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Hi. Ive got a beer that I've been working on for the last month. Two weeks in I transfered it to a secondary and added some gelatin. . . It cleared out VERY nicely. There were a few small floaties after two additional weeks in the secondary. I figured I would put it into the fridge to see if...

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It tastes good! I figured out the instructions are a generic instruction sheet that they send out with all of their kits. I probably did not mix it good enough before I took the OG. On the site they say you can add more or less water depending on what you want as a result. I went with the...

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It was The Munich Dark Lager extract kit. The instructions say S.G. should start at 1.055-1.040 and end below 1.020. which it did. I guess its just designed to come out this way.

Working on a munich dark lager from a kit. Its been sitting for about a month now, and is ready to go into bottles. Started at 1.040 and now its at 1.016 which should give me about %3 This is a bit lower then I was expecting. I was hoping for the 4.5-5% range. Two questions: Is there...

Hi all, Just read the idea of not using a secondary, and only using a primary. Sounds like its worth a shot, so I gave it a try. I got everything going and bubbling nicely along in my "primary" which I am using a glass carboy with a blow off tube. However I did not think to leave any head space...

I made a hard lemonade similar to this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/hard-lemonade-my-crazy-way-150111/ Just wondering if something like this needs to be stored cold, ie in my fridge? or will it stay good at room temp? or cellar temp? Should I be worried to leave it out?

Do you need to store it cold? or will it keep ok at room temp?

Can you clear this stuff up using gelatin? I started at 1.070 and am now at about 1.025. I put some into 2 liter soda bottles, can I stop the process by simply letting them carbonate a bit then chill down to 32-34 degrees? I read somewhere that you could, or do I need to let them ferment to...

Can you only half fill the keg and still force carbonate? How do you purge all the O2?

Do you have to add the gelatin at the time you transfer to the secondary, or once transfered for several days can you still add the gelatin? and how? Just dump it in the top? or is it too late? Also, can you leave it in the secondary for a longer duration of time say 6-8weeks? will it be ok...

Hi all, This is my first post, and i'm working on my very first batch. I've done all the reading I can including the "When to go from Primary to Secondary" post, but need some clarification (no pun intended). I'm brewing a box of Barons Premium Brown Ale. The instructions say to put in the...