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How do you guys do it? If the system is sealed from keg to tap when not in use, you should just be able to rotate the next keg in and the lines will then be consumed with the next beer, right? If the lines become discolored, then what? It seems like cleaning is a waste in one of 2 ways: 1...

What do you wager on the yeast? It has been in the fridge the whole time.

Long story short I had some kids and never got around to brewing a batch I'd purchased. I've got 2 batches including yeast, but I'm pretty sure the yeast is toast (dry yeast packets). The grain is uncrushed, since I mill my own. I've had it for about 18 months. Is it still good? If still...

See this is what I'm thinking. The vanilla beans. Last time I made a christmas/winter ale with vanilla beans I don't recall soaking them in vodka, but I remember that's required sometimes to sanitize them. Now I'm nervouse to use that bucket again. I still have 2 more batches that I...

I've been brewing for years but I can't figure out where I went wrong. This time I took apart everything and cleaned/sanitized everything. I've only recently started using Starsan, however. I was brewing a winter ale. When I cracked the lid open there was zero obvious signs it was bad...

Doh... this makes sense. This is exactly what I needed to see, thanks! I basically just tightened the jamb nut all the way to the bottom and then would screw on the handles and didn't know why they would line up funny.

Hey, So I have these 2 tap handles I received as a gift and when I tighten them all the way up they point about 90 degrees too far to the left. Is there some special technique I'm missing here... or should I just be slapping in washers?

I'm having this problem where I get too much volume of beer when I'm done brewing and I'm not sure where it's coming from. I do 5 gallon batches, which is approx 19 liters. Here's what I've tweaked my new settings to be in my equipment in beersmith: Efficiency:65% Boil vol: 27.28L Boil...

This makes sense. So storing in a shed is no problem, especially if I hang things upside down to prevent water from sitting? Since I'm planning on a pump driven system, are there any additional concerns? I've never used a pump driven system before but I assume you're able to just run the...

Hi all, I just moved and space is pretty limited, however I do have an area where I can build a good sized shed. I started to think a "brew shed" would be a good idea, however I don't know enough about mold and moisture. Obviously brewing equipment is going to be wet to some degree most...

I'm looking for advice on brewing sculptures as I'm planning on making one soon. Why do so many people go with the gravity driven system? I found pumps online for about $100 a piece, which really doesn't seem too bad. I foresee that dumping water into the top level pot to be a bit of a task...

I've always had a bit of a problem hitting my target, but nowadays it's typically .002 below or something, but this is a huge difference. I do recall seeing a lot of white bits, so I guess the crush isn't fine enough? Perhaps I crushed too fast? Apparently it's set for .039

Hey Guys, So I just got a barley crusher and I took my recipe to my LHBS and picked up my grain (uncrushed). My target on this particular batch was 1.070. I hit a very disappointing 1.048 or 1.050 (hard to tell). My mash temperature ended up being slightly higher than the target (about...

:(. Surely there must be something I can do!

The second link you posted is the exact thing I made myself. It shouldn't matter though, it leaks out the face of the tap, not the spout.

2 other taps liek this that don't? I made this kegerator in the summer, the tower was new. I really hope it didn't wear out *that* quickly!

Hey guys, A while back I was reading a thread on making a device to bottle from a perlick tap. Perhaps I cannot bottle from my kind of taps, because I have this kind of tap and when I use my device to bottle, beer leaks out of the face of it (where the circular part on the front goes in when...

a lot, not like i've been keeping track but easily 10

Here's the deal, I took some kegs camping and one of them was my pumpkin ale. The pumpkin ale was perfectly fine when I got there, but after transporting it home again it decided to be cloudy. I figured it was yeast and whatnot just all shook up in there. So it's been in the fridge for about...

Wow thanks a lot everyone! Lots of good information here :)