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Hello. So I have a Johnson Controls A19AAT for my Beer Freezer. I came down tonight to get a beer and noticed that my keg was not as cold as it should be. I also smelled a odd smell. I reached to move the end of the probe and it broke off in my hand. And my hand smelled. So the probe...

So I am going to do my 15 min boil of an extract Berliner wiesse today. Just 2lb lite dme and 2lb of wheat dme....1oz Tet and then WL Lacto and WYeast3638 . I am going to pitch the Lacto today and do a starter for the 3638 and pitch it in 36-48hrs from today... Let it go a few weeks and then...

Ok so I brewed my first real no sparge batch this weekend...and I want to see if anyone else experienced what I did...I brewed a Belgian white with some grains I has sitting around....6.5ld Belgian pils and 4.5wheat....I was concerned doing no sparge that I would loose some efficiency so I...

I am thinking about getting a digital ph meter. If you search eBay there are a lot of yellow digital ph meters for around 10 or 15 bucks. Does anyone have any experience with these meters. Are they worth ir to check the ph levels of your brew water and mash?? Or is it just another unneeded...

I want to buy a upright fridge (freezer on top) to convert into a Kegerator. I only have about a 36" space to fit it in... so that is why I am going with an upright. I want to buy new, because I have some money to do so and want something that will run as quiet as possible. Does anyone...

So I tried to brew a Dubble... and between me letting the fermentation temp get to high (like 76-78) and then I over oaked it... it kinda taste like chewing on a rubber carboy stopper!!! It is carbonated in a keg... I am trying to decide if I should get some Brett and pitch it in the keg...

I have been kegging a year and this is the first time I have had this issue... I have a beer on tap.... It has becomed a little over carbonatied... and I have the gas pressure set at like 1lb and everything time I open the kegerator the gage climbs back up to like 30lb and I bleed it off and...

Ok... so I brew yesterday... I made an extra 2000ml of wort with my grains after my initial beer was going... and boiled that extra wort for 20 mins and put it in my Erlenmeyer flask... I put a stopper with a airlock on it... and was going to just pitch the yeast tonight... When I went down...

So I kegged an IPA awhile back... and carbed it... I went to pour a pint and it was filled with hop gunk that must of settled out in the keg.... So I dumped it...ok I drank it... Then I went to pout a 2nd pint... it came out uber slow... and also had lots of hop gunk in it... So I check...

OK... So I brewed my first try at a sour beer this weekend...a Berlinerweisse....Brewing went fine... After I brewed I cooled down to about 90 degrees... and Pitched White Labs Lacto WLP677.... So My plan was to let the wort sit on the Lacto for 36hrs and then pitch White Labs WLP011...

I am going to do my first Bacteria based beer here in the next month... A fruity Berliner Wiess... Maybe Cherries or peaches or something... I have been doing lots of reading... But one thing that isn't clear is how brewing effect my equipment and other beers.. If I put the Lacto into the...

So I have been Kegging for the last 6 batches... everything has been going along fine..... But I have this one batch that I am having issues with. It is a standard American IPA.... it foams like crazy coming out of the tap... The weird thing is... I turned the pressure down... so it came...

So i got a used fridge from a client's house for my Kegerator... It was a mess.. it looked like this lady had never cleaned it out... So I hosed it out in my back yard... It had been sitting for about a month or so in my basement... It work fine at her house... but I plugged it in and boom...

Ok... so I have tried 4 All Grain Batches... and they have all been terrible... 1 was drinkable (my first) and the last three were dumps!! The last three have been really cidery in smell and taste... Any idea what I am doing wrong... or what I should do... I have gone back to brewing...

I kegged my first beer tonight... and it went pretty well... Used starsan for the first time (i was nervous with the foam... but i trust all of you who say... Trust the foam)... I put it on 30psi and skook the keg around and got it carbed in a few minutes... put it at 8PSI and served... it was...

Has anyone ever made this kit (all grain or extract). I am thinking about brewing it and wondered what people thought... I am suppose to make a Chocolate Stout for a party my wife is hosting in January....cause a bunch of the "girls" in this group that are coming over love that style of...

Ok so I was recently at a small brewery to visit and I took home a growler of their IPA.... I am not a big growler guy... so this was the first time I have ever seen one filled... and basically the brewer hooked up a Vinyl Tube to the tap and put the hose in the growler... and filled it...

Ok... So... I think that this is my first post here... but I have been lurking for awhile... I am going to start kegging my homebrew. I have some parts, taps, and basic things to turn a fridge into my kegorator (already got the fridge).... So my questions are... I need the basic...