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How long can I leave the beer in the Secondary Fermenter (Bucket) before I have to keg it, without it going off. I went mad with my brewing and I have 2 batches of beer that will be ready for kegging this Saturday (They have been in the secondary for 2 weeks). The problem is I have run out of kegs.

Thanks for your replies. I'll try 2 weeks in the secondary. I do take the SG

It told me to boil 2 quarts then add the sugar and the kit. Once the sugar had disolved to then add it all to cold water to make 5 gallons

I'm new to brewing beer. I'm using kits at the moment and was wondering what time periods most people use for fermenting. I'm leaving it for one week for Primary Fermentation and then a week for secondary. Then I'm kegging it. Do these times seem right? 2 weeks in total befor kegging

I tried Gimp and dind't like it. it's very basic. You can't manipulate the text. I use word and microsoft paint

Try your local brew shop. The one I use its $13.00

Yes it was. So is the new one

Eveything was all in one can. I just boiled the water added the sugar. Then when the sugar was disolved added the contents of the can. Then the yeast was added once it was between 70 & 80 degrees. I have another batch on the go and that is very dark as well

I brewed my first batch of beer from a kit. It is a Coopers Bitter. I have kegged it and force carbinated it. It tastes realy good but the problem is that its very dark in color. Its about the same color as guiness. Why isn't it the proper color of a bitter. What do you tnihk I did wrong. Any...

Hi what is the normal start specific gravity of it, before you add the yeast?

Hi All This is my first batch of making hard Cider and I have a few questions. Firstly. The receipe calls for sugar to carbonate it. I will be kegging it and force carbonating it. Do I still need to add the sugar to the keg? Secondly the recipe states to leave it 3 months after...

Hi Everyone. I'm new to kegging. My question is what PSI should I set the CO2 when force carbinating 5 gallons of Hard Cider? I want bubbles in my cider Also how long do I leave it at this Pressure? I can find lots of information on the web for beer but not for hard Cider. Any help will...