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I have finally built a keezer and beginning to keg. I have heard a lot of people lager in a keg. When doing so do you put Co2 on? If so at what pressure? Thanks

So with my last 2 brews I decided to try to understand the ph of my mash a bit better. I have been studying up on water chemistry and how to adjust ph to appropriate ranges. I picked up some of the ph test strips. One set of the beer range strips and another set that can test wider ranges. Both...

I am beginning to get equipment together to start kegging. I was able to get an old 20lb CO2 tank. It seems to be still full of CO2. However it has probably been in there for 15 plus years. Is the CO2 still good? Should I use it or purge and refill? Thanks

Entering a beer in a local competition. When entering online only asked me what type of beer and category. Printed out the label and it has a section for info. What type of info do they want there? All the directions and rules do not state anything. Should I write anything in there? It is a...

I am planning on entering a Kolsch that I brewed into a local Homebrew competition. The question I have is whether the judges score the beers cold or warm? This particular beer is crystal clear warm. But then gets a chill haze if only fridged for a day or so. When I let it fridge for a week or...

I am still new to all grain but wanted to try to brew an Octoberfest using a Multi Step Infusion Mash. I use a 10 gallon round cooler for a tun. I am using the Northern Brewer Octoberfest all grain kit which includes 11.5 lbs of malt for a 5 gallon recipe. I am not sure if I should perform a...

So I brewed what I guess I would call a Chocolate Coffee Cream Stout. Brew day went well and smelt great. Fermentation seemed to go well and smelled good, tasted a bit on the high alcohol side but not bad. Put the stout in a secondary for 10 days with cocao nibs and course grain dark coffee...

So it is the end of the day here and I was reflecting on my first all grain batch today. Started off good until I checked the ph of my mash with the cheapo strips. Was not changing color. I checked my spring water which should have changed color for neutral and still nothing. Awesome bad strips...

1st all grain batch. Beer smith says pre boil gravity should have been 1.044. Ended up 1.035. Should I live with it or add dme. Kolsch recipe 8 lb pilsner 1 lb Vienna 8oz Munich Mashed in 163 deg water for 148 deg mash. 75 min rest. 3.5 gal. water. Sparged in 5 gallons 170 deg per beer smith...

1st all grain batch. Beer smith says pre boil gravity should have been 1.044. Ended up 1.035. Should I live with it or add dme. Kolsch recipe 8 lb pilsner 1 lb Vienna 8oz Munich Mashed in 163 deg water for 148 deg mash. 75 min rest. 3.5 gal. water. Sparged in 5 gallons 170 deg per beer smith...

So I brewed my first IPA. It was an Alesmith clone recipe that I got off this forum. I tried my first bottle that had been carbing for 2 weeks. When I poured it, it looked great with an excellent head. I took a smell and it had very nice citrus and floral aromas. As I drank it, it was ok, did...

Getting a new fridge delivered today and the old one is going to be my fermentation chamber. Got an STC 1000 built and ready to go. What should I brew first? Lager or ale? Not sure I want to tie it up for a couple of months with a lager just yet. But it is becoming time to start that...

I have an old 48 quart cooler in which the spigot is broken and want to covert to a mash tun. However it is very scratched up inside. Will it be ok to use? Concerned about bacteria but I figure I will boil once through the tun so may be ok? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Bottled a 5 Gallon Batch of American Pale Ale. I cooked up 1 lb priming sugar and 2 cups of water. Sampled a bottle after 1 week carbing and it tasted very sweet and sugary. Prior tastes to bottling were not that sweet. Did I use too much sugar? Last 2 brews were kits that added same amount of...

I brewed a 2.5 Gallon extract batch of I guess I'm gonna call it a Pale Wheat. 1.5 lb Wheat DME 1.4 lb Pale LME .5 lb Light .25 oz Chinook 60 mins .75 Cascade 60 mins .25 Cascade 15 min .25 Citra 5 min Wyeast 1056 American ale (66 Deg Fermentation) OG was 1.066 7 days ago...

I brewed my first lager and it is currently conditioning in a carboy in the Fridge at about 40 F. After I bottle what temp should I leave the bottles at for carbonation? I have heard fermentation temp (I fermented at 55 F). This was a kit beer and it says 64 to 70 F. I am just not sure what...

I brewed my first lager about 6 days ago. I used the Brewers Best Vienna Lager kit. I pitched the yeast (was at room temp) dry. Wort at 60 Deg. OG was 1.045. has been sitting at 53 Deg. in my basement. No bubbling. Waited until today to check the gravity and the gravity did not move still at...