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    Soda keg - quick connect stuck

    Hi there, I've got a problem I'm hoping you can help me with. I believe I have stuck a quick connect fitting for a soda keg on the wrong side. I've tried everything but haven't been able to remove it. Does anyone have any tips and tricks? Many thanks.
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    March pump fittings question

    Hi there, I've acquired a March 809-PL-HS pump from a friend and I'm wondering what fittings I require to connect tubing to each side. I obviously need some sort of female barb fitting, but I'm wondering if there is a specific material I should get. I'm not a real DIYS home brewer so any...
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    Conditioning beer in keg

    Hi there, I brewed a black IPA approx. 3 weeks ago. After 10 days I took a gravity reading and racked into a secondary filled with toasted coconut. I have taken another gravity reading and it has completed fermentation. I tasted the beer at that time and the coconut is quite strong but...
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    Need help - bottling tonight

    I'm getting ready to bottle a Heffe so I went over to tastybrew to use their priming sugar calculator. It's telling me to use twice the amount of priming sugar I generally use for pale ales. I understand that a heffe has a higher level of carbonation, but twice as much? When I squeeze my PET...
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    Never have explosive fermentation

    I've made somewhere around a dozen batches now, give or take a few, and I've yet to get anywhere close to clogging up my airlock. I've never really had more than a few inches of krausen. I read so much about blow off tubes being essential but the one time I decided to use one (a high abv beer...
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    Off smell in pale ale

    Hi everyone, After making a really stupid mistake I was forced to throw out around 50 Litres of beer. It was pretty demoralizing to say the least. I've since licked my wounds and decided to brew two very simple batches of beer. No more cart before the horse, as they say. I've got a new...
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    Help! Awful smell from carboy

    Hi there, A while ago I inquired about brewing beer and transporting it without yeast. The general response was that it's fine to transport a batch of wort as long as it's sealed. So this weekend a friend and I brewed a few batches of beer and put the cooled wort in a carboy. Due to...
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    Home Brew Supply - Market info (Canada)

    Hi there, I'm doing some research on home brewing in Canada and am hoping to glean as much information as possible from this site. Specifically, I'm looking for market research and financial reports for home brew supply shops. I've had a hard time finding this information on the internet...
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    Travel with carboys?

    I've got a two-part question for everyone this morning. 1. A friend and I are "brew mates" and have been making beer in his parents back yard/shed all summer long. Now he's moving and won't have a yard at his new place. Because of the lack of appropriate brewing space we will still meet...
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    Aw dang, messed up! *help

    So, a friend and I decided to brew "Hopfather" as seen in Extreme Brewing. We followed the directions word for word, changing only the timing of our DME addition at the advice of fellow HBT users. I'm fairly confident that our timing and technique was spot on according to the directions, but...
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    My newb reflections

    Having completed only three brew sessions, I would like to share a few observations with my fellow newb-brewers. These anecdotes are not meant to expertly instruct, but rather inform or warn rookie brewers like myself of some of the problems I have run in to thus far. Most of my observations...
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    Purchasing an aerator

    Hi there, After a lot of reading on these forums I've decided to purchase an aerator. I would like to go the O2 tank route because it seems like the most efficient method. However, my local brew store only carries fish tank-style aerator pumps. I'm wondering where I can purchase O2/aerator...
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    Check out this recipe

    Hi there, I'm a complete noob and I'm trying to mess around with a few recipes I've found. What do you think about the following? http://hopville.com/recipe/680066/american-brown-ale-recipes/roasted-chocolate-orange-brown-ale Any input is greatly appreciated!
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    What kind of sanitizer

    Thread Fail everyone....I was on my phone and couldn't see a number of other threads that would answer my question. Please feel free to close!
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    Smoked fruit, not malt

    Hi there, I just had a question pop into my head that I hope you can help me out with. When brewing a smoked beer, I know that there are a few methods of imparting the desired flavour into the wort. You can use smoked malt in its various forms, smoked peat or "liquid smoke" extract. What...
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    Difference in carbonation within same batch

    Hi everyone, As I mentioned in a previous post I brewed and bottled my first two batches last month and am just now cracking open a bottle to enjoy the finished product. Batch number 2 is still bottle conditioning and carbing, but my question today pertains to batch #1. I bottled batch...
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    New to brewing, new to brewtalk

    Hi everyone, I know there is an introductions area, but I thought I'd give a "hello" to everyone out there as well as a big "thank you" for the insight you have provided me with over the past few months. As a new home brewer, the information I have gathered on here has become an invaluable...
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