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Tried a bottle of a Christmas Ale I've had conditioning for a week now. Zero carbonation. Recipe said 7-10 days but I understand some recipies do take longer. It's a Wyeast 1084 irish ale yeast, which did show some strange fermenting qualities. Fermented for a few days, slacked off then...

So I'm brewing an "old fezziwig clone" who knows?! Recipe seems solid and smells great. So day 2 of fermentation had a slow start but healthy krausen by end of the day, about 5-6 inches. Lots of air lock activity. Krausen fell completely after maybe 6-7 days. So after about a week of letting...

I've had a few recently and others I recall from last season. The Dogfish head Punkin comes to mind. Also the Sam Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale. Honestly my favorite has been the New Belgium Pumpkick, I believe it had cranberry juice in it as well. Any worthy if mention that would be relatively...

So, its not been a full week yet but I am already seeing a fairly heavy sediment in the bottom of my bottles. Is that a sign of conditioning coming to an end? The yeast going back into hibernation as it were with no more sugar to feed on? Recipe says condition for a week or more. Ive also...

First of all, this is my very first home brew. My wife got me a deluxe starter kit from Northern Brew and the American Wheat Ale recipe kit for Christmas. Question is about the air lock. instructions said to fill with about a tablespoon of the sanitized water before inserting in bung. It has...