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I'm at my wits end here. I've got a co2 leak...somewhere. No idea where it is though. I knew I had a problem so last weekend I took out all my kegs and replaced a few bad poppets and all of the o-rings, lubed up for good measure. Pressure tested them all with the starsan water test and...

Several years ago my wife bought me a kitchenaid grain mill. We were living in an apartment at the time so it was great because it didn't take up much space and we already had a stand mixer. I usually hit my numbers with it so I kept it all these years, even after we bought a house. The mill...

Sorry if this has been posted before, I did some research on this but wasn’t able to find anything with this exact set up. I’ve been out of the fermentation game for quite some time now, hoping to get back in to it this summer. I got to thinking about pressure fermentation and how I could make...

Hoping someone else has run into this issue. Long story short, my Igloo cooler isn't cooling anymore (FRF1050). When I plug it in it sounds like the compressor is trying to kick on for about 5 seconds or so, then it makes a single click noise and stops. It'll continue doing that without...

I've been wanting to put together a big cherry stout for a while now and since I promised my wife a beer for when she's done being pregnant I figured this is as good of a time as any to go for it. I've put together recipes before but nothing like this so I'll take all the help I can get...

Hey guys, long time no post, obligatory excuses about being busy and what not My wife and I are expecting our first kid in mid-November, so to commemorate the occasion (and to ensure wife has tasty liquor available after what I hear is a fairly painful ordeal) I bought a 2 liter oak barrel...

I've got one of these but want something a bit bigger and with sides (lost a lot of good onions to the hellfires of the grill). I've got a veggie basket that works alright but it's a pain to clean and since it's a basket, doesn't give a flat hot cooking surface for burgers. I did find this...

I feel sure this is a silly question, but I want to make sure I'm good before I do it... I'm in the process of building a keezer (4 kegs and 2 taps). I've only got a 2 way manifold at the moment, so my plan was to force carbonate the two that would be tapped first at serving pressure, and...

I just realized tomorrow is daylight savings time, don't forget to turn your clocks back. So the burning question on everyone's mind is: What are you going to do with that whole extra 60 minutes? I haven't brewed in ages, and I've got ingredients for a porter and a saison. I think I'll...

Two parter: 1) Anyone know of a good place in Columbia or the surrounding area to get CO2 refills? If I buy a new tank, the last thing I'd want to do is exchange it for one that was made during the Bush administration. 2) If you take your tank to a welding shop (or a place that uses CO2...

Don't think the booch section is big enough yet to have a new thread for each recipe... After you've got your basic recipe down pat, what are some of your favorite additions, fruit or otherwise? My basic recipe is about a gallon of water, 2 tablespoons of tea leaves, a cup of sugar, and...

I've about got my process down to where I'll brew a batch of tea, add a few ladle fulls of already made kombucha, fruit, and let it sit for about 5 days before bottling. My question is, how long can I keep my "reserve booch" sitting on the counter before it goes south? I'm guessing it will...

Hey all, another kegging newbie with some stupid questions. I’m nickel and diming my kegging setup, buying a piece or two here and there when they’re on sale. So far I’ve got 2 scratch and dent ball locks and I just ordered two Perlick faucets and a Johnson temperature controller. My long...

Missed the boat on Thanksgiving, but Christmas and New Years are coming up around the corner. Hopefully if you're planning on gifting some brews they're already in the fermentor. I've got a few bottles of strawberry wine, some skeeter pee, a sweet cider, a coffee stout, barleywine, blonde...

You've got a small gathering planned at your house. Nothing fancy, just a few people getting together. What's on the menu? Lately I've been smoking boston butts. It's easy, doesn't require maintenance, and it's very tasty. Pizza is always a crowd pleaser too. :rockin: So, what do you cook...

My original plan was to get a starter going today on a stir plate, brew today, and pitch sometime tomorrow or late tonight. I used up the last of my DME making a starter, and managed to get some dirty water in there (by being a ******* and not paying attention), and I didn't feel confident on...

I've done a few batches of JAOM with store bought honey, but I'm a total newbie with "real" mead. My wife works with a guy that keeps bees. They got to talking and a deal was struck that he'll give us 15 pounds of honey to make mead, and the end result will be split with him 50/50. Given the...

After scouring craigslist for weeks, I finally came across some cornies. They look pretty beat, but I don't see how that affects the functionality. The guy is asking 40 for the both of them. I haven't done any kegging at all yet so I'm a total n00b at this. Does anyone see anything...

Hi all. I brew beer/wine but this is my first venture into kombucha. A bit of background: I ordered a scoby and a 2 gallon crock from amazon, both arrived 2 weeks ago. When the scoby got here, the packet it came in with tea was warm to the touch. I didn't get around to doing anything with it...

Just what the title says. I put together some watermelon wine yesterday and followed the sugar recommendation from keller's recipe (3 gallon batch uses 7.5 lbs of sugar, scaled to 5 gallons = 12.5 pounds). I thought that seemed like much but hey, it's Keller, he knows what he's talking...