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Greetings group!! I kegged a Belgian Carmelite Triple-Grain Tripel and Honey Brown clone back in mid-November. It has been under about 12 pounds of C02 at about 36 degrees F. When poured, it produces a nice head, but I have noticed over the last 4 weeks or so that both beers are beginning to...

I just finished a Carmilite Belgian Triple. After it aging it for several months, I put in the keg and ran the pressure up to 34 lbs for 2 days, bled the excess C02 off, brought it back down to 12 lbs, and after a week sampled my first glass. It was awesome! But... after a few more weeks the...

Started this one about 3.5 months ago and just drew my first glass from the keg. I can honestly say that this is by far the best brew I have ever done. I won't say that it's a dead-ringer to the commercial version, but man, it is close, and it is really good!! I highly recommend this partial...

In another recent thread, the topic of adding you LME right before flameout came up. I didn't want to hijack that thread so I thought I would start a new one... So, to those of you that use this method, do you normally do it right before flameout, 5 minutes prior, or what? Do most extract...

Yesterday I did my first partial mash batch. It's a Norther Brewer Carmelite Triple-Grain Tripel, and as far as I could tell, all went according to plan. I sparged the grain through a mesh bag over a colander, and again, followed the instructions provided by NB pretty much to the letter. But...

I am wondering if there is any down-side to rigging up a connection to use compressed air when cleaning my corny's as opposed to using valuable C02. For example, when cleaning out between batches, one rinses and purges the lines before racking the new batch into the keg. I have always used my...

First, this may be a ridicules request, but I'll throw it out there anyway... I am still acquiring my home brewing hardware so I'm still doing extract kits. But I would like to find a kit or partial mash recipe that would get me even remotely close to Karmeliet Triple. Austin HB has a...

Ok, I have a run of the mill 2-tap kegerator with a single regulator supplying both kegs. This is my first 2 batches to go in the kegerator, so I don't have any experience or history on how this should work. But I noticed that one of the kegs is pouring pretty nice, but the other is a very small...

I am on about my 4th round of brew with these new (new to me) EZ-CAP bottles - and up to this point, they have been great. But with this batch, about 1 out of 3 bottles are flat. The beer has been in the bottle for a couple of months, so they should be ready. And most of them are fine when...

Ok, I know this has been suggested before, but I tried it and I can't believe how well it works. And it's really pretty simple to install. Here's a little illustration for anyone that may be interested in giving it a try. I also added insulation between the copper tubes and the mast. I had to...

Ok, I ordered a BB German Oktoberfest and didn't realize that it was a lager until I was ready to start brewing. The instructions say that I can either do the kit as a lager or an ale, as the yeast will work for both. Well I went ahead and started the fermentation in in my wine cellar, which is...

I have just setup my 2-tap kegerator and will have to get by with the faucets that came with the tower for a while. Eventually, I will get Perlicks, but for now, I'll have to make do. Since I don't drinking beer every day, I am pretty sure that I will have to contend with sticky faucets until...

When making higher gravity beers that need to age, like a Belgian Triple, when do you put the beer in the keg? Do you age it in secondary, or put it in the keg with 10# of CO2 and age it there? Thanks, Brad

Thus far I only have about 6 kits under my belt in terms of beer making experience. But I would really like to try a Brewers Best Belgian Triple, as I'm not quite ready to get into the all grain scene just yet. So my question is, is the kit worth messing with, or should I just wait until I...

I am trying to ease into the kegerator thing and came across these C02 tanks at Lowes: http://www.lowes.com/pd_106221-1592-106221_0_?newSearch=true&catalogId=10051&productId=3117649&Ntt=co2+tank&N=0&langId=-1&y=0&x=0&storeId=10151&Ntk=i_products&ddkey=http:TopCategoriesDisplay#prod-tabs Would...

Cold crashing: After fermentation, move carboy/bucket into -40F environment until clear; sample for proper taste, then keg or bottle. Force carbonation: Rack beer into keg, pressurize to 30lbs of C02, shake keg every few minutes, bleeding pressure between shakes, tap and refrigerate. I...

I am on my 5th kit, and so far, only one batch of skunk juice. Anyway, I have been making wine for quite some time, but am relatively new to the brew thing. With wine, I have always used a 7.9 gallon brew bucket for primary fermentation, but am seeing that it looks like many of you are using...

Ok, I purchased 2 Brewer's Best Classic English Pale Ale kits last November, but am just now getting around to making the second kit. So... I got everything together and before I started, I noticed that the Bittering Hops were missing. So I went back to my HBS and explained about the missing...

Greetings from the frigid Midwest... I'm new to the forum, and pretty new to beer making (on my 4 batch), anyway, I got a really good buy on 4 cases of 16oz EZ-cap bottles, and so far I really like them. but my question is; is the the little plastic gasket on the lid/cork reuseable, or should...