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Great info, thanks so much for the help. I moved the bottles to a warmer area, and I will wait a few more weeks.

Thanks for the info. The beer is about 5.5% ABV. I added the recommended amount of sugar. How would I add yeast starter to the bottles? How do you calculate and add that? Thanks

I brewed a bourbon barrel porter that I left in the primary for 2 weeks, then transfered to a barrel and added bourbon. I left it in the bourbon barrel for over 3 weeks, then bottled it. When I bottled it I used priming sugar that I boiled with water as directed and added it to the bottling...

How long should you soak oak chips in Bourbon before adding them to the secondary fermentation? Does it make a difference if you add the chips and bourbon to the beer at the same time? or should you soak the chips in bourbon for a week or so?

I can ferment for less time, but should I place an air lock?

I just transferred a Porter that I brewed and fermented in my primary for just over 2 weeks into a 2.5 gallon american oak barrel. I added 1 cup of bourbon and I am going to secondary ferment it for 1 month in the barrel. I was wondering if I need to attach an air lock or if I can just seal it...

I will change out the air lock and see what happens, I didn't think leaking was a problem since I saw the fluid being drawn into the fermenter. I will say that the temp has dropped several degrees as we are seeing very cold temps recently and my basement is cooler than usual. I put a space...

I am planning on aging a portion of a porter that I recently brewed in a 2.5 gallon american oak barrel that I purchased from Thousand Oaks Barrels. I was planning on adding about 8 oz of bourbon, swishing it around in the barrel for a few days, then adding the beer. (I already filled the barrel...

I don't see any cracks, and as soon as I added the one step solution I could see it getting sucked into the fermenter.

Thanks for the reply, so I should not seal the air lock now that fermentation is complete? I also have an S - shaped airlock that I am not using that has a sealed cap on it and I thought about replacing the current air lock with this? My main concern at this time is that the air lock may be...

I am having a problem with my air lock, my beer has been in the primary fermenter for 10 days now, I am using a 14.5 gallon more beer conical. The fermentation has stopped, and I noticed yesterday that the water in the air lock was low so I tried adding some Vodka, I filled it to the line and...