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The bottom came off one of my kegs. Any ideas how to repair this? Has this happened to anyone else? Can anyone recommend an adhesive to use? It looks there is some residual adhesive left on the rubber part. Any idea what to use to remove that before I apply new adhesive. Thanks!

Is anyone pitching cold yeast (right out of the fridge) into their cooled wort? I did some searching and found some old posts about this, but wanted to find out if anyone is currently doing this and what the results are? My current process is to pull the starter out of the fridge 1st thing...

In case you are curious, here is what a Wyeast nutrient package looks like. I've never seen one before it has been ruptured from smacking so I thought I'd post it for others. When I received the yeast package, it had swollen too much to smack the package to burst the nutrient package. I was...

Has anyone figured out a nice way to mount a March pump to the leg extensions of the Blichmann burner?

Hi all, Need some help determining the source of a vegetal flavor I encountered with a dry stout. The grain bill was as follows: Maris Otter: 70% Flaked Barley: 20% Roasted Barley: 10% I put this in a few competitions and every judge said it was vegetal; a few cited DMS. I only...

Somebody mentioned something the need to filter out Fermcap S out of beer for commercial applications because of the risk of clogging up your liver. Anyone know anything about this? Any risks to using it at the 1-2 drop per gallon rate for homebrew? I typically use this in the brew kettle.

Can people comment on how many degrees above or below the mash temperatures specified in Brewing Classic Styles they mash at to hit the FG' s? Please also comment on your mash method/system as well. I'm finding that I have to mash at about 4F lower than the temperatures in the book to hit...

I am considering purchasing a pump and I noticed that there seem to be two options for March high temperature pumps. Morebeer has the H315F and Northernbrewer has the March 809HS. Can anyone tell me the difference between these? Does anyone have experience using the H315F? According to...

I'll be brewing this weekend and it is going to be in the 30's Any ideas on how to maintain my mash temperature? My mashtin is a homedepot 10 gallon cooler. This will be my first te brewing when it is this cold.

I was wondering if anyone has any tips for buying liquid yeast via mail order? In your experience has the ice pack or two kept it cold enough in the summer? The few times I have tried this in the summer, the wyeast packs arrived swollen and the ice packs were melted. Thanks!

Does anyone know how much the addition of cocoa power impacts the OG of a beer? I brewed Jamil's hazelnut chocolate porter which calls for 0.5 lb of cocoa powder and noticed that my gravity increased a lot from what measured pre boil vs in the fermenter. (I added the cocoa power at t=0...

Just got my copy of yeast the practical guide to fermentation from the mail box! I can't wait to start reading it!

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has experience adding antifoam directly to the fermenter? I have thought about doing this to reduce foaming during aeration (which I perform with a sintered airstone and aquarium pump) and foaming during fermentation. I am hesitant to do this because I am...

Just tried out my new Barley Crusher with the default factory settings and I noticed that I got a very fine crush. My efficiency ended up in the high 80's and I didn't have any problem lautering. A lot of fine particles made their way into the fermenter. Will this clear up after the beer...