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As I get older I am having trouble moving and picking up brewing vessels. I would like to make a 3 tiered stand where I could mechanically raise the brew pot after mashing so it would be high enough to drain into the carboy. Have any of you made such a device? I'm not really interested in pumps...

If I make a 5-gallon keg of club soda how much Soda BiCarb do I use I searched but could not find an amount as a starting point. Thanks so much

I have a four tap Keezer and four kegs going with just me and my wife consuming they have been hooked up for a couple of months. I have noticed the taps sticking should I disconnect everything and do a cleaning or waite until each keg is finished and do it then? Thanks.

I have been doing a lot of reading on carb stones connected to the inlet pipe but no one seems to go into where to place in the keg. Do you let it sit on the bottom? if so does this not stir up any sediment every time a little more co is added? or do you keep it up a little say 3 inches from the...

I have four batches of ale that I brewed for Christmas they are all sitting about 1.02 so not quite finished, however, I was to have them conditioned in time for Christmas. Can I keg them now with slightly less priming sugar? Wait until they hit 1.0 and then prime? or wait till finished and...

I'm just hooking up my system, as there were no instructions with it I put the black couplers on the gas side and the grey on the beverage side. Is this an issue? what is the difference between the two? I have one keg connected now have I screwed it up? do I just need to relax and have a...

I'm just setting up a keg system. While washing the ball lock kegs I got, the black rubber tops and bottoms are leaving black on everything, is there a way to stop this? more washing does not seem to help.

I am making a recipe that called for 10 lbs of grain I was to add 13 quarts of 164* water and that would bring the temp to 152 and mash for 60 mins I could not get up to 127* I have added a lot of water that was at 200* but I am only at 140* I can't fit any more water into the tunn. Do I just...

Is there a way in the IPad version to have a water profile from a recipe input my water profile and have it tell me what to add to match I've searched the web but everything seems to be for the desktop version. Thanks

My wife tried a Bitter recipe on Saturday and it was working fine and had a good Krausen. She checked it yesterday and all bubbling has stopped and the krausen has fallen. I haven't checked the gravity as we did a total of 7 batched over the weekend and this was the first so in the back and I...

I have been brewing off and on for about 30 years. I still consider myself a beginner with lots to learn. I brew mostly with extracts but I have been building equipment to get into all grain.