Search results

This is the first time ever working with a 5lb CO2 canister and regulators. I have this CO2 regulators. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=4884 When I connect this to the CO2 canister I'm unable to get the CO2 to open up. Looking at it closer, do I need to do...

I'm having a hard time with determining when to harvest my hops. They say that when they feel like paper. Well they felt like paper when they were small in early August. They're bigger and fuller now and year, they feel like paper. Also, how do you dry your hops? Do you dry them whole or...

It's the "Beer Machine 2000" not 200 I've never seen this before, it's on sale at JC Pennys for $99.99 and includes 1 beer kit($30 value). Now it says it makes enough for 28 - 12oz bottles, but that's 5.25 gallons which is impossible if you look at the pics of it sitting in the fridge...

I'm growing hops for the first time and this is the plants first year. The Cascade hop plant grew like a weed, while the Fugal never really got going. The Cascade is over 9' tall now and it's at the end of the stake. How tall can they grow? Is there anything I should do like clip the...

I just kegged for the first time and I'm trying to sanatize the tap lines. This is the first time I'm using a CO2 tank and regulators, here's the one. I conected the tank tightly to the regulators and opened up the tank. The main filled regulator went to 800. When I opened the individual...

What with the CO2 do I want to sanatize before I connect the CO2 to the kegs full of beer? Can you explain what agitating a keg is to get the CO2 into the beer? Do I just shake the keg?

I'm using 5 gallon Pepsi kegs where on/in the keg do I want to sanatize, the top in/out connectors and the inside? Anything else, airlock? After I connect the CO2 tank to the 2 kegs, what PSI do I want the main gage to be? What PSI do I want the 2 PCI gauges attached to the kegs to be? I'm...

I usually did 2 - 5 gallon batches at a time, but since I haven't brewed since the late '90's, I did 2 batches one at a time just for the expierience. My first batch on Friday was an "Octane IPA" kit that has 9.3lb of liquid malt. My 2nd brew on Saturday was my recipe I call "Whoopass Stout"...

Came back this morning and it gave me an error meswsage. Hence the double post. Sorry

My brewing today went well, but I have questions. Can I buy lactose and dexterin from gorocery stores. Or are 1 - or the other? What do I need From the Grocery store? I have some fi9nishing sugar but I'[m keging.

It's been years since I brewed my Stout so I need some ideas for aroma hops. My Stout is a very clean drinkable stout, not a thick Stout. Suggestions?

Hi everyone! I'm thinking of both making a keg fridge with a smaller fridge I have, and making and buying 5 gallon kegs of beer. But I first need to know how many days is a 5 gallon keg of beer good for once it's tapped? And is it the same with a 3 gallon keg?