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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...

Thank you for such a quick reply. Is it better to just go off of brix units or will the same issue happen?

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?

Still new to this hobby as well so forgive if this is a stupid question. I have never worked with DME before and so deed what the addition schedule for all the extracts would be. This sounds like a really great recipe I might have to borrow.

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...

I put the whole batch in the fridge after the 2 weeks suggested time on the instruction sheet (NB). If I take half out and rouse up would that lead to any problems?

66 - 68 degrees

This is how my Irish red ale is, but it's bottled. Any suggestions on how to bump bottle carbonation

I should also add that I got a space heater there to keep temp stable

Gravity reading were all spot on. Fermented and conditioned bottles at 66 degrees

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...

How much star san would I add if I wanted to just make a 1 gallon batch. I can't find a conversion. Thanks

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...

If I did save some sanitizor, what should the ph be when I test it?

Number 2 it's only 5 gallon carboy, want to do primary in the 6 gallon