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Have a keg setup. Manifold Gas lines Beer lines Perlick Taps There are 3 total taps. The first 2 dispense at a different rate than the third. I tried to isolate just the faucet and it seems to be the faucet. I would like them to all flow the same. It seems that the first 2...

Got all of my parts for my kegging project. I turned the fridge off 2 days before.. I drilled 2 small holes to mount the manifold and blue liquid come out of one of the holes. Oh @#$% must have hit a refrig line. started the fridge and now it won't cool. Pissed now, I take a hole...

Just finished a kit and waited patiently... This beer is from a well known supplier, no it does not have Watermelon flavoring in it.. lol. But it does have some really strong alchohol taste. That is not a bad thing but it is not balanced with the rest of the beer... The question is...

I have about 4 batches under my belt and ready to bottle the last of them... They all have tasted alright, not great but alright.. Here is what I have in my process... Bull boil Hops in full boil then strain when putting into primary. Primary for 10 days Secondary for 2 weeks Bottle...

I have been thinking about improving my Fermentation temps with a compact fridge of some sort as per my question from another thread. Here are my current questions.. Controlling fermentation is really important from what I understand. Would the most critical be during the primary...

Anyone have any experience with the Small Sanyo or Kenmore fridges for fermentation? I am particularly looking for a carboy to fit. Thanks...

CO2 Inside or outside.. I was thinking outside. Allow me to pressurize and store without opening the fridge all the time.... Is a controller necessary or recommended for the fridge kegerator..? Thanks....

Can anyone shed some light on Refractometers? I just ordered the B3 MT702 that supplies its own light source... I did not get the temperature compensating model.. Can anyone shed some experience with these? Did I order the wrong thing? I would like to use this for both beer and...

I am trying to figure out if I have the right equipment. I was sold a wine bucket.. I really wanted to primary in glass. Any benefit? I have 1 6.5 carboy.. 3, 5gal carboys.. What to use? Headspace is a concern in primary or secondary or both? What is degassing...

I was getting all my ingredients for my first Apfelwein. Can't wait. Then I had a thought.. Yeah I know. What about wine? White or red? I have most of the carboys... I have 3 5 gal carboys I can certainly use that for Ed's Apfelwein.. They sold me a bucket for the wine saying it...

Just finished my 4th brew... Having alot of fun with this new hobby. I also just tasted my first brew, a Fat Tire clone.. Wow! It was actually good.. I was kind of nervous.. Hmm.. I really did have my doubts... So the question at hand.... What to brew next... I have a full boil...

I have been really diligent in not touching my beer.. Arghhh... 10 days in primary and 2 weeks in secondary.... I have bottle a Fat Tire clone. Have 2 more brews in secondary now.. Question.. Aging beer? Do you age in the secondary.. Or in the bottles.. And also at what temp? I hear...

I was just about to bottle my first batch of my homebrew. I was gathering all the pieces... I have a bottling bucket from B3 and a bottle cane? A tube with a spring loaded tip to bottle. The tube doesn't fit into the spigot of the bottling bucket. ?

I would like to go all grain.. I am taking one step at a time. I would like to improve my wort chilling. I was reading that recirculating my wort while using an immersion chiller is a very efficient way of doing that. Have read about the magnetic drive pumps that can be slowed in...

I am steaping my grains for my extract kits.. Can I mash them? If so. What Mash Lauter tun is acceptable? I have read that you need a significant bed of grain to be effective.. So I thought that a 3 gal would be the ticket until my move to an all grain batch... Where can I purchase...

I have done some searches and have seen some people have been succesful with champagne bottles. Can you cap with a bench capper or must you use a wing style? Thanks..

I am making a 1000ml starter for a brew on Sat... Tonight too soon for the starter?

Can I use a 5 gal Mash Lauter Tun and do ? batch sparging? Using only one cooler ? I am new and would like to start partial Mini Mashes and don't know if I can do them in a full 10 cooler.. Too big.. Thanks..

I hear alot of talk about this beer? Brewery is in Quebec? I am going to CAN in a few weeks... Hmmm..

I am doing a Wheat beer this weekend from kit.. Should we also be brewing Belgians in the summer months due to its higher fermentation temps? Meaning they can handle the higher temps. I was told that the higher temps 80's yield banana flavors and the lower temps 70's yield a different...