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I have a used 5 cft keezer with a 2 tap tower that I bought from a friend. I want to upgrade to a wood collar with 4 taps. I plan to keep the co2 outside and need to fix the tower hole in the lid and remove the tower (gets in the way when opening) Also want to put the entire unit on heavy...

Still new at brewing. 9 months in, a dozen extract brews and 10 of the 12 have worked out well. Very simple setup - Gigawort kettle, plastic fermenters and korny kegs with a 2 tap keezer. Happy but itching to jump to the next level. Question is - does All Grain brewing make a better beer or...

Using a Beer Gun for first time. The keg currently has about 14 PSI. I want to set the pressure on the Beer Gun to 2 PSI. I have a double regulator and a single but only 1 cylinder. Do i keep the 14 PSI and not worry about pressure to the Keg during bottling, or do i need to keep a line to...

Bruce, thanks for the comparison. Mine is #2 issue. I put it in the kettle with about 10 minutes left to boil, and always hose off, wipe down and spray with StarSans after use. I will keep up this method. Cheers

A friend gave me a much improved Wort Chiller, however it is older and "tarnished". I have boiled it clean a couple of times but still not shiny. Is there something or a trick to cleaning a copper Wort Chiller? Do I really need to clean it I put it in the wort while still before Flame Out...

Great, thanks for the hint. Will add more DME if my local shop has some.

I will be brewing a Brown English Ale from a kit this weekend. Half LME and half DME. expected ABV is only a 4.5. Any thoughts on how to increase for a 5 gallon batch? More LME?? Right now it calls for a 3lb can of Light Malt, and 2.5 lbs of DME. This is an experimental batch so willing to...

Friend gave me several liquid yeast 6 oz containers. One of his favorite is an SA-04 but he only used it on English beers. My son in law wants to brew an extract Zombie Dust Pale next week when he visits. Any harm in using the SA-04?

Thank you all for the hints and insight. Here is how I proceeded. Took OG readings from both batches through the spigot, no lid removal. The Double IPA had not moved (still 1.084 after 48 hours). The Porter dropped from 1.056 to 1.052 after 72 hours. I decided to repitch. Used 4oz of US05...

Ah, the warm water to dissolve prior to pitch might be the issue. Don't know the temp but probably around 100 degrees, dang never thought of that. I do have some bubbles if I press the lid but on my other batches I got lots of bubbles right out of the gate. I can take an OG easy through a...

New to brewing, so a couple of questions. On batch 5 and 6 from this weekend. #5 is an extract Oatmeal Porter. The steep and boil seemed to go well. Using a 6 gallon fermentation bucket with about 4.5 gallons. Kit came with a Dry Yeast that had instructions to dissolve in 4 oz's of warm...