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Gave this a shot last night as my first full boil batch. OG of 1.088-1.090! Pretty excited.

I just had a pack of bottling sugar. I believe 5 oz.

If you wait for the FG to stabilize you should have no problem with bottle bombs. I was too eager and forgot to check FG.

I didn't really have any stalling but the grapes fermented for longer than expected so I had a few bottle bombs. No scores at brew comp. Probably because I tried rebottling some so they would not explode, therefore going flat.

It stayed like that for about 3-5 mins. It was pretty good. The FG may end a little lower than 1.012. Just check it for a couple days in a row and bottle when it stabilizes.

Definitely use a grain bag for the puree. That is unless you are kegging or like skins in the beer. The skins clogged my bottling tube constantly. I just used fresh grapes without freezing them. Make sure to double check your FG before bottling. I was too quick to bottle and have had a number of...

Currently still at my parents house from a wedding BBQ. Usually in my garage since SWMBO does not want it in the house.

I did use the appliance paint. It wasn't too much more per can. I used just over 2 cans of paint. It looks surprisingly good in person. I was expecting a so so finish but it looks factory. If you want a black one (as I did) I would suggest getting the appliance paint. Make sure to tape it off...

Yes it is one of the conversion kits. It is the 3 keg pin lock standard kit. It came with everything except the thermostat and I also added an order of line cleaner. Got here really quick and everything looks great. I am excited to carb my lemonade and dark wheat for this weekend. Hopefully I...

Finally get to add my. Very inspired by others here.

Got impatient and mounted the lid and installed faucets and shanks. Keg tomorrow and Test on Tues/Wed.

Thanks! Mounted the collal this morning, waiting for the adhesive to dry so I can mount the lid and cold crash the lemonade that is waiting to be kegged.

Started brewing in January and got sick of bottling pretty quick. Decided to brew some for our after wedding BBQ on 7/2 and did not want to bottle ~150 beers so kegging came into the picture. In a weekend I decided to start kegging, made a purchase through kegconnection and bought a craigslist...

Should be pretty good. Had a taste tonight from secondary and is quite tasty. Will add 2 more cans of concentrate after cold crashing though to suit her taste.

I am getting married on July 1 and we are having a big BBQ for family and friends the day after the wedding/reception so I thought I would put additional pressure on myself to brew 3 beers, build a keezer and learn to keg. Well the Keezer is under way and should be finished this weekend, was...

This is exactly what I did with my saison after I had 2 bottle bombs. Put the rest of the in my keezer for about a week and had no more problems. They now have quite a bit of head with a pour but it is getting just about perfect 3 weeks out.

Fermentables 6 lbs Pilsner Malt Extract 2 lbs Munich 4 lbs fresh red grapes Grains .5 lbs Golden Naked Oats .5 lbs Honey Malt Hops .5 oz Perle (60 minutes) 2 oz Mt Hood (15 minutes) Yeast Wyeast 3724 | Belgian Saison Steep grains at 160 degrees for 30 minutes. Heat 2 lbs whole grape to 150...

I guess what I am saying is it depends on what taste you are going for. If you are going for something sweet and similar to a strong Mike's (Pink Panty Dropper) than sweeten it up with concentrate, but if you are bottling you may have to halt any further fermentation.

I did the same thing about 3 weeks ago for a 5 gal batch. I used 6 cans of frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate, 5 lbs of sugar (yikes!) and 1 lb of Light DME with a pack of Wyeast American Ale and nutrient. OG was 1.072. Tasted as I transferred to secondary and it was dry as well. I plan to...

Sorry for digging up an old thread but I have to once again get keg connection credit. I just received my 3 keg fridge setup with thermostat. I spoke with them two weeks ago after memorial day and asked a bunch of questions and talked to them about shipping lead times. He said that over memorial...