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i'm starting to get a stockpile of beer ready for the winter, but I'm running into a situation where I cant go directly from cold crash into the kegerator. The kegerator will be full of kegs when the cold crash of another batch is done. Is it ok to cold crash and then start keg conditioning...

I brewed 2- 5 gallon batches of Porter. One on 10/5, the other on 10/26. Both have vanilla beans soaked in Jack Daniels (along with some Jack) added to the secondary. I bottled the first batch around 11/5 using cane sugar as a priming sugar. I kegged the second batch. I tried a bottle...

I have a porter sitting in a primary for 3 weeks and a kegerator that won't have an opening for 2 more weeks. I'm going to keg the porter and bottle a few bottles. I have extra cornies and an extra co2 tank, but no way of refrigerating the porter until I finish a corny in the kegerator. 1...

I started cold crashing a few batches ago. I don't have room to cold crash in our fridges, so I cold crash either outside or in the garage. But when spring comes, these options are gone. My bar fridge won't hold a carboy because the door shelves take up too much space. So I removed the...

I brewed 2 batches of pale ale (same recipe) on the same day. Keg1 - 2 weeks bucket primary to corny secondary, dry hopped and left 4 days, then cold crashed 3 days under 3lbs co2, then transferred to serving keg (full). Keg2 - 2 weeks in bucket primary to carboy secondary, dry hopped and left...

My new brew rig - The Brew Wagon. Steel shelving on casters with 2 chopped SQ-14's, cooler MLT, March pump, and some camlock disconnects. Worked great in its first brew.

I started building my new brew rig last weekend. I got burners, pump, a couple of valves. Now I need a few fittings, some tubing and disconnects. I'm looking at either McMaster brass disconnects or Bargain Fittings Camlocks. I've read a lot of threads where both are recommended. One...

After seeing all the great brew rigs here, I thought I would attempt to build one. I have only brewed 2 all grain batches, so my skills and equipment are minimal. I started with a shelving unit from Menards, 10 gallon brew kettle, 5 gallon HLT, and 10 gallon cooler MLT. I think I...

I have a stout in the fermenter and a kegerator coming in a few days. I dont want to get a new faucet and nitrogen, etc just for this stout. Should I keg the stout using CO2 and standard faucets, or bottle it?

I just brewed an oatmeal stout - my 1st all grain. I read in John Palmer's book that you should stop lautering when the wort coming out of the mash tun is 1.008. I did and started the boil at approx 6.11 gals. After the boil I ended up with far less than 5 gals and a OG of 1.070 - I was supposed...

I brewed a holiday spiced ale last month, and an oatmeal stout to be brewed this weekend. I've done a batch a month since June. But I'm at a loss as to what to brew in December. A lot of "winter" ales I'm researching are a lot like my holiday ale. I need to do something different - somewhat...

I'm thinking of doing a stout. But should I attempt a stout for my first all grain? Or something else? I've done 6 extract batches. I'm ready to move on.

I just brewed my 3rd batch - all Brewers Best kits. This one is an IPA with Nottingham dry yeast. The brewing instructions say to sprinkle the contents of the yeast packet over the wort. I did this on my first batch and everything was ok and tasted great, but with mild airlock bubbling for...

I've been lurking a few months and find this place entertaining and full of helpful info. I've been brewing since the end of June - on my 3rd batch - all from extract kits.