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Hey, I have my first batch of cider ready to keg. It has been in primary for three months and I would like to keg it. I have read that if you back sweeten that you will kick ferementation back up....but if I back sweeten with a few frozen concentrate and force carb in fridge will I have an...

Just kegged my first beer...actually two batches. And I have some questions now. 1. I kegged at 30 psi and put the picnic taps on and tasted and they aren't bad. Can I leave the picnic taps on in the fridge? Even if the kegs last a few months in there? Or should I take them off and clean...

Hey guys, I have found some great info on this site. Thanks. I have done 4 extract batches and have another 2 or 3 lined up but after that I would like to go all grain. I currently have the following: -20 quart SS pot -2 6.5 gallon fermentation buckets -1 5 gallon better bottle -1...

Hi, I just finished my first brew and bottled and the gravity wasn't what I expected based on beersmith. Now I realize I probably screwed something up but just need to figure out what it was. My OG was 1.042 and beersmith said it should be 1.048 and my FG was supposed to be3 1.012 and I...

Hi, I brewed my first beer last week...a blonde ale kit that came with my kit. I decided I wanted to add citrus flavor to this and found some recipes that said add 4 lemon an 4 lime zest the last 15 minutes of the boil. I wasn't ready and only added 2 of each. Well I took my first reading...

Hey, just getting into homebrewing....haven't even done my first batch yet. Still waiting to get my homebrew kit delivered. It is taking way to long to get here, I was hoping to try to brew this weekend. Anyone else from Mass know any Homebrew shops in the area so next time I don't need to...