Recent content by Amatxbrew

And tell me more about this bright tank. Do you just mean like a carboy where light can come into contact with the beer? Sorry I've got so many questions, just really caught the home brew fever and want to learn everything.

Sounds like a plan, I have also read about adding diluted gelatin to the secondary prior to bottling to clean some of the "stuff" out, any feelings on this? Also I guess I just assumed that the stuff on the bottom was caused by the yeast carbonating the beer, from what I'm getting, it is...

I'm sure this question has been asked a million times but I'll ask again. I've brewed about 6 different beers and after bottling there is always yeast at the bottom. I understand that this is part of home brewing and in some cases desired. But I like making beer for friends and family and not...

Lots of thanks everyone, I think that I have not let the beers sit long enough. When I said secondary I meant my bottling bucket. From all of the previous articles I read regarding the subject, the common consciences is that the the beer should be carbonated after only a week which I now know...

I'm very new at brewing, I'm just now getting a taste of my third batch(amber ale) and the beer is great! The only problem is that it didn't carbonate to the point that I would have liked. I only used a primary fermenter and when I was ready to bottle I put the priming sugar in the secondary...