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I have good stoudt that appears to have stopped fermenting. In primary for about 10 days, transferred to secondary for about 15 days. No signs activity since moving into secondary. OG was 1.062...after almost 25 days still only down to 1.30. Is this the end of it or should I try to re-introduce...

Has anyone used pearled barley in lieu of malted barley grains? I have a large amount of it available to me and am wondering if it's worth trying a batch with it ( I know....always worth trying )

I have a Czech Pilsner fermenting for almost three weeks now. OG was 1.046 and a few days ago is was 1.009....and it is still 1.009 ish. I am still getting a little activity through the airlock but really want to bottle today. Is it true some pilsners tend to "gas out" after fermentation appears...

I made a pretty huge mistake and stirred up my brew a bit while bottling it. It is an English IPA.....my first AG batch too! After about three weeks, the bottles cleared up to my happiness! I threw one in the fridge over night to test and it clouded up again....I was careful not to shake things...

Friend of mine used bread yeast in an English Ale recipe and found the results to be pretty good. I didn't think you could use bread yeast due to it reacting too fast. His OG was 40 and FG was around 15 he thinks in about 7 days. He let it sit in his fermenter a week more. I haven't tasted it...

I've been told not to use screw cap bottles...I did anyway and aside from one that went skunky, I'm enjoying my first Porter without a bottle opener. Am I just lucky or should I be using different caps? or should I really not use them?

I've had an English IPA in the fermenter for three weeks now. Starting OG at 1.060. The airlock stopped any action a week ago but when I took a reading ( 1.015 ), it started up again so I left it alone. Yesterday the water in the airlock actually showed a slight vacuum. Today I took another...

I've had what I hope to be a great IPA in the fermenter for almost two weeks. The airlock water was almost level and activity stopped for about a day. I took a G reading and resealed the bucket. Later that day it started to bubble up again and is still going today as strong as a couple days...

What advantage does a full boil ( I found a pot large enough to handle 5 gallons plus ) have over a smaller amount. I am doing an English IPA recipe that calls for a 1 1/2 gallon steep and boil but want to do the whole batch Anything I have to change in the recipe?

Almost finished with my first porter brew using a kit....turning out great! I had a Rogue Mocha Porter the other night that was so good I want to duplicate it. Anyone have a good mocha porter recipe I can try next? The Rogue website actually tells you what's in it but that's all.

I just opened my first bottle after three weeks form a porter kit. Followed directions exactly but the beer has no head and, although tastes great, very little carbonation. The bottle opened with a sharp escape of CO2 so I thought the best! I primed each bottle with 1/2 teaspoon of corn sugar...