's in my chamber. However since they are a week apart the new carboy will need a much lower temperature to keep the active fermentation temp down. Should I remove the first carboy and...

I have been brewing for about 2 years now. I switched to all grain about one year ago. It seemed like things were going great until recently. I seem to be missing my OG all of the time, it has happened in the last 3 all grain batches. One thing that did not help is that my grain was crushed at 3...

Just picked up a freezer for fermentation. What temp are people typically fermenting at? I know every yeast is a little different but is there a general temp? My first beer will be using us-5.

Any ideas for this wonderful Oatmeal stout? From their website The Poet has a rich, smooth malt character enveloped in tones of roast and chocolate. A soft mouth-feel brings luxurious flavors and soothing aroma. It pairs wonderfully with earthy flavors such as mushrooms and beef, while...

I bottled my Belgian Dubbel 3 weeks ago and noticed a few floaties at the top of the beer. Should I be concerned or could this just be yeast boats. Going to try one tonight.

Just wanted to thank everyone for all the posts on making your first AG batch. I used Bobby_Ms AG primer and it went great! My brew house efficiency was a little over 82% so the ABV will probably end up being a bit higher than the recipe but I would say it was a great success! After a few more...

I have had 3 kegs in my newly built keezer carbing for 3 weeks at 39 Degrees. My C02 is at 11-12 psi. I have 10 ft serving lines. My beer is definitely carbonated but it is a very light carbonation. If I compare the carbonation of a coors light to my ale's the coors has a lot more carbonation...

Finished building my keezer this morning. Now just waiting for some of my beers to finish fermenting! Cannot wait to pull my first pint! http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4913670200/

I picked up a 7.2 sunbeam freezer from Menards yesterday. They were on sale and it is wide enough to put a 1/4 barrel in it if I want to some day. I took some measurements and want to start building my collar today. I have a few questions before I begin. 1. What are people typically building...

So I just filled my first corny. How full should it be with 5 gallons? It was getting pretty dang full and it looked like I still had .75 - .5 gallons in my ale pale yet. I really don't think the pale markings are that far off. Can the beer touch the small gas tube going into the corny?

Just got this kit for my birthday yesterday, I think I am going to brew it tonight. The instructions do not mention anything about the length of conditioning for this beer. My plan is to leave in my primary fermenter for 4 weeks, bottle or keg it and let it sit for another 2-3 weeks. Does that...

Does a naturally carbed keg still need to be connected to CO2 to serve? This is probably a dumb question but and I am assuming the answer is yes. For a party can I naturally carb a keg, put it on ice to cool it down and then hook up a simple pump still tap, or get one of the small CO2...

I know I should try to keep my fermentation temperatures under control while the beer is fermenting. My question is, is this more important during initial fermentation ie the first 5 days? The reason I ask is that I have a small refrigerator I can use but it only fits one carboy. After 5 days...

Well, it has been 2 weeks and my cream ale does not look like the picture on Northern Brewer. I plan on letting sit in the primary one more week before bottling. I used their extract version of the recipe, could this account for the amber color instead of the yellow color? Should I have added a...

This is my third batch of beer. It is a Northern brewer kit. I am a proponent of using the primary fermenter the entire time unless dry hoping or adding fruit. However, the instructions on this beer say to leave in the primary for 1-2 weeks and then rack to a secondary for another 2 - 4 weeks...

I am bottling my very first batch of beer today. It was a brewers best english brown ale. It came with 5 oz of priming sugar. The instructions say to boil the sugar in 2 cups of water. From the table I have read 5oz of priming sugar seems to be way to much. What do you suggest? Do you need to...

I just brewed Northern Brewers Phat Tyre Ale on Sunday. It was my second brew and first that had a late 15 minute extract addition. I removed the put from my flame to stir in the 6lbs of extract, I was also supposed to add the another 1 oz of hops for the last 15 minutes. The wort took a bit to...

I plan on using a yeast starter batch this weekend. I have seen a few pictures of what it looks like after 18 hours or so but was wondering what do I pour out before I put the starter in my wort? Thanks!