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So.. i left all my plastic stuff like siphon and tubing in a bucket of starsan for 5 weeks. I've done this before and never had an issue.. but I left the tops of my two corny kegs in there as well and now I have white crap all over my stuff. I assume its some sort of breakdown of aluminium...

I don't know why I didn't think of this before but I just lowered the temp on my two lagers in my chest freezer down from room temp to 34F. I've been checking on them periodically to make sure they're not sucking the starsan from the locks into the beer. They are not, however this morning I...

So I have two lagers in my chest freezer fermenting on about day 10. I just kicked up the temp to 62F for some D-rest for a day or two and then will check the FG again before lagering. One is in a glass carboy, the other is in a bucket. My original plan was to transfer the dunkle to a glass...

I messed up and let two lagers sit too long on the yeast cake.. and didnt lager them so they turned out to be trash after I kegged them. They did help me figure out kegging though so... Today my buddy came over and we brewed 2 5gal batches side by side to try to play catchup for my mess up. I'm...

I looked a few different recipes and decided to try to come up with my own. I'm going to stick to extra for ease of brewing because well, I just kegged 10 gals of undrinkable beer so. Batch: 5gal Malts: Base: Pale LME - 8Lbs Specialty 1: Carapils (DE) - 1Lb Steeped at 150ish for 30 min...

I know it's a weird question to ask the forums but I can't place it. Brewed two lagers in febuary and fermented at mid 50s F for about 2 weeks. When they seemed to settle down I let them sit in the basement which is around 60F until about a week ago. I've been busy and completely forgot about...

EDIT: Acquired 2 kegs, only need one now. Prefer something second hand. Doubt anyone is close to st Lawrence county in NY so let me know shipping as well as price. Thanks

So I'm thinking of buying 3 5 gal kegs because I'm getting sick of bottling! I have a question on storage and serving. After carbonation, what's the best way for long term storage and then serving? For a party I'd put in a bin of ice and I guess I need to pressurise at 10-12psi. But what if I...

So.. I have three lagers I'm brewing at once since my basement is about the correct temperature for them during the winter. However, last time I only brewed one and the beers took up the bottom part of my fridge. I don't think I can take up 3/4 of the fridge for a month without getting yelled...

..and it's not much improved from two weeks ago. Its fizzy, but not much more. I used 5oz of bottling sugar with this recipe: Fermentables: 8lb - Wheat LME Mash @ 154F for ~80 mins 2lb - American Caramel C10 LME 1lb American Pale Ale 1lb American Wheat Hops: Cascade 0.5 @ 60...

Does anyone have a clone for this? I did a search and didnt come up with anything. I just tried it and it seems strong for an Oktoberfest

I just have a bottling bucket with a simple wand that came in the kit. I find that it leaks a lot which bugs me. Are there better wands to get, or methods of bottling? Thanks

So I have a 5G kettle that I used for 5G extract kit. My last batch was half BIAB with some extract and I made a 5G batch. I'd like to go full BIAB for 5G batches without upgrading my kettle. I read maxBIAB but that seemed confusing. So question: Using a brew calculator like brewtoad...

Has anyone had Yard's Thomas Jefferson's Tavern Ale? I found it very good and it hid the alcohol very well (and dangerously!) I'm looking to make this for my next beer either partial extract or BIAB 5 gallon batch.. I'd have to top off to 5 as I only have a 5G kettle. Does anyone have any...

He sure as hell wasnt there a week ago when I left, and he's too big to have fit through the holes in the top. Solution is starsan... thoughts on how he got in there? Seems really odd. Beer looks fine by the way, started bubbling a bit again when I disturbed it but it has another 2 weeks to...

So I done goofed and when I made the thing we forgot to measure OG. However we followed the recipe and there were no apparent mishaps. I measured the FG today and its 1.028 which is too high for this recipe. I moved it from primary to secondary on the date in my sig, and it was in primary for...

Looking to brew at my buddies, was gonna bring some stuff there and then drive back with it in my 6.5G carboy primary. Bad idea to bounce around the yeast buddies and wort? OR should I be okay? Its a 20min ride

So I just went to rack my first brew to secondary and it was a nightmare. I wanted to clear the primary and get rid of some of the sediment and I think I ended up airating it a ton and definitely dragged a lot of the trub along with it. I had my primary way off the ground and my secondary on...

So, I was doing some research and messing around with brew calcs to come up with my first recipe for my second or third brew. I'm trying to come up with an American Pale Wheat ale that is a little less bitter than Laquanita's lil sumptin sumptin with more of a wheat/weise character. With advice...

EDIT: Please see this thread for my recipe and comment https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=629351 Hello, So I'm looking for a recipe for this as I want this to be my next brew, but I've noticed there is a lot of variation within this style. The one that made me love it was Southern...