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O.G. was 1.090. It went into secondary at 1.020, but the recipe adds 1# D180 Dark Candi Syrup in secondary. It's been sitting on the basement floor at 55 degrees for 8 weeks. I read enough posts on here about high-grav beers not carbonating to make me decide to add yeast to the bottling bucket...

Putting a work light or light bulb of some sort in there will help get the temperature up.

I'm bottling a Belgian Strong Dark Ale this weekend. I got some CBC-1 yeast from my LHBS to add to my bottling bucket with the priming sugar to be sure it carbonates. Question: Do I have to wait after adding the yeast to the bucket before bottling to be sure it is mixed in? If it's rehydrated...

I used a Johnson controller to run my lagering fridge. When I decided I needed a controller to keep fermenters warm, I came across the STC1000 on Ebay for half the cost of the Johnson. Initially, I just wired it into an extension cord. Materials were a 6'-8' cord and a couple wire nuts. Since...

I planted 4 rhizomes along a livestock fence last year, hoping to train them to grow horizontally. Being their first year and the drought conditions, I was happy to get growth out of three of them and a handful of hops from one. This year, I want to move them to grow on rope trellises up the...

Those grommets will dry out and crack with time and use. Next time you are at the brew shop or ordering online, pick up a few extra to have on hand (they're cheap). If you push one in again, just sanitize and install a new one. You can fish the swimmer out later.

My first Hi-gravity Belgian is in secondary. I'm weeks away from bottling, but want to know what I may need to do differently to bottle (and carbonate) a beer like this. I have been kegging most beers lately. But, I expect to leave this on the shelf for special guests that can appreciate it...