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i bought a larger co2 bottle for my kegerator. I plan to move it outside and run the line through the wall. My setup is a converted refrigerator. I do not believe there are coils in the side of it but plan to start with a small hole on the inside and feel around before drilling. I will be using...

I was going to put in an order at my lhbs for a recipe. They double crush the grain for me and are in a closed up paper bag when I pick them up. I was wanting to place an order for another recipe to save me a trip, but will be close to a month before I brew the second one. I was wondering if the...

I was wondering if a recipe calls for a 90min mash & 90min boil, vs. 60/60, is it really critical to the outcome? This would be in reference to brewing a bock, but was wondering in general. It will also be brewed using biab method. I understand that a fine crush and maintaining a good temp will...

On my 1st biab brew I went with a Munich Dunkel. The recipe called for a 60min 155deg mash. Being my 1st and not how my efficiency would be, I mashed in 5gal of water with 1/4 campden tab predisolved. At the end of the mash I hung the bag and heated the water. When the bag quit dripping I poured...

i had three kegs and all three were pouring perfect. After one emptied I shut off the co2 to do some work and replaced with a new keg. Now the two that were flowing great are now very foamy. Basically the only thing effecting the two was just turning off the gas for a while and back on. I’ve...

I’d like to try and clone my favorite local brown ale. I’m not experienced enough with brewing sw to know if what I’m putting in is correct. This is a fusion of English and American brown ales. Abv: 6.4% IBU: 33 Grains: Pilsner, brown malt, chocolate malt, and crystal 65 Hops: Columbus, East...

Since I'm fairly new to kegging I was wondering about over carbonation as it relates to fermenting. I have over carbonated beer I bottled due to the fermentation not complete. It was bottled and primed normal, but resulted in gushers. It's actually only happened once and have since switched to...

I'm switching over from a small commercial Haier kegerator that I could never get to work well to a refrigerator kegerator. I've researched shanks and want to make sure before I buy. Are 4" shanks the correct length to go through the door of the fridge? I've considered 5 1/2" to be safe, but...

I purchased a used Haier kegerator to get started into kegging. The only thing I have done was swap out the single tower for a triple tower. I can just squeeze three cornies in it, but the door closes fine. I noticed they got cold initially, but slowly warmed as the coils built up ice. I thawed...

I have a simple question since I’m new to this. I understand setting pressure & temp to achieve carbonation. Let’s say I do a set it and forget it method of 12 psi at 38 deg to get about a 2.5 vol co2. The carbonation is fine, but the pour is too fast at 12psi and causes foam. If I lower the...

I have three brand new intertap faucets I recently installed on a kegerator. I’m not very happy with the way they keep dripping after a pour. Two will continue to drip maybe 7-10 total, which I could deal with, but one keeps dripping for nearly a minute before it finally quits. The only thing I...

i was just wondering if anyone had a good way of keeping up with the level in a keg? It would help knowing when to have another batch ready.

I’m looking into building my first keezer and start kegging. My plan is to have three taps with enough room for a fourth keg for either expansion or just to have one carbing on deck with a 10lb bottle. I haven’t decided on corny or sanke, but will likely be ball lock cornies with one sanke...

I'm getting ready to put a keezer together and was trying to decide on corney vs sanke kegs. Do sanke kegs have less flow issues? I ask because a commercial kegerator comes with a certain length of line and coupler ready for the keg of your choice. I'm not sure if they experience foam or flow...

I have an IPA fermenting in an Ale Pail with a spigot. I plan to bottle straight out of the primary using the spigot. If I dry hop just tossing in the hops, will they settle out below the spigot or will I have a lot of hops floating around in the beer? I put it in the fermenter four days ago...

I'm getting ready to order a new fermenter. I'm still fairly new to brewing and have been brewing smaller batches. I have a three gallon carboy that I either brew two one gallon kits in or customize a five gallon batch down to two. I also have one gallon carboys for one gallon kits. I'm ready to...