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I have been putting a 6 pack away from each of the kits that I brew with the thought process of having a tasting party one day. I was talking to someone over the weekend and they said that too long can ruin the beer. What is the longest that my beer can sit in a bottle and still be good? Will...

Didn't really know where to put this one, but since it relates to a keg I went here Pretty good use of technology

Good morning. I brewed an AK47 Pale mild from NB a couple weeks ago and bottled last night. I My OG was 1.032 and my FG was 1.003. Fermented for 2.5 weeks (instructions called for 2) at 68 degrees. When I bottled it last night, during the transfer I noticed that it was very cloudy in the...

I just got a new atc tempature correcting refractometer with specific gravity. Callibrated to 1.000 sg with distilled water and took a reading of a cream ale that I am about to bottle. The sg 1.021. So I took a hydrometer reading to compare and that says 1.008. Am I doing something wrong?

I brewed an extract extra pale ale from nb. I bottled it and am letting it condition. Today I noticed lots of particles floating in every bottle and a bunch of white sediment on the bottom that looks fluffy. Anyone else ever see this?

Does anyone have any opinions on what are good tasks to combine on a day for multiple brews. For example I was thinking about brewing and bottling one of mine on the same day. I can bottle during the 60 minute boil. That way I save on sanitizer and hauling all the equipment out of the...

So I tried my first brew tonight, an extract irish red ale, and it tastes a little watery and flat. Followed the instructions to a t. 2 weeks primary 2 weeks secondary, 2 weeks bottle and 3 days in fridge. Any thoughts or suggestions.

Question about secondary containers. One does size matter? If I have a 6 gallon container can I only put 5 (or less on batch size) in without any ill effects or should I fill as much as I can. Second question, does it have to be a carboy or can it be a 6 gallon food grade bucket, like what...

Just got done bottling my first ever batch. I ended up with only 46 bottles and that was by tilting the bottling bucket. I noticed when I siphoned that there was only about 4.5 gallons in the bottling bucket. Is that normal (after a couple hydrometer readings) and a little spillage when...

I am looking for recommendations on what to use as a cleaner for the bottles that I've been collecting from drinking lots of six packs. I got most of the labels off and now I just want to give them a good cleaning before bottling day where I will sanitize and then bittle. This is my first batch...

Sorry if this has been repeated, couldn't do a good search on my phone. Can you save sanitizor solution? I'm transferring my first batch to a secondary on sunday and was planning on mixing the sanitizor solution in a five gallon carboy to sanitize that, but then I was going to pour that into a...

Hi everyone, Brand new to this hobby and did my first batch past monday. By tuesday my airlock was bubbling away, but by thursday it had stopped. The recipe called for two weeks in the fermenting bucket. Is this normal?