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Well I'm not sure what this tastes like after a couple months, but a year later this stuff is brilliant. It's smooth, crisp, a bit dry. Very Apple-y. Definitely tastes like a wine. I like it with and without 7up. Not sure how much a difference conditioning for a year made, but I'm pretty happy.

Ok I'm bottling my first batch. Call me crazy, but I waited a year to bottle. I made the batch back on 9/26/2014. So we are just a couple weeks shy of a year. Since its waited so long, I suspect I don't have to let it sit in bottles too long? I am not going to prime, I'm ok with still...

Bottled today! Just have to bottle condition now. Can't wait to try this.

Efficient! Makes a lot of sense.

Sweet! I hope I end up doing all grain one day.

So cool, thanks for sharing!

I am going to rack this to secondary, on Friday night, 1 day shy of 2 weeks (we have some plans for the weekend). I will be adding 4 fresh vanilla beans, plus 1/4 cup of my homemade bourbon vanilla extract... the new fresh beans are sitting in it now. As far as secondary temps, do I need to keep...

Lol!

I'm In! And thanks!

Thanks! I don't want to rush anything, just was thinking the yeast was done. I appreciate the reply.

Btw it smells amazing!

I broke out the hydrometer today, as bubbling has stopped six days after putting in the fermenter. OG 1.060 Today 1.019 Should I keep in the fermenter another week? pitch more yeast? Move to secondary? Thanks in advance.

Fermentation has appeared to stop. I started the wort last Saturday. So it's been bubbling for a week, would this pause be of concern?

Looking for bottles near