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Hey everyone, I am going to be switching to kegging my beer and had a few questions. I was wondering whether or not to use priming sugar to help carbonate the beer, or just force the Co2. If I was to age the beer for extended amounts of time, could I reduce or possibly eliminate the sediment? I was ...

I bottled it on Thursday. I tried it again today, seems to have good head retention already. Tastes, and smells a bit like wine.

What type of sugar would you recomend using? Corn sugar?

Thanx for the help!

I recently brewed a beer that was supposed to be in the style of a Classic American Pilsner. On bottling day, I took a taste test before and after adding the priming sugar. It had a really great flavor before the sugar was added, but when I tried it after I had bottled the beer, it tasted/and smelle...

After I cool the brew pot down between 80-90*F, I place a straining bag into the fermenting bucket, then I put 2 gallons of bottled water into the bucket. I dump the cooled wort into it, then top off with the bottled water, vigorously splashing. I wait maybe five minutes, then I use the spigot to fi...

(which I know is adding unfermentables, but I wouldn't think enough to boost the OG to 1.024!)

(meant to say 1.124) /\

I took the reading at about 70*F, but wouldn't it calculate a point or two higher?

For the belgian, I used 1# Flaked rice, 1# Carapils. The Stout I used 1# Chocolate malt and .5# Roasted Barley, .5# Black patent. I did put 5oz of Dark Chocolate in the boil (which I know is adding unfermentables, but I wouldn't think enough to boost the OG to 1.024!) For water, I use 2.5 gallons in...

I usually place the grains into cool water, and when it reaches boiling, I remove them.

My hydrometer is accurate, but the volume is less than 5 gallons because of the sediment.

I've been brewing for several months now and made some excellent beer, but lately, I've been having some high OG reads. Belgian special OG- 1.122 FG 1.012 Chocolate Stout OG- 1.124 FG 1.022 When I calculate my recipe's with beer tools, they are supposed to be around 1.060-1.070 OG I usually use 6lbs...