Recent content by D0ug

you'll probably pop the cap or rupture the sealed soda bottle, the yeast will produce many times the volume of Co2 over the course of the fermentation than is available in the dead space of the sealed bottle.

Never experienced it just from time in ales myself, even leaving brews on the yeast for two or three months. But I always regret trying to brew in August, that's what I get for not setting up a cooler!

from my experience you can get autolysis by letting a beer go through primary fermentation and letting it clear in the same vessel, and then holding it at 80*F or better for a few more weeks in the fermentor. Works like a charm! Plenty of dead and dormant yeast and nothing else around for them...

Have you looked at it? I bet the hydro sample must be pretty clear by now. If your gravity is stable, cold crash and rack to keg. No worries IMO. :mug:

The OP's signature suggests he may have managed to do just that!

See, just goes to show, as a Home Brewer you do NOT want to go pro! Once you're doing it for 40+ hours a week, you probably spend your free time doing ANYTHING else! ;D

I've left beers in the primary for 2 months with no ill effects, I believe some have gone longer. It will be fine as long as your temps are stable and don't go much over 70*F after the initial active fermentation period. I think the big concern was yeast autolysis, but that was more of a...

OP: For what it's worth (and after reading the thread), it sounds like the father and daughters could use all the help they can get right now. In Maine there is a group that helps families who have lost a parent or child, they're called The Center for Grieving Children. I don't know if there is...

does this vendor participate on HBT? maybe someone should PM him...

When I'm pressed for time and need to crank out some dinner for the kids, my fall back is "Breakfast for Supper", French Toast and sausage (or bacon), with a side of fruit for the produce. The boys love it, and it's fairly painless for me.

The poll needs a new response: "Ha-ha! Just kidding, I never did this to my beer."

You can't. The best way to be sure is to look for the gravity readings to be the same over the course of about three days. Otherwise you can just leave it for three to four weeks and it will most likely be done by then.

Sam Adam's Nobel Pils, I like it. A nice lawn mowing beer, at least it is today. :D

70*F is a little on the hot side even for an ale. Usually mid 60's is a better target for primary fermenting. Bottle conditioning should be at 70, but primary is better around 65-ish.

Glad to hear she is open to counseling! That means there is still hope! This might be obvious, but it is time to start "husbanding" your marriage as you would your garden. Make a point of regularly spending time with her a few hours a night hanging out watching her shows with her, as well as...