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I am looking to put a bigger burner on my brew stand. My question here is, has anyone here ever converted a propane turkey fryer burner to natural gas? If so how did it work for you? Also do you remember what size you drilled the orifice out to and how many BTU's the burner was putting out...

I have just brewed a chocolate oatmeal stout that I plan on kegging. I have a new stout faucet and G-Gas set up that I plant to use to serve with. My question is.... I plan to force carbonate with co2 and serve with G-Gas. Should I under carbonate my beer accounting for the carbonation that will...

My buddy came across an old wooden rum cask. We guess it to be about 20 to 30 years old and about 1.5 to 2 gallons. It is dried out so he has been soaking it and it is almost tight. We were going to try to put some beer into it and I was wondering if there is anything that we should do to...

Here are some picts of the new beer stand I made. Front Back Mash Tun One of three old water heater burner. I used old water heater burners and use the natural gas from the house as fuel. I found that the burners work well, a little slow on the boil. Eventuly I would like to...

I am building a natural gas brew sculpture and had a few questions on a gas feed line. I need a line to run from the house to the beer stand and was wondering if anyone has ever used pneumatic air hose as a natural gas feed line? I have a natural gas quick connect fitting on the back of my...

I am thinking of building a brew stand and was wondering if anyone has ever used a natural gas water heater burner for their HLT or mash tun. If so how did it work. I am trying to keep the cost down and figured that this might be a good cost cutter. ~d

I recently built a jockey box and have run across a few things I need help with. The first time I used it I took it on fishing trip and bought a half-barrel of beer from a microbrewery in Ann Arbor, it worked great!!!! I then got all-full of myself and started to talk it up. This past weekend I...

I just picked up a stout faucet on eBay and have a few questions. 1. I know I need to use a beer gas mixture. What type of tank beer gas does this come in; can I use a co2 tank? 2. What pressure should I set my regulator at when serving? 3 What is the best way to carbonate my beer...

We just got three cascade rhizomes a couple of days ago. One of them had a few buds kind of like a potato. The other two just looked like sticks. Is this anything to worry about? I hope that it is not too late to plant where we live in Michigan. Alos we planted the rhizomes in large 10 gallon...

I am looking for some help on efficiency. I have done about a half dozen all grain batches and calculated the efficiency on all of them. With my efficiency at 76% to 81% I felt pretty confident I was doing it correctly. I brewed the other day and when I was going through my notes I calculated my...

I have recently acquired a kegerator from a family member. The price was right but the only problem is that it will only fit a 1/4-barrel of commercial beer. The inside dimensions are 19" wide 17.5 " deep and 20" tall. So I cannot get my 5 gal cornies to fit inside. I am sure that I am not the...

A couple months ago I made a yeast starter from a local microbrewery’s beer. I used it to make a clone of that beer and it turned out great. I started to think most of the beers that I brew use the same type of yeast strain so why don’t I do that for all my yeast? At around $7.00 per smack pack...

I just finished my second AG batch:rockin: This one took around 6 hours because I did a fly sparge. I just purchased a new Barley Crusher and WOW; my efficiency went from 64% to 78%. The beer I made was a Bell’s Best Brown clone. I made a yeast starter from a few bottles of Best Brown earlier...

Hello all, Let me start by saying thank you! As I have said before I am new to AG Brewing and everyone here has been helpful in answering all of my questions.:) So here is another question that I am sure is simple to most of you. I am attempting a clone brew from a local microbrew this...

I am new to the world of all grain brewing. I have however done several extract with specialty grain batches but only 1 all grain. All of my extract batches I bought as a kit had just enough ingredients to make that one batch. I have found AG brewing to be much more rewarding so I am getting...

I am new to the world of AG brewing but have come to find out that most AG brewers are also do it your selfers when it comes to making there brewing equipment. This is why I am asking for help. I have just built a mash paddle out of poplar and want to put a finish on it. I have read that if you...

I just did my first all grain batch this weekend:rockin: I feel that everything went well, however I do feel that my OG is too low. My calculations show that I should have ended up with a OG of 1.053 an I only had 1.042. I mashed in at 153F and anded with 149F one hour later. I mixed the mash...