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I recently bought a kegerator conversion kit, and install with smoothly. The kit came with a new CO2 tank, so I got that filled. I cleaned and sanitized the kegs, fill the keg with CO2 to check if there were any leaks, but did not seem to be any. So I transfer my beer over to the kegs (I had...

I brewed a watermelon wheat for my brother's wedding, and I seem to have over carbed it. It was barely carbed at 3 weeks so I gave it an extra week and was moving one to the fridge to drink tomorrow when one of the bottles in the box blew up. I imagine it was from me bumping/moving it around...

After making a steam beer, I saved the San Francisco lager yeast and want to try making an American pilsner with it. I don't have the ability to lager (and never tried the style at all), but I recently tried to cold crash with a large tub and ice water. Although I couldnt get the temp much lower...

I've been brewing for awhile now, and although well meaning friends tell me how great my beer is, I understand some of its shortcomings and want to improve. It seems to me that competitions are a great way to get good feedback. An IPA I recently made is by far my best brew and I want...

Due to the cool temperature in northern California this time of year, I want to give making a California common a go. I don't want it to be an anchor steam clone, so I went with Cluster hops instead of Northern Brewer. I read that Cluster hops are likely to have been around in California the...

I plan on brewing tomorrow so I made a starter from yeast that I washed and stored from an earlier batch. I used 1/3 cup of DME in 2 cups boiled water, topped it off and added the yeast. That was 8 hours ago and I expected some sort of activity by now. Did I do something wrong? At what point...

Hey all, I'm new to the site, and have been brewing off and on since 2008. Due to space/monetary restraints, I've only brewed extract with specialty grains, but hope to eventually broaden my horizons. Cheers! :mug:

Hello, I'm relatively new to brewing, and just made my 5th and 6th batches last week. I made a pumpkin ale on Monday, but didn't get any bubble activity on the first day. I waited and eventually there was very slow activity on the third day for a couple hours and that was it. There seem to be...