Today both my IPA and california common were ready for their respective next steps.  I racked the IPA from the secondary to my second corny keg.  I’d dry hopped it, but that didn’t add as much aroma as I expected.  It was still fantastic!  Since I’d aged it in the secondary for about 10 days [...]

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I discovered these videos on youtube a while ago. This four part set is a great introduction to kegging. I thought they were very helpful and very well done. They were created by Chris Knight. I’m very impressed by the production quality of these videos.
Kegging 1 of 4
Kegging 2 of 4
Kegging [...]

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I drew the first few pints off my new cornelius keg last night - they were fantastic! I kegged the Midwinter Porter I brewed back in January. I wasn’t very satisfied with the last two dark beers I’d brewed - my mocha porter and stout both came off too malty, in my opinion. [...]

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I kegged my first batch of beer tonight. I put my Midwinter Porter into the keg that I got for Christmas. It went pretty smoothly, but there were a couple of hiccups. The place I got my keg (not my normal homebrew shop) didn’t give me very good instructions. They failed [...]

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My Christmas present this year was a cornelius keg kit. I picked it up yesterday and I’m very excited to keg my first batch of beer. The Midwinter Porter I just brewed will be my first draft beer.
I’ve been getting really tired of bottling over the last several months. The worst part [...]

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