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Looking for suggestions on what could be causing my keg pours to be nothing but foam. I've kegged around 20 beers without any issues until this one. My line is close to 10 ft, PSI is 12, temp around 42 degrees. It's a normal brown ale. Force carbed, no added sugar. Cannot figure out what is...

Does anyone know the proper fermentation procedures for fermenting a steam beer with w34/70? I have a fermentation chamber so I can ferment it at whatever is necessary but after researching I couldn't find anything on how to ferment a steam beer with this yeast. Any help would be appreciated.

Anyone know where I can find the rubber washer that sits on the end of the pressure relief valve as shown here: http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_40_271_560&products_id=10647 I lost it somehow now I can pressurize my newly kegged beer. I'd rather not spend 10 bucks on a...

I'm brewing a lemongrass wheat ale and I accidentally bought two packages of crystal hops when the recipe called for 1 oz of spalt for bittering (and 1 oz of crystal for flavor/aroma). Not sure if I'll be able to make it to the store to correct my mistake so would crystal also work as a...

I've never brewed an IPA before so wanted to get some thoughts suggestions out there. Also, the original recipe called for crystal rye but I couldn't get any so I subbed with some crystal 80. Not sure if that is a wise decision or not. Any thoughts on the bitterness ratio as well? I'm not a...

I'm trying to determine how much DME to use and I'm getting two pretty different OG calculations when I use Beersmith and Hopville. Can someone tell me which one is more accurate? Below is the recipe. This is an extract recipe but using a full boil. The Beersmith has a 1.056 OG with 71.6...

Need some advice on which route to take. I have a 4 month old, one gallon JAOM that is still sitting in the primary. I'm wondering if I should just leave it be for another 8 or so months, rack it to another 1 gallon jug and let that be for another 8 or so months, or bottle it and let that age...

nevermind - found it...

Would $60 be a good price on a keggle with only the top cut off (no valves or thermometers installed)?

I've posted in various threads about issues I've had with off flavors in my recent beers and I narrowed it down to what I thought was issues with the line (may still be). So I started taking apart my Perlick faucets and when I did that I noticed the inside of my shanks appeared to be either...

I plan on brewing an extract hef with the wyeast 3068. I have some old DME (back from December) that has been closed, not sealed, in a box in the pantry. I'm assuming this is too old to use as a starter but was hoping someone could confirm. If it is too old then I'll have to use the DME...

I just laid some mulch down yesterday over my hop garden thinking that might be a good idea. Turns out pill bugs love mulch and I noticed last night they are all over the soil. I tried searching the internet but couldn't find out too much about them. Some websites said they only eat decaying...

Sorry if this has been covered a million times. I tried to search with no luck. I'm not necessarily worried but figured if they are lacking nutrients I can get a head start in fixing any possible issue. I'm not exactly a green thumb. Anyway, I have these Cascades in a raised garden bed and they...

I've posted a couple times over here about some off flavors I've been experiencing and I think I narrowed it down to the beer lines. I tried running oxiclean through them but that didn't seem to work. So what is the best solution to use to clean out beer lines. I've seen PBW and BLC but don't...

I want to get my hop plants in the ground as soon as possible but I haven't had time to explore options for the trellis or hop pole that I'll use. How quickly will these suckers start growing to the point that they need the rope to grow on? Can I plant the hops and still have a few weeks to...

I bought 3 rhizomes to try this year (two Cascades, one magnum) thinking that even though hops like to grow up to 20', 10' would still suffice. After reading around I'm starting to think otherwise. Does any have experience growing hops only up to 10' in height? I have a community garden plot...

I'm looking into trying out a mead because it sounds like it takes less time than brewing and time isn't on my side right now. However, all I have is a 6 gallon carboy, 1 gallon glass jug, and a handful of 1/2 gallon growler. Since I've never really had mead I only want to do a 1 gallon batch...

I've tried to search on this but couldn't find any answers. Do hops need to be planted after the last frost? Also, can you start the hops indoors similar to tomato plants to give them a heads start or is it just best to directly plant into the ground? Thanks!

Okay so not sure if this would be any good at all or not but I have a Kolsch that has been in my fridge lagering (in a keg - carbonated) for a while now and I've been batting around the idea of making a fruit beer for the summer. So I just thought, would it be possible to fill a 1 gallon jug...

So I brewed a Northern Brewer Carribou Slobber and Altbier with a week of each other back in November (11/21 and 11/27, respectively). In the altbier I used a store bought drinking water and the other I used my tap water. Both were full boil in my aluminum pot. Kegged both on 12/18 and both...