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I've got a lager that's been going for a few months now and I'm getting ready to bottle it. My question is should I add any more yeast or do anything else to make sure it carbonated up properly or should I just add the sugar and let it rip? I've got a packet of dry yeast that I could use if...

So i've done several batches now and I think my bottling procedure could use some serious help so i'm looking to find out what other people are doing. I basically sanitize and fill as I go along. I have a 5 gallon bucket of starsan, I fill about 12 bottles then let them sit for a few, then...

This is my first time trying to make a starter so i'm not exactly sure what to expect. I've got a smack pack of Wyeast 1214 that I smacked Wednesday. The date on it is Nov 20, so it's a little over 2 months old. After 24 hours the pack had not inflated at all, but I went ahead and make up my...

This is the 3rd extract batch that I've made and after 2.5 weeks of fermentation I seem to be in the same place again. I'm brewing a brown ale from LME and DME, w/ some specialty grains. Starting gravity was about 1.045 and it's gotten down to 1.017 now and has been sitting there since...

So my fermentation freezer only has room for one Bucket and no carboy. Once Primary is done, if i'm going to be doing some aging in the carboy can I just leave the carboy in a closet or something? Temp isn't as important at that point correct?

$40 for the used Freezer $18 for STC-1000 From Amazon with Free prime shipping $22 for electrical parts from lowes (probably could have done it for $5 if I had just scrounged around the house more.) Nothing really new or exciting, but I thought I would share

I've borrowed a modified mini fridge w/ STC-1000 from a friend but it's pretty ugly and bulky so I need to give it back and do something myself. My granddad has a small chest freezer similar to the one here http://columbia.craigslist.org/app/4119665850.html that I can probably get for next to...

So far I have brewed two batches of extract beer. They were both "kits" I got from the local home brew shop with LME and dry yeast. The instructions were pretty basic, just boil it, then sprinkle on the yeast. Temp in my little closet stays pretty stable around 75. The first batch turned...

I've had my first batch of beer going for about 3 weeks now. A basic liquid malt brown ale kit that I picked up from the local brew shop. I took a hydrometer reading on Tuesday and racked it into a carboy. Tuesday it was about 1.020 - 1.018. Today it's about 1.018 - 1.016. It started at...