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thanks for the quick answers! No activity in the lock and all is good so far.. :rockin:

Is it ok to have the level in the secondary all the way up the neck inthe carboy? Usually I have it mid neck or so but this time I filled too much and decided just to put on the stopper. Last time I was below the neck and had some kind of schnid growing on top of the beer(tasted and smelled...

Any update on this batch from the OP? Did you bottle it? If so how did it taste? I have this same thing in a batch of nutbrown atm.. tho not as bad. There are only a few bubbles on the sides but they look a lot like this. They appeared on the 6 day in the secondary and unfortutately this...

I have a nutbrown ale which has been in secondary (glass carboy) for about 6 days now. It tasted great when we racked it over and all has been good till this morning. I went out to check my carboys and the one with nutbrown has a milky whiteish foam floating on the surface of the beer (filled...

Im in northern cali.

soooo.. firmly asserting my self on the noob list I got a nice batch of porter going today.. and at the end of the boil I realized that the shop forgot to give me yeast. :tank: Was a lot of ppl in there so for what ever reason they forgot and I should have asked but whatever. lol. Ive...

Will iodophor work instead of bleach for this?

After reading this site for the past couple weeks this is exactly what Im doing now if I need to cool some top off water fast.. The kit I used was part DME and part grain and the beer for starters is VERY carbonated and has way more foam than usual.. it has a scent to it that is a bit...

I noticed a sourish taste in my recent batch of octoberfest (pm kit), so I took it down to my brew supply and the bad news was wild yeast infection.:mad: It doesnt tast bad so much as just not right. Same taste as I had gotten in a couple of my earlier batches of wheat beer and a cream ale...

Thanks for all the info!! Im leaning toward just putting together a cooler mtl.. shouldnt be too hard to do... lots of info on it here! I recently corrupted.. er, I mean introduced a buddy to brewing.. :mug: who is a maint engineer for a winery and he should be able to rig us up something...

Ive been doing partial mash kits for a couple years now and its time to start trying AG brewing but Id like to try it small time at first without making a big upgrade in my gear. I have the standard noob setup.. glass carboy, 7.5 gal bucket with spigot, 7.5 gal bucket no spigot (usually use...

Ive always gone by what my local brew supply store says which is transfer at least a day after it stops bubbleing completely in the lock. Never have had any probs with that and the beer always comes out great.. but I have my first stout in the primary atm and from reading this board Im...

Ive used ice a few times to cool my wort and its worked well.. but I do have a question to throw out. My local beer supplies place always says NEVER use ice to cool the wort because it can harbor bacteria that can spoil the batch. Ive watched a couple shows that use the ice method...