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Just a quick question on how much time in the bottle is good. I made an IPA about a month ago, a week and a half in the primary and 2.5 weeks in the secondary and I'm going to bottle it tomorrow, in hopes it will be done for Christmas. How many days in the bottle until it is carbonated enough?

So my JAO was just bottled up, read the newspaper through it today. But there were a few signs that did concern me. The taste is wonderful, but with a slight off taste which I hope will die down. But there is a very strong smell to it, and I'm not exactly sure what it is. I'm assuming that...

So while perusing the library here at school I happened upon this book in the shelves. Very interesting to say the least, a must read for everyone who makes mead. One especially caught my eye, An Excellent White Meathe. In this recipe, he states that after a week to seven days he bottled this...

So the JAO 1-gallon that I started a month a a few weeks ago cleared over a week ago. I was wondering if I should wait the 2 months, although the recipe states that when it clears, it's good to go. Would there be any harm in bottling this now that it has cleared? I would hate to have bottles...

So after my first beer was done, a pumpkin spice ale, I got to thinking about reasons it went wrong and I came across one that might explain the sour taste and smell coming from the beer. When pouring the wort into the fermenter, I did not have a strainer at the time, so all the hops that we...

So just popped open the first Pumpkin Spice Ale today after 1.5 weeks in the bottle. There were sludgy strings which I assume to be yeast in the glass when poured and a super sour smell. It was in the primary for 10 days, then has been in the bottle for about a week and a half. I assume that...

So I'm going to be making an IPA sometime today and was just wondering what would be good to put in the secondary? I'm going to dry hop it in the secondary, but looking to be some extras in there too. I was thinking that maybe some cloves would go well in there, seeing as how it is almost the...

So to get the last bit of beer on the bottom of the carboy, my roomate and I tried to siphon it out using my mouth. Now, I swigged listerine around for a good 2 minutes. But while starting the siphon, some beer went in my mouth then into the bottle bucket. I was wondering what the chances of...

I noticed the other morning when I woke up that there was condensation in the airlock. I have Southern Comfort in it (only alcohol I had to fill it up with), and was wondering if this is due to the weather changing outside (getting colder) or what? Any suggestions?

So my first batch for the first 2 days was going along nicely, at about 2 airlock bubbles per second. But then this morning I woke up and it had stopped. Sat there for a good two minutes and saw no bubbling in the airlock, and it's only the third day. I'm making a pumpkin spice ale, is this...

So I have my first batch fermenting away nicely in the carboy, but another problem has arisen. I bought a True Brew starting kit for really the fermenter and the bottling attachement, but I found out when I was sanitizing everything that the fermenter leaks around the spigot. Anyone else have...

Just went to the store and bought a kit with some extra hops and yeast by advising of the store owner, cool guy. But I forgot to ask him whether or not I should keep the hops and the yeast in the fridge or not until I use them tomorrow. Any suggestions?

So a quick question on LME's and adding hops. If I plan to add hops, what kind should they be? Since the LME needs to only boil for 15 minutes or so, would I add a low AAU hops, or a higher content one? And if I do add a higher content one, would I boil the LME for 30 minutes or longer?

So in preperation for my first batch hopefully getting started Monday (fingers crossed), I have ran into a problem. How do you sanitize the 5 gallon carboys? Using a big bucket and just mixing together your sanitizer in there and cleaning it in the bucket?

So taking the advice you all gave, I am now rereading How To Brew, and this time taking notes through the whole book. I think that by doing this, I will gain a better understanding of the process and insight into the biology behind it (though I have come across Brew Science books that don't...

It seems to me, reading through Palmer's "How To Brew" that most of the steps he writes in are unnecessary. I can understand boiling the water to sanitize it, but boiling the wort for so long and all these other boilings seem a bit unnecessary. Most brewing materials I have read seem to use a...

Greetings from here in Raleigh. I'm a college student looking to get into brewing beer after making a few batches of mead. Need a little more hands on product, and one that takes a little less time. I'll probably end up having beer and mead going at the same times anyways, for good rotation...