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I have been going through CO2 like crazy (like 5lb per corny keg) once I hook my keg up to dispensing. I hook up to carb, check all for leaks and it appears to remain pretty much flat on my CO2 pressure gauge so I don't think the leak is there. Once I hook to dispensing it seems like its all...

So I came home today to the wonderful aroma of spilled beer in my apartment, turns out one of the taps on my kegerator leaked while I was gone (only about a pint, not a massive mess). I hooked up the keg last night, carb'd at 12 PSI and thats where the reg is set right now. I poured a pint...

I accidentally started my fermentation of Nottingham yeast at 5 C deg for about 15 hours (forgot to reset my temp controller from a cold crash) and I'm getting very little fermentation activity 48 hr later thought the airlock. Its in a stainless fermenter so I cannot see any activity inside...

I plan on taking a keg out of my kegerator to use it for fermenting and my keg will warm up to room temp...if I don't purge it and get it back on the gas and cold again (once the fermenter is out of there) will I still be at serving pressure or do I have to "re-carb". Thanks! Sent from my...

I finished up my 8th AG brew today and I've hit the OG/FG on the last five +/- 0.002...is this considered good or pretty normal? I was paranoid that AG brewing was super hard but so far its been a pleasure, now I've been making pretty simple ales and wheat beers but just wondering if this is...

So I was sitting on the couch watching the NHL playoffs tonight and decided to make a new tap handle out of a broken stick, pretty happy with the results! Might tape the end of it to give it a more authentic look, might make a baseball one next with the handle of a broken wood bat.

So I'm brand new to kegging so excuse my ignorance here, but I'm just wondering what is the proper cycle (roughly) for a beer once I'm satisfied with the fermentation, can I transfer to keg and put the pressure on right away (assuming not force carbing) or should I let it sit in the keg for a...

I'm about to convert my current fermentation fridge into a kegerator and I'm trying to work out how to continue to use it for fermentation and beer dispensing...so my question is how long during fermentation (assuming not lagering) is temperature super important...if Im making a beer with a...

Not sure if this is what other guys do but thought this was pretty clever...almost like a coffee hop stand https://www.philsebastian.com/blog/?p=2088 Done by a local coffee shop and craft brewer, cool to see local guys come together like this!

I'm relatively new into the HB scene (9 mos) but starting to get more serious about dialling in my flavours and making great beer instead of "good, but not great" stuff, and I'm wondering if there is a good resource out there on how to detect all the common flavours that are mentioned in the HB...

So I recently brewed an ESB and pitched with Wyeast 1968 ESB yeast, I know that its a bit of a difficult yeast (and beer) to get just right but I way overshot my OG and that gave me a way undersized yeast starter. I'm not a yeast expert so I'm just wondering what effects under pitching will...

So I just put and ESB into the fermenter at an OG of 1.070...was shooting for 1.059...can anyone suggest why this could happen? I designed my recipe using beer smith with an estimated total eff of 72%...could I just have been more efficient than anticipated or does that not have anything to do...

I'm still somewhat new to the HB scene and am continually looking to improve my beers, my question is can not enough O2 during fermentation lead to poor flavours or what are the major drawbacks to a lack of O2 in the Wort, is it just incomplete fermentation? I do not use an Oxygenation system...

I've done the method of pulling through a tapered metal fitting to create a dimple to solder a 1/2" bushing on my keggle, the issue is that is came through crooked and I'm a bit concerned about pushing through the actual bushing now and having it crooked as well...can I just hammer it into a...

How do you clean all the crap out of your blow off tubing? I know vinyl tubing is cheap but I'd rather not have to buy a new 2 ft every brew if possible...I've chucked the last couple because the is always krausen left in there...and once soaking in PBW turned it all opaque and yellow so I...

I'm looking to buy a plate chiller and I'm wondering if the Blichmann is worth the premium over other brands that all seem to be about $50-$100 cheaper. If there is an alternate model what would you recommend?

I made a yeast starter 4 days ago with the expectation I'd be brewing today...anyways I will not be brewing and I'm wondering what I should do to save the starter for another day (likely next weekend)...Can I just keep it fermenting for another 7 days or should I put it in the fridge??

So I'm about 10 batches into my home brewing life, doing All Grain now and its come out well 9/10 times but I'm fermenting at too high of a temperature so I'm sure it could be better. Issue is I live in a 1 bdrm apartment so I don't have a cellar or space for another fridge. Are there any...

I'll preface this to saying I'm new to brewing, about 5 batches done and all turned out well, but never used the beersmith software to program a brew before. Anyways I've entered a recipe from the BYO 250 Classic Clones magazine and the ABV calculated is super low (2.3%). This is a Guinness...

So I woke up this morning and there was wort all over the floor and the airlock was on the otherside of the room...not sure what happened but clearly blew off. Anyways I sanitized the airlock and put it back on...still fermenting strong. Think my brew will be okay?? Clearly a chance of...