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I am about to make my first ferment in a Brewbucket from Ss Brewtech. The spigot has been installed as instructed: o’rings on outside only. However, when inpassivated the fermenter, I found that I could not sufficiently turn the racking arm from the 12 o’clock position to the 6 o’clock position...

OK, I got flow back from a keg into my secondary. It was stupid of me. I have taken the secondary apart. It’s a Taprite and there’s beer in it maybe the gauge too (can’t be too sure of that though). I am leaning towards a simple clean in IO Star, but also have 1step. What I do not want to do...

I use my chugger to move hot liquids from the boil kettle in my mash tun, etc. Also, having just invested in a plate chiller, I want to combine pump and chiller to whirlpool the hot wort in the boil kettle while chilling it too. I have been using silicon tubing, but sometimes when pumping, it...

I just purchased a Chugger pump for moving the hot liquids when doing all-grain. However, I am also wondering if it might work for pushing ice water through my immersion cooler. I have a ball valve on the pump outlet with 1/2" diameter and could step it down to 1/4" for feeding into the...

I am thinking of buying a March Pump. Firstly, it would mean not having to lift coolers and kettles of hot liquid while brewing. But I am also wondering about moving the hot wort into the fermenter via a plate chiller. I brew in my garage, but ferment in my basement. I normally carry my...

I am looking for an all-grain recipe for the Black Sheep Best Bitter. I thought it was in Graham Wheeler's book of British beer recipes, but I've lost my copy and the Amazon look-inside doesn't show it as an included recipe. Could anyone help me locate a recipe - either in a book, or...

I am trying my hand at an extract based Strong Scotch Ale. I got some feedback in a previous thread, but then realized that I cannot do a large enough boil volume. Somewhere, I read about adding the extract post-boil (or late boil). However, I get weird bitterness values in Beersmith 2 if I...

I am trying my hand at an extract based Strong Scotch Ale. How does this sound? It is scaled for a 5.5 US gallon batch with a 90 minute boil. According to Beersmith, it falls within range of a Strong Scotch Ale. However, I have never before brewed anything with such a high OG. My plan is...

I got a batch of English bitter going last weekend. Besides hops in the boil, the recipe called for post-boil hops. I forgot to add these. My assumption (but could be wrong) is that post-boil hops do not lose as much buttering flavors. According to Beersmith, dry hopping with these will not...

After sampling Badger Ales Fursty Ferret a few days ago in the UK, my wife asked me to try to brew something similar. I think I have correct enough ingredients to make a go of it. Rather than using dry yeast, I purchased a smack-pack of Wyeast Ringwood ale yeast (Ringwood being...

I have a Timmy Taylor's Best Bitter clone in primary fermentation. However next Saturday, I go away on vacation for two weeks (sort of an emergency to visit family in the UK). I know that 8 days of primary fermentation may not be enough, but I was thinking that I would rack into a corny...

It took me a week or two, but I solved the problem of my foamy Theakston's BB clone. So, the beer was/is really cloudy, but tastes OK. However, I was having serious issues with the about of head. In fact, the first 1/4 pint was non-heady because it had sat in the beer line, but subsequent...

I just kegged a "Theakston" BB clone. It was based on Graham Wheeler's recipe, but using extract. I made a few modifications to bring the bitterness towards what Theakston's BB should be according to the bitterness calculator in BeerSmith. However, my beer is really cloudy. It tastes OK. I...

I have an extract version of Theakston's Best Bitter in the primary right now, after only 48 hours, fermentation has begun to ease off. I had thought about racking into a secondary, but probably won't. I was thinking maybe of trying to cold crash the beer between week 1 and week 2 and doing it...

I am planning the extract version of Theakston's Best Bitter from the British Real Ale book by Graham Wheeler. While, he doesn't specify the addition of any cars-pils, I have read that it does not effect the finished flavor, but significantly aids in getting a decent head on the finished beer...

My Johnson A419 arrived today and I want to get it set-up in my DIY keezer. The desired temp of my beer is around 54F. The question is how to place the probe to reduce temperature swings of the beer in the kegs AND reduce strain on my keezer. For this reason, it seems that I have two...

I just got a 12cu ft Whirlpool freezer from Craigslist for $50. I expect that I could get five kegs in it, as well as having the ledge area for other stuff. When my controller arrives (next week), I'll set it at 54F and use picnic faucets for the time-being. However, I want to do a full...

My Johnson A419 digital controller will be arriving in a couple of days. I have my freezer ready and will use the controller to keep my kegs at around 54F. So what are the best settings on the controller: obviously 54F will be one of them, but set to shut-off? What about the...

I did extract home brewing on the past, and have just made a couple of extract recipes with speciality grain adjuncts. They're pretty good. As a pre-Christmas gift, I received a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card. So I thought that a couple of home brewing books would be in order. My thought...

I want to drop my keg pressure from around 13psi to 12psi. My serving temp fluctuates between 54 and 57F. With a 20ft 3/16 line, the pour was on the flat side, but with a 15ft line, it is almost too frothy at 13psi. I read a post about Taprite secondaries that had a picture of how the...