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I've got a two tap setup - 2 cornies on a 5lb tank. I've passed maybe 10 kegs through and have been very happy with kegging vs bottling. The last couple kegs however I've been getting all foam for the first glass of the evening. I've balanced the system per the BYO article a few months ago...

I'm planning to dry hop my next batch. What works best? Whole or pellets? If using whole do you bag them? Certainly would want to bag pellets... I've heard whole have better aroma from less processing but will absorb some beer. I'm planning to put them in the secondary.

Making the transition to AG and have been looking at grain mills. Are the corona mills worth a try? They are significantly cheaper, nearly 1/3, of the other mills. So I'm sure they have their drawbacks - anyone can comment? I'd hate to spend the 45 bucks to find out that I still don't have...

I've read Palmer's book and seen discussions about converting coolers into mash tuns but can't find one final piece of info that's bugging me. How big should the slots be in the manifold pipe? Palmer goes into much detail about pipe placement and spacing and says slots should face the...

What is the best way to store LME for a few weeks? Room temp, fridge, freezer?

My first batch to get stuck. A brown ale extract with grains. OG was 1.050 and used White Labs vial on brew day. Everything looked good, nice activity in air lock, descent krausen. After 1wk moved to secondary and was surprised to see gravity of 1.022, but continued to see activity in the...

What's the prefered method to transfer from kettle to primary? I have 5 gal kettle doing 3 gal boil. Primary is 6.5 gal carboy. I'm adding about 2 gal of cool water to the primary, cooling the wort in the kettle to room temp with immersion chiller, and poring from kettle to carboy with 8"...

Is it necessary to sanitize the brew kettle prior to boiling? Do you sanitize an immersion chiller? I'm under the impression that anything that touches wort should be sanitized, but a local homebrew supply indicates there is no need to sanitize the chiller (assuming is clean) since it will...

Hello all. I'm just getting started in Fort Worth TX, first batch nearly ready for bottle. I've learned at ton from this site already. Thanks to all who are sharing their experience - it's truly invaluable to us newbies. :)