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Thanks. So is the yeast not being stored at the correct temp fine?

Hey all two questions... I'll be brewing the Brewer's Best Belgian Saison kit tomorrow and came across two things as I was looking over it. First, I pulled out the yeast to see what it was (bought kit probably 3 months ago) and noticed on the package it says store at 41-50 degrees. It was in...

I made the regular a few months back. I only topped off to 5 gal. to make it stronger. Other than that I followed instructions exactly. If I had to do it again I wouldn't add all of the sweetener. Way too sugary and sweet! However, it's been a couple months now in bottles and it's way better...

Alright, I'd love to wait but I'm going to bottle this afternoon. FG is pretty much on target and this is the last time I'll get a chance to bottle for a while... LHBS said when he made it he bottled in less than a week and that turned out pretty good. I'll update if something goes extremely...

Gravity testing Bavarian Hefeweizen towards end of fermentation

I agree it is still too high but even if it were to sit at 1.018 for a few more days that still warrants a bottle bomb? Target gravity of 1.012

By the way, OG was in the general vicinity it was supposed to be (1.049 if I remember right).

Has anyone ever used a BSG Craftbrewing kit? My LHBS was selling the Bavarian Hefeweizen kit that they sample all the time and it's really good so I picked one up. I tried to look online about the kit after I got it but found nothing. Second, yesterday was day 4 of fermentation and airlock...

Another question about carbonation when bottling... I am using the BB carbonation tablets. The bag says for medium carb use 3 tablets and that's also what lady at LHBS said to do. Instructions say use one though... That doesn't seem like enough carbonation. Last thing I want is bottle bombs! Help?

Yea I've read a decent amount of stuff so figured it could only help sitting longer. I was more curious if the sweetener they had me put in would change the decision at all.

I brewed a Brewer's Best cider kit about 9 days ago now, and according to the instructions should be bottling. It says a week, but when I went to bottle at a week forgot there was a step to add a sweetener then wait a day or two. Well now it's been a day or two and I am considering bottling...

Alright so I just opened up the packaging around the Mr. Beer pear juice bottles and found out two things... good and bad. First, the expiration date on the bottles was a month ago. I searched around and it seems like I should still be ok. Anyone know if this is true? Second, the yeast they gave...

Thanks for the awesome reply. I actually don't need to make anymore than what the LBK makes so maybe I'll stick with it for longer. Basically when I say they were bad I just mean they didn't really have much flavor, tasted like they didn't have much alcohol, and too watery. When you ask if...

Has anyone ever made the Blackperry Trio Mr. Beer recipe? I've been searching everywhere for some reviews or tips but haven't found any. I've made a few other mr beer kits that have been terrible so was about to make the jump to real equipment and better kit when I realized I had got the stuff...

Thanks everyone, I will probably just use regular sugar or maybe try 1 with brown and see if I can tell the difference. I just took a little sample from the spigot and it came out with a lot of sediment in it. Definitely would need filtered. This is probably because I lifted the LBK up to the...

Sounds good, would the amount I put in be the same for brown sugar vs refined white?

Hey all, Brewed the Mr. Beer American Lager a few months back and now brewing the Hard Apple Cider kit. Hoping it goes well and I can get more into this. I'm less than a week away from bottling and trying to make sure this works out decent enough that I don't get frustrated. I didn't do...