Search results

I was given an old CO2 tank. It's about 4 feet tall and doesn't have the normal valves on top that I've seen online. Any ideas about where to get the pieces to attach it to the regulator. I haven't kegged any beer yet. This is my first attempt and someone was nice enough to give me the CO2 tank.

During this hot time of the year (and the fact that we lost power for a couple of days), how important is keeping a steady temperature during secondary. And if it gets hotter than you'd like, is there anyway to remedy that?

I just boiled the AHS 20th Anniversary IPA on Sunday. I bought it with another kit and didn't go through everything before brewing; I just pulled out the ingredients for the kit. 8 lbs Extra Pale Malt Extract 1 lb Crystal 75L 1 oz Newport 60 min 1 oz Falconer's Flight 15 min After putting...

I bottled my first beer, let it sit for three weeks at room temperature, then let it refrigerate for 3 weeks and it's overcarbonated. I used 5 oz of priming sugar and ended up with only a little over 4 gallons of beer. I have read some posts about recapping. Is this the best solution, or...

I just brewed my third batch yesterday and I keep reading more and more about how to improve my beer. I've read a lot about temperature control during fermentation and how different temperature work better for different yeasts. What are some tricks for temperature control? This time of year...

I have only brewed two batches of beer, both extract kits. But I would like to work up a recipe for a race me and some buddies are running in in the middle of May. The race is called Warrior Dash. So I'd like to feature Warrior hops and would like a pretty hoppy IPA. Should I look at the...

I got a bunch of free bottles from a beer tasting on Sunday afternoon. I poured out the last sip of each beer and soaked them in hot water with bleach for about 2 days. I rinsed them out with warm water last night and they are on drying racks. If I'm going to bottle on Saturday do I need to...

I recently dryhopped my ESB after it had sat in the secondary for a week. I put in 1 oz of hop pellets and let it sit for another week. The pellets expanded and floated on top. Just wondering if it might have worked better to rack onto the pellets to allow them to float through the whole 5...

Brewed my second batch of beer yesterday. It's a porter with 1/2 oz of cascade at 30 minutes. I put in the zest of 2 grapefruits with 5 minutes left, no aroma hops. I'm thinking about racking after a 10-14 days (assuming it's done) and adding a little more cascade as well as the zest of...

My house thermostat is set to 62 during the day while we're gone. The room I have my carboy in is probably a couple degrees colder than that. Will that have any negative effect? It's been in the secondary since Saturday and I plan on dry hopping this weekend for another couple of weeks.

I have read and talked to people about how long to wait before bottling and have gotten lots of different responses. I understand there isn't necessarily a "right" answer, but I was wondering what effect shortening or lengthening the time would have. My first brew, an ESB, was boiled last...