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For those of you that live in DC... I cant seem to find a place in or near DC that fills CO2 tanks. I dont have a car so too far outside city limits is no go. I work 9-5 so a place that closes at 5 (like most ive found) is a no go. Any one have any luck finding a place that is close to the...

How important is it to make a yeast starter? I've done about 8 extract with specialty grain brews and not once used a starter. I use While Labs liquid ale almost exclusively and let it warm up, shake, pop the top and pitch. In the past i have had some minor issues with full fermentation, but...

Just racked my winter warmer to secondary. This is the first batch I have brewed since building my kegerator so i was psyched to get it going further down the line. When I went to rack it, though, a huge dirty yeast smell came out of the primary. Ok, thats fine, theres crazy amount of...

Alright. So I haven't brewed in over six months. I have an ESB that has been sitting in secondary for 5 months. I moved 3 months ago and havent had a chance to do anything beer related. This past weekend I started to convert a chest freezer to a 4-keg kegerator, but everything that I've...

Hey all, I've got a beer that has been in secondary for over 5 months. I never got around to bottling it because i was in the middle of moving/starting to keg. I never thought 5 months would be a problem, but there is a build-up of trub in the carboy that is more than usual. Also, when I...

Hey all, I'm converting a chest freezer for use with multiple kegs. I was originally going to buy a primary and two secondary regs, but the guy at Micromatic turned me onto this dual-primary reg. BevFac's website says that I need to hook this up to a primary, but that directly contradicts...

Hey all, I tried looking around, but couldnt find any information. Some linked to a 5.0 cu. ft. chest freezer awhile back and I was thinking about buying to convert to a kegerator. Problem is, I don't know how many corny's i could fit into it/how much extra room I would have. I think that...

I was trying to figure out a recipe for an IPA. I want it to be really hoppy. How does this look? 13 lbs light LME 1 lb 60 Crystal Malt .5 lb Roasted Malt 4 oz Chinook 2 oz Amarillo Hop Schedule: Cascade 1 oz every 10 minutes for the first 40 minutes of boil Amarillo .25 oz every...

Hey Guys, I was thinking of making a clover IPA for the upcoming spring. I was looking around and couldn't find when to add the clover and in what amounts. Would it be best to add it at end of boil? Fermenter? Secondary? Thanks for any help.

Hi all, I am planning on doing my first brew this coming weekend. I have a gas stovetop and wanted to do a 5 gal. full boil in a 9.5 gal. pot. I tested out the time to boil tonight. To get up to an initial boil, it took me about 2 hours and 10 minutes. I then shut the heat off to simulate...