New Brewers and FAQs

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1. Keg Size

   By Topkick Brewing, October 17, 2015   

   • LBK
   • Batch
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     • LBK
     • Batch
     • Size
     • 2gal
   • 16 replies
   • 1,220 views
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   • D Kristof
   • July 12

2. Upcoming Brewing Schedule 1 2 3 4 6

   By MrWhy, February 22, 2016
   • 570 replies
   • 23,740 views
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   • Bonsai & Brew
   • July 3

3. Carbonation Issue

   By kurtpepp3, June 26
   • 14 replies
   • 130 views
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   • zorak1066
   • June 29

4. Cold crashing - what it is, and why do you care?

   By RickBeer, May 25   

   • cold crashing
   • 6 replies
   • 118 views
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   • StretchNM
   • June 26

5. First Batch CAL

   By Lukon, April 19
   • 17 replies
   • 259 views
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   • RickBeer
   • June 17

6. Another Yeast Question - Ale and Lager

   By StretchNM, June 16
   • 7 replies
   • 86 views
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   • Brian N.
   • June 16

7. Table Sugar vs Detrose

   By Lukon, June 14
   • 4 replies
   • 62 views
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   • Creeps McLane
   • June 16

8. Brewing with Just HME?

   By StretchNM, June 12
   • 14 replies
   • 148 views
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   • RickBeer
   • June 13

9. John Palmer - Dont Add Sugar! (?)

   By StretchNM, June 8   

   • voodoo ale
   • 24 replies
   • 209 views
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   • Shrike
   • June 11

10. How long does the beer keep?

    By HollywoodTRBros, June 7
    • 8 replies
    • 90 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • June 8

11. Proper Storage of Comsumables

    By StretchNM, June 6
    • 8 replies
    • 126 views
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    • StretchNM
    • June 6

12. Over carbonated

    By Rjg08, May 31
    • 4 replies
    • 98 views
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    • zorak1066
    • June 4

13. fermenting times

    By ewildcat7, May 31
    • 9 replies
    • 139 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • June 2

14. oxydized beer

    By Marion, May 27
    • 6 replies
    • 98 views
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    • zorak1066
    • May 29

15. 2gal fermenter from cooper

    By Marion, May 27
    • 1 reply
    • 77 views
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    • RickBeer
    • May 28

16. SUCCESS - with an All-Grain English Pale Ale!

    By StretchNM, May 22
    • 3 replies
    • 172 views
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    • StretchNM
    • May 23

17. SUCCESS!!

    By StretchNM, May 9
    • 8 replies
    • 265 views
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    • epete28
    • May 14

18. When to use a "Krausen Kollar"

    By Marion, March 28
    • 10 replies
    • 224 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • May 10

19. Storing Opened Can HME

    By Lukon, April 18
    • 3 replies
    • 118 views
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    • Cato
    • May 7

20. Czech Pilsner Hop Addition?

    By Kevin Caffrey, May 1
    • 6 replies
    • 143 views
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    • Kevin Caffrey
    • May 3

21. Oktoberfest tastes weird

    By JayBee, May 1
    • 9 replies
    • 170 views
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    • Shrike
    • May 2

22. Bottling with Wand and Siphon?

    By StretchNM, April 23
    • 5 replies
    • 135 views
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    • RickBeer
    • April 23

23. BeerSmith 3 on iPad

    By Lukon, April 21
    • 4 replies
    • 126 views
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    • Lukon
    • April 22

24. How to enter MB HME into Beersmith 2

    By Nightman, March 10, 2013
    • 1 reply
    • 226 views
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    • Lukon
    • April 21

25. Don't Sanitize Utensils In the Fermenter

    By StretchNM, April 18
    • 9 replies
    • 167 views
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    • Cato
    • April 19

26. Bottling/Carbonating in 1 Gallon Jugs

    By Lukon, April 18
    • 3 replies
    • 93 views
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    • Lukon
    • April 18

27. can I get a abv for beer that has already conditioned in bottle

    By Marion, April 14
    • 9 replies
    • 172 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 17

28. Boosting abv without MRB booster?

    By Mic-S, April 15
    • 14 replies
    • 178 views
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    • Mic-S
    • April 16

29. Full Mash Kit Instructions Faulty

    By StretchNM, March 19
    • 31 replies
    • 471 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 15

30. How Beer is Made

    By StretchNM, April 15
    • 0 replies
    • 76 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 15

31. Ferment or Cold Crash?

    By Mic-S, April 12
    • 3 replies
    • 120 views
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    • RickBeer
    • April 12

32. Using a air stone to add oxygen to wort before pitching yeast

    By Marion, April 8
    • 9 replies
    • 285 views
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    • Cato
    • April 9

