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Bought a 1/2bbl keg from my LHBS. Would like to convert this to either a BK or MT. Regardless, how large of a hole should I cut in the top? I did a quick search last night and found a page that said 12" diameter hole. Is that the standard?

I've got an IPA in primary. Today it's been two weeks since being in the fermenter. I pulled the lid off today to dryhop and the krausen is still sitting on top of the beer. Shouldn't that fall once the beer is finished fermenting? London Ale lll sitting at 68*F I didn't take a reading yet, but...

After brewing a batch of beer..usually 5 gallons...I stick the fermenter in my basement because it stays a constant 65*F year round. Sometimes lower and sometimes higher but only by a degree or two. Anyway, in the summer months I run a dehumidifier down there. I wouldn't think so, but do you...

I loved making the switch to AG brewing. I still cannot wrap my mind around the volume of water needed for mash and striking...as well as what issues there'd be if I didn't use the correct amount. For example, Im brewing an IPA this weekend with 12.5 lbs of grain. The recipe that I found...

A buddy of mine had to sell his homebrew equip and so I picked up his converted keg. He only got as far as cutting a hole in the top of the keg and sanded the edges. Anyway, I have a 20 gal SS BK. A coleman extreme cooler I use as a MT. And another 5 gal pot I use as a HLT. Looking for...

IT WORKED! So I brewed an AG Zombie dust clone. Recipe was for 5gal. I was planning a 10gal batch, so I simply doubled the entire recipe and brewed it. Of course after brewing it, I then checked the forum and found that doubling the grain seems to work, but the hops don't work out that...

I found a recipe for an IPA all grain that I would like to brew this weekend. Recipe says 5 gal for fermenter volume. Normally I like to see 5.5 gal into the fermenter so that after dry hop absorption and leaving some of the yeast cake behind, I end up with 5gal kegging volume. Since the...

Turned out great. Still need to perfect the process a little though. The beer has been kegged for a little over a month and I've noticed that it's starting to lose the haze. It's getting clearer. Is this normal for a NEIPA after it sits for a bit?

Brewed an AG zombie dust clone on Sunday May 21. She was bubbling like mad the first couple of days. She's all but stopped by now and I dry hopped it. Took a reading on my refract and it's says 1.038. Could that be true?? I didn't make a starter and I used safale 04 dry with a yeast nutrient. Do...

So I was brewing a pale ale last weekend....while I was waiting for the wort to chill down, I was shopping on Amazon for a refractometer... Excited that it'll arrive in 2 days, I completely forgot to take an OG reading. F! Refractometer arrived. Will take a reading shortly... Question is...will...

I have a typical Danby kegerator that I bought from Home Depot and has treated me well for almost 5 years now. I recently bit the bullet and bought a dual co2 regulator and connected that to the co2 bottle. My bottle is now inside of the kegerator. My issue is: the dual regulator makes the...

Hello all, Brewed a 10gal batch of a pale today. Most went well other than forgetting to take a gravity reading before going into fermenter. Oh well! Anyway, lifting that much volume of liquid is starting to be a pain in the rumpus. I think it's time to buy a chugger pump. I just have a few...

Hey all, I have a water report from the Spring Water that I use. I'm brewing 10gal batch of a zombie dust clone this week. What are your recommendations on water additives, if any? Barium <.4 mg/L Calcium/CaC03 5 mg/L Chloride 2 mg/L Chromium <.02 mg/L Color 5 color units Copper <.001 mg/L...

Brewing a hoppy pale this weekend. My beers have been drinkable, but looking to improve them. To me, water is the next part to adjust. My water profile looks like this: Calcium/CaC03 5 mg/L Chloride 2 mg/L Sulfate 2 mg/L A little confused with Bru'n water, I entered in what...

Brewed an east coast IPA last month. I hit my OG of 1.042. I then let the yeast do its magic for about 2 weeks and dry hopped. Recipe in beersmith says my FG should be about 1.015. My FG was 1.020. What happened? Did I not let it fermenter out? Temp was about 64-67*F during fermentation for...

I bought one of the larger big mouth bubbler fermenters. I think it's 7gals. I've fermented 5-6 batches in it already and it works well. The last 2 batches have been literally exploding whereas the Krausen makes its way into the blow off tube and into my jar of star san. Why does this happen...

Hi All, Background: I have a typical Danby kegerator with digital thermostat and included 5' of beer line. I keep that between 37-39*F. I bought a dual tap tower and it came with two 10' beer lines at 3/16" ID, which now server both of my homebrews. I keep the gas pressure around 12psi...

Brewed a pumpkin ale. 5.5 gals into a big mouth bubbler (6.5 gals). Used a blow off tube into a jar of star SAN as recommended on another thread. Fermentation got wild on me and started flowing down the tube into the jar. No big deal as it only did that once or twice during ferm. Anyway...

I bought my kegerator at Home Depot which included 5ft of beer line. Every first pour would be very foamy with commercial kegs. After joining and reading through this forum, I did some calculations and decided to lengthen the beer line from 5ft to 10ft now that I have converted my commerciai...

Hi All, A buddy gave me two 1 gallon ziploc bags full of nugget hops. I will probably separate them in to 1 or 2oz bags, vacuum seal, and toss into the freezer until I am ready to brew. With that said, anyone have recipe suggestions for an IPA with nugget as the main hop? Or, what other...