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The final gravity was 1.015. The bottles are in an earth basement that is usually in the high 60 range but we have had a cold snap here and it is now in the low 60's. I will move them up into the house tonight. We have had a lot of success bottling and will continue to but since this was our...

I used DME for the first time (usually use sugar/syrup) to carbonate my Samuel Smith Stout. I am in my 3rd week and opened one last night and have no carbonation. Is this normal? I know if takes a little longer with DME than sugar but am growing concerned. Can someone ease my mind and let me...

That was our thinking, that the yeast wouldn't use up much of the sugar that quickly. It is a bavarian lager yeast though.

About 4 gallons. not sure about bubbles, am at work away from the beer.

No, Saturday night around 10 we primed and started to bottle. Yes, we used secondary and put the bucket back in a fridge. Since both local brew stores were closed Sunday our plan was to continue to bottle tonight (Monday).

When bottling this weekend, we ran out of caps. We had already moved octoberfest into the bottling bucket and primed with corn syrup. After we ran out we capped and sealed the remaining beer in the bottling bucket and put it back in the fridge. Any recommendations on what to do? We are getting...

Hello, I am in search of a Sam Adams Oktoberfest clone recipe or a similar recipe that has the characteristics of the SA Octoberfest. Thanks.

Can I get a copy of your hacker pschorr octoberfest and paulaner marzen recipes, please? [email protected] Thanks so much.