33. Bottle Capper

    By StretchNM, April 6
    • 27 replies
    • 449 views
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    • Cato
    • April 9

34. corbo drops vs sugar experiment

    By pborder, March 30
    • 10 replies
    • 249 views
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    • StretchNM
    • April 5

35. hydrometer vs refractometer

    By Marion, April 1
    • 5 replies
    • 117 views
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    • zorak1066
    • April 4

36. Infection Leading to Sour Aftertaste?

    By StretchNM, March 18
    • 17 replies
    • 339 views
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    • Jdub
    • March 30

37. All-grain Brew Day

    By StretchNM, March 25
    • 26 replies
    • 358 views
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    • StretchNM
    • March 29

38. Advice for Brewing "That Voodoo....."

    By StretchNM, March 27
    • 13 replies
    • 235 views
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    • Mic-S
    • March 29

39. Fermentation & Bottling

    By Rjg08, March 23
    • 6 replies
    • 186 views
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    • D Kristof
    • March 26

40. Sacked Hops in Fermenter

    By StretchNM, March 21
    • 7 replies
    • 128 views
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    • StretchNM
    • March 21

41. LME Softpack versus Brewmax Booster

    By Shadowspawn, March 16
    • 5 replies
    • 147 views
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    • Brian N.
    • March 17

42. carbo drops vs sugar

    By pborder, March 16
    • 3 replies
    • 153 views
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    • RickBeer
    • March 16

43. Carbonation versus Conditioning

    By StretchNM, March 10
    • 28 replies
    • 621 views
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    • RickBeer
    • March 15

44. TV Moonshiner and temptation...

    By Ted the Chilehead, March 10
    • 1 reply
    • 111 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • March 10

45. Star San

    By pborder, February 17
    • 6 replies
    • 235 views
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    • JoshR
    • February 27

46. Octoberfest

    By Tbird, February 24
    • 3 replies
    • 146 views
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    • Tbird
    • February 25

47. And the winners are.....

    By Guest System Admin, October 3, 2012
    • 82 replies
    • 2,527 views
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    • swenocha
    • February 22

48. Thanks

    By Vfwrider316, February 18
    • 2 replies
    • 171 views
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    • BDawg62
    • February 19

49. Extra time

    By pborder, February 10
    • 8 replies
    • 274 views
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    • Cato
    • February 10

50. First taste

    By DrDave, January 25
    • 29 replies
    • 524 views
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    • Mic-S
    • February 10

51. Adding flavors

    By Don H, February 3
    • 14 replies
    • 187 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • February 4

52. Purified Water VS Tap Water

    By KCullison86, December 30, 2015
    • 43 replies
    • 2,813 views
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    • Don H
    • February 3

53. Pet bottles problem

    By oldbagobones, January 31   

    • pet bottles going flat
    • 19 replies
    • 324 views
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    • gophers6
    • February 2

54. Hello!

    By HollywoodTRBros, January 19
    • 6 replies
    • 163 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 31

55. Next brew

    By pborder, January 18
    • 3 replies
    • 174 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 31

56. New brew kettle

    By Brewing4Fun, January 26
    • 18 replies
    • 356 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • January 28

57. Pipeline

    By pborder, January 25
    • 1 reply
    • 112 views
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    • Don H
    • January 26

58. Old LBK

    By pborder, January 25
    • 2 replies
    • 173 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 25

59. Can you cold crash for too long?

    By Clonedogg, January 24
    • 6 replies
    • 163 views
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    • MiniYoda
    • January 24

60. Splitting a batch

    By Brewing4Fun, January 24
    • 4 replies
    • 127 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 24

61. Propping Up Your LBK - No Trubal 1 2

    By RickBeer, January 31, 2015
    • 106 replies
    • 10,965 views
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    • Don H
    • January 23

62. S-04 & US-05 @ Low Temps

    By Fire Rooster, January 19
    • 11 replies
    • 387 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 21

63. Classic American Light Tweaking

    By Enzo, January 19
    • 12 replies
    • 251 views
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    • Enzo
    • January 20

64. 6qt Insta-Pot

    By Fire Rooster, January 16
    • 17 replies
    • 326 views
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    • RickBeer
    • January 18

65. Carbonation problem

    By oldbagobones, January 18
    • 1 reply
    • 147 views
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    • RickBeer
    • January 18

66. Caps Not Sealing

    By Fire Rooster, January 13
    • 19 replies
    • 366 views
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    • D Kristof
    • January 16

67. First batch

    By pborder, January 10
    • 9 replies
    • 235 views
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    • pborder
    • January 16

68. Bottling wand

    By pborder, January 14
    • 7 replies
    • 211 views
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    • Nickfixit
    • January 14

