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Okay so I have this stout that's been sitting in the keg for a while and I brought it out for a party this weekend. I didn't think I had carbed it at all yet so I hit it with 25psi overnight thinking that would carbonate it just enough then I could connect the beer gas and serve as usual...

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and if it's normal or a result of something in particular. My stout that I'm serving on nitrogen (beer gas) for the first time has a sort of metallic aftertaste at the end. I've Google'd and it seems like this is normal for some stouts. I...

Will be over there for almost 2 weeks, starting in Dublin and driving around the country through Kilkenny, Waterford, Tipperary, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Cavan, Portrush, and Belfast back down to Dublin. Any suggestions on beer-related stuff to check out while I'm there? Or any kind of stuff...

So I *finally* got around to hooking up my beer gas system for my first stout on nitrogen. Hooked everything up yesterday and things seemed tight and snug. Should have probably turned the gas off and made sure the nozzles were at the same spot the next day but hindsight is 20/20. Anyway after...

I searched but there are a ton of threads that mention gelatin so I thought I'd just ask some quick questions. I know you are not supposed to boil it. My questions are a) is it okay to just use regular unflavored gelatin found in a grocery store and b) how much do you use, the whole packet...

Finally just tapped my second brew (dunkelweizen) in my Sanyo kegerator and apparently didn't have one of the faucets tight enough on the shank. Beer explosion! :drunk: As soon as I plugged the liquid out socket in the beer was gushing in four directions out of the faucet connector! That...

I am having a really hard time finding people who will fill a smaller sized container of beer gas around here (and I live in DFW!). I must have called 50 welding, gas, etc shops and most said no. Best I can find is 20lb tank fill for about $39 with a $100 deposit on the cylinder. Does that...

Seems that there are two main types of stout faucets that I see online. There is this one: http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/taps-faucets-pid-JESF-4.html And the one from this page: http://www.northernbrewer.com/faucets-and-shanks.html Both pop up on eBay a lot so they can be had...

I am thinking about putting together a simple German Pilsner but I don't have the setup for lagering. I was wondering if it would be better to use a clean ale yeast such as Kolsch or to just use a lager yeast and have it ferment on the high side (68-69F). I wouldn't mind a little bit of ester...

I bought this kit: http://stores.kegconnection.com/Detail.bok?no=22 It didn't come with any instructions but it seemed straightforward. Got the CO2 tank filled, hooked up the gas line (to the IN). I opened the CO2 tank with the regulator attached, reads about 750psi. Cranked the regulator...

I put my secondary in there to crash cool before racking to keg. Set the thermostat deal near 5 because it didn't feel very cold in there. Just checked on it and my beer was starting to freeze! I didn't think it would get that cold, wow. So this won't have an adverse effect on the beer...

I have my kegging equipment just sitting there and my new batches are a few weeks out from being ready so I was thinking I might polish off an old batch by carefully pouring out the bottles into the keg and serving it that way. I'm thinking I could shoot some CO2 in there to kind of sit on the...

Will be adding nitrogen to my keg setup eventually and came across what seems like a good deal on a regulator. Looks like the proper CGA 580 connector to me. Look like the right kind of thing? I think it was bought to be used in some kind of car-nitro setup but it's new and unused...

Not asking whether you should use the restrictor plate to push CO2 but rather whether you can use a stout faucet as a regular faucet if you have a non-stout beer hooked up to it. The reason I'm asking is because I'll be doing the Sanyo kegerator and I plan to have a stout/nitrogen tap but I...

So I want to add a tower and dual faucets to my kegerator over time but I'm not sure what the most cost effective route is for doing what I want. I plan to replace the faucets with a forward sealing one and a stout faucet. So it seems like a waste to buy a whole kit and then replace the...

I have an opportunity to pick up a lightly used 4911 for cheap and I'm planning on doing the kegerator conversion. Is there any relevant difference between the 4911 and the 4912 that would change the conversion process? Thanks. :)

So I'm researching into all the kegging now as it's something that I really want to start doing. In addition to the typical CO2 setup I would really like to eventually build in the capability to do a nitrogen tap for my stouts and maybe others. So, first of all, I get the impression that...

I had some this weekend because my brother-in-law likes it. Man, it seriously tasted like skunked Perrier. Do people like that stuff? Does it actually taste good if it's not skunked? This was the 64-calorie "Premier Light" so maybe that has something to do with it.

I bought some of this stuff because I thought it might help clear my peach blonde in tertiary but the ingredients indicate it's supposed to be added before fermentation starts. Is it useless for this batch then?

So I made a Blonde that I wanted to mix with peaches. I pasteurized the peaches, cooled them, and racked onto them but it turned out with as much as I added there was not enough room in my clearing tank for about 3/4 gallon of beer. So I siphoned the rest off into another sanitized container...