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How long is 2 long to leave in primary fermentor?

how long is to long to leave in primary? brewed a week ago and now might not have time to bottle fo a while. can it be left inprimary to long?

Bubbling stopped after 2 days in primary fermentor air lock usually stops after 5-7 days? Is that a problem?

So I bottled my first brew yesterday with a bottle filler and was very inconsistent with how far the beer was filled in the bottles. Will that cause any type of problem with carbonation if bottle is filed less than 1 inch from top? Also I seemd to make such a mess with the filler leaking after...

Ok so I bottled my first batch of brew and now I have the task of cleaning, buckets, tubes & siphoner. What should I use to clean these items? Do I use soap? Any suggestions on cleaning siphoning tubes as well?

So I am going to bottle my first brew this weekend. When I siphon from my primary to bottling bucket should I let the bottling bucket settle for a day or so? Or should I bottle right away?

Ok so it was my first brew and was curious about what was taking place in my bucket. So I opened it and closed it several times after the bubbling really slowed. Is that a problem or did I let out some magical fermenting gas? I Will do better next time but just wanted to learn and what was...

Ok so this was my first attempt at brewing. Can't wait to actually do it so I can be outside drinking a few brews in warm weather. Anyhow since this was my first brew after 3 days of fermenting and the bubbling stopped my curiousity got the best of me. I opened my bucket several times to see...

My batch is just about finished fermenting and I just found out that i need to l go away for 7 days will it be ok to wait and bottle? Don't have time before I leave?

Does that mean I am good to go?

Just brewed my first batch ever of wheat and has been fermenting for 4 days and no longer bubbling. So my curiosity got to me and peeked in. Smelled like beer but muddy film on top. Is that ok. Will that dissolve or drop to bottom. Or is it not correct?

Hey beefloaf I see you are from Lancaster, I live in Ephrata. Just starting to get into this brewing thing. I figured I might as well give it a try as I love trying different brews and heck why not brew them my self.. I have to admit I have the newbee worries. Kind of would suck spending...

Will infected beer ferment or will it not even ferment? My beer has been bubbling away for 2-3 days and since it is my first beer I am not sure if the smell I am smelling is correct or infected? I really can't describe the smell? I will be honest I just started to read about how important...

If I use a fruit flavoring extract at bittling should I reduce my priming sugar? 3-4 oz of cherry flavoring from brewers best>

New to brewing and I was wondering what you experts think about the brewers best fruit flavoring especially cherry. Thinking about trying cherry wheat? Any tips?