69. Creating a recipe database

    By MiniYoda, November 16, 2016
    • 89 replies
    • 4,235 views
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    • MiniYoda
    • January 14

70. Why does the Oktoberfest Lager recommend fermenting between 65-75F?

    By nathliea, November 1, 2018
    • 19 replies
    • 473 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • January 14

71. Risk vs Reward

    By Fire Rooster, January 11
    • 14 replies
    • 298 views
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    • Jdub
    • January 13

72. Hops

    By wagonblott, January 30, 2016
    • 30 replies
    • 1,378 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • January 12

73. If I bottle 2 days early, will my beer be ruined?

    By Enzo, January 8
    • 17 replies
    • 264 views
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    • Cato
    • January 12

74. Used wrong yeast

    By mikewiz, January 6
    • 5 replies
    • 182 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 9

75. Bottling wand

    By pborder, January 6
    • 4 replies
    • 131 views
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    • zorak1066
    • January 8

76. US-04 or US-05

    By Fire Rooster, December 22, 2018
    • 15 replies
    • 366 views
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    • SilverBrewerWI
    • January 8

77. Trying to brew again

    By SteveT, January 6
    • 3 replies
    • 123 views
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    • Brian N.
    • January 7

78. Bottles only half full

    By JRCasualBrewer, January 6
    • 2 replies
    • 119 views
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    • Brian N.
    • January 6

79. American Ale Ferment Time

    By Randygto67, January 3
    • 6 replies
    • 204 views
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    • Shrike
    • January 5

80. Partial Mash

    By Fire Rooster, November 29, 2018
    • 67 replies
    • 1,558 views
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    • Jdub
    • January 4

81. Temperature Controller

    By cconstantine307, January 2
    • 9 replies
    • 188 views
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    • Mic-S
    • January 4

82. Returning to Mr Beer

    By pborder, December 27, 2018
    • 12 replies
    • 303 views
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    • zorak1066
    • January 3

83. First Beer

    By CANbeernewbie, December 31, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 131 views
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    • Shrike
    • December 31, 2018

84. Mr Beer American Lager Temperature

    By tjndaltx, December 30, 2018
    • 8 replies
    • 187 views
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    • Brian N.
    • December 31, 2018

85. Newbie Question

    By Don H, December 29, 2018
    • 14 replies
    • 245 views
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    • D Kristof
    • December 30, 2018

86. My first bottling

    By DrDave, December 29, 2018   

    • bottling
    • 10 replies
    • 220 views
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    • RickBeer
    • December 30, 2018

87. Problem averted, hopefully

    By oldbagobones, December 28, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 137 views
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    • RickBeer
    • December 29, 2018

88. New to brewing. Anyone know Art Car IPA by Saint Arnold brewing co can be cloned with an lbk?

    By Haggard, November 28, 2018
    • 11 replies
    • 167 views
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    • Creeps McLane
    • December 29, 2018

89. Booster

    By pborder, December 28, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 156 views
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    • RickBeer
    • December 28, 2018

90. Light beer

    By pborder, December 28, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 171 views
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    • Cato
    • December 28, 2018

91. New Brewer Today

    By Grappler, December 25, 2018
    • 15 replies
    • 223 views
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    • zorak1066
    • December 28, 2018

92. Using yeast as nutrients

    By Palmiter1, December 15, 2018
    • 8 replies
    • 200 views
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    • MnMBeer
    • December 27, 2018

93. Dry corn sugar instead of booster

    By tjndaltx, December 17, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 189 views
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    • MnMBeer
    • December 27, 2018

94. VooDoo that I'm about to do

    By Mic-S, December 26, 2018
    • 12 replies
    • 142 views
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    • Shrike
    • December 27, 2018

95. 3rd time is the charm?

    By bigntall1983, October 15, 2017
    • 17 replies
    • 900 views
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    • bigntall1983
    • December 25, 2018

96. fermenting temperature

    By ewildcat7, December 20, 2018
    • 11 replies
    • 267 views
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    • Cato
    • December 20, 2018

97. Rehydrating yeast

    By Palmiter1, December 15, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 110 views
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    • RickBeer
    • December 15, 2018

98. Wort, Yeast & Temperature

    By Fire Rooster, December 13, 2018
    • 7 replies
    • 225 views
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    • zorak1066
    • December 15, 2018

99. did my bottling for first batch

    By RickC1970, November 19, 2018
    • 10 replies
    • 237 views
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    • zorak1066
    • December 14, 2018

100. Temp & Fermentation

     By Fire Rooster, December 10, 2018
     • 16 replies
     • 323 views
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     • BDawg62
     • December 12, 2018