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So today, I brewed what I hope will be (and what preliminarily smells/tastes like) a really good fall beer for October. It was supposed to have a really high gravity, but I didn't quite hit it, in addition I only pitched 1 pack of yeast and they appear to not be doing anything. The basic recipe...

I bought something called a "Low profile soda (corny) keg" and it is alleged to measure just 22" tall. I have never heard of something like that. I wanted to know if anyone has ever used one and can verify it's dimensions for me. It is a ball-lock system which appears to be built into a pressure...

Anyone tried this (I know it has been done a few times before) but what advice would you offer someone considering practicing thi delicate procedure on their beer fridge.

Today I tried extract brewing for the first time and it was remarkably easy. But once I had finished the boil I noticed there was a fairly small amount of wort left due to the evaporation of the water during the boil. I had started out with ~2 gallons (I didn't measure precisely, I just gave it...

I have been conversing with some people on reddit who have lead me to believe (I did come to this conclusion by myself) that using a corny keg will be a pain in the a** because I will be required to find a keg connector which fits one. I am hoping to buy either this kit or something like this...

I bottled my first batch today and I was a little concerned because I tried the bottle capper just for fun when I got it and the bottles opened VERY easily (they're twist off bottles/caps.) I figured there's no good way to test pressure but I can at least see if it was liquid tight so I filled a...

So my first batch has reached and held for 3 days at something resembling a final gravity(well it did around Christmas, I was just to busy to worry too much about it,) yay! but I have read that a lot of people leave it there for about another week so it can clear up instead of racking it. Since...

I am at present fermenting my first batch ever and it looks like it is going great, the bubbles in the airlock happen every 2-3 seconds (it's a different airlock than I've seen in pictures though so that measurement probably isn't a great indication.) The only concern I have is that there is...

So about a week ago I decided I was going to try to brew beer. I went into the local home-brew retailer and told him what I had decided, he advised me on what I would most likely need (my mom tried wine about 15 years ago so we have a lot of supplies on hand) and then I went back in and bought...