Search results

Hey guys - I just bought a new house with a pretty awesome bar and I'd like to add taps and get setup for kegging. I have NO keg equipment (currently 100% bottler), but have spousal approval to get my bar setup exactly how I want. I need pointers, advice, equipment suggestions, etc, to make...

About 4 weeks ago, I brewed a Maple Pumpkin Ale. From the outside line on my fermenting bucket, I was a little over 5 gallons, so I wrongly assumed that I'd have 5 gallons to transfer to my bottling bucket. Assuming I'd have 5 gallons, I used 2/3 cup of cane sugar, which should have been the...

On Friday I started an American Brown Ale with Wyeast Thames Valley 1275. I pitched when the wort was 75 and placed in a room that was about 72 (couldn't get it cooler). In the morning, my strip thermometer showed a temperature of 74 and I got concerned since the recommended yeast temperature...

I'm brand new to the forum and the hobby, but I wanted to document my first brew bubbling in the fermenter. I brewed a American Nut Brown Ale on Friday March 2nd, and I'm anxiously awaiting the next month so I can get bottling, carbonated, and ultimately in my belly! Anyways, I've been...

So I'm one of those people who gets very excited about something and then quickly loses interest. Around 3 1/2 years ago, I decided that brewing sounded like fun when a few of my friends bought starter brew kits. I purchased a kit and a brewers best american pilsner ingredient kit. I got...