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My last two 5 gallon batches have been extract, higher gravity potions, also they were dry hopped. They were brewed per instruction and, chilled with immersion wort chiller, and put in a temperature controlled fermentation chest freezer for a few weeks before transferring to a keg. No secondary...

So, I have had a kegerator set up dialed-in for a long time. Lately an older gentleness sold me a boat load of brewing equipment including 7 corny kegs, 8 carboys, supplies, a refrigerator with 4 perlick taps attacked already, chest freezer, temp control....you name it, I got it. Well, I was...

I usually get a real vigorous ferment and toss my dry hops in around 2.5 weeks as ferment is done. I used fresh dry yeast this time rather than liquid, and it fermented very well, not explosive, trub coming out the blow off kind, but really good and healthy yet steady. I tossed my dry hops in...

I'm racking a batch soon. I am going direct from primary to kegs, although instead of a 5 gallon, this time I am splitting it up in a 3 and 2 gallon for my buddy to take since he gifted me a burner..mine pooped out. I am curios if when I rack the second keg, and since I will be closer to the...

I currently have a three keg set up in the garage. I have noticed that sometimes when I pour a beer, the CO2 wont kick in (the hissing sound) to equalize the psi in the keg, and I am wondering if I have a regulator that may need cleaning or replacing. Recently I've had beer come out from...

Can a manifold have an additional shut off valve added by removing the brass end cap (forgot name of it) and add another valve to the end of it??? just wondering... Dunno if the thread size is different and such, but it seems doable? Didn't expect this many kegs in the keezer :)

My buddy and I finished up a red ale last week, and I did not have the a fourth gas line. I have more kegs in keezer than I do gas lines. I have a 3 way manifold. I have kegged the red ale, purged it of O2, and pressurized the full keg leaving it in my keezer. I count only on the 'set and...

Finally decided I would try the gelatin fining on a single hop Columbus IPA... I don't know how you guys are, but although I use the 'set it and forget it' technique to carbonate, the Forget It part is still hard.. I kegged on Monday and on Wednesday I decided to see what kind of cloudy funk...

Whether this has come up in prior posts or not, I'm not sure, but thought I would go ahead and share a little story. When I first started to brew, I lived in Livermore CA. Hot summers and cold winters. The house had a deep pool, 10' at least and even during summers it stayed really cold and it...

So, I have a kegerator setup, done many batches over the years. They tend to be IPA's, I'm a hop head. I like beer colder and have it set at 36 degrees... I use a 10' beer line, the pressure is at 10-11 psi. I get a pretty good pour. I use the set it and forget it technique to carb and use a...

As the title implies that is what am doing for the first time... I recently used Pacman yeast and found it to do awesome in colder conditions (high 50's) and decided this yeast is the bomb for my ales! Yet I would like to have my own yeast and not dish out the coin all the time, and I also do...

So, as the title suggests... One of my recent brews required 5 oz of dry hops. It was amazing, but when I was filling keg I came up short about 1/2 gallon. I want to hear the way some brew so that OG and FG results are accurate. I could have added some sterile water to top off but that would...

I know this topic has come up a zillion times, but I have a particular question.. Scenario, I have a force carbonated keg, when I transferred from primary (I dry hop in primary to avoid O2 issues) I got some dry hop materials in keg. When I tried to pour, it was clogged so I kicked up the...

I kegged a beer last night and force carbonated. This morning went to purge any gunk that settled. One thing I didn't realize was that when I poured out the bottom of beer, the C02 wouldn't kick on. It didn't dawn on me because the hissing soung is faint, but when I raised pressure so I could...

This is one of my first posts. Been brewing for a while but have a particular question that I really have not found a solid answer to on the forum. In particular; Does adding gelatin during the cold crash period help in compacting and/or keep the loose dry hop partials from moving around as...

I'm new this forum, not to brewing, but since I troll this site getting ideas, thought I'd join in..... I'm making a wheat beer soon and it will be a honey wheat, yet I am considering throwing something in for fun. I am considering a mango/honey/wheat, but wondering if anyone has had...