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I have a RIS that has been bulk aging since 1/14/12. I was thinking about bottling in the next couple days. What do you guys think about carbonation? Do I need to toss some yeast in before bottling or can I just use my priming sugar and let them sit for 3 weeks?

Have Nugget Nectar and would like to trade for Pliny, Hopslam, Founders KBS or CBS, or Deschutes Abyss.

I was making my second starter ever last night for an Imperial Nut Brown I want to brew this weekend. I shook my vial of yeast before opening and it really fizzed up, leaking out of the top. The pressure forced a fair amount of yeast cake into the lid. So, in my attempts to get every cell into...

I am planning on a slightly higher gravity 5 Gallon brew this weekend (OG-1.086) and am going to be making my first starter. I am using Mr. Malty (as advised by many of the folks on here). I have a 2L starter flask. I have one vial of White Labs Ca. Ale. It appears that Mr. Malty is telling me I...

I just received the Pliny The Elder Extract kit from Morebeer and am slightly confused by the directions. On the list of hops it says to use 2oz of Magnum Hops for bittering and says to boil for 90 min. The Extract Additions portion says the Extracts/Additions (9.5 lbs Extract, 8 oz...

I am making a porter with a OG of 1.045 and a FG of 1.014. Everything went fine during brewing. Pitched 1 packet of dry ale yeast. After 2 weeks in primary I took my first hydrometer reading today and it is at 1.022. Any reason for concern? Should I give it more time? Shake it up a bit? Thanks...

I am brewing an Oaked Russian Imperial Stout kit and was supposed to put the oak in 3 days into fermentation and leave it in the primary for 10 days. (at which point the kit wanted me to bottle) I totally spaced putting the oak in the primary, which I left the batch in for 2 weeks, and didn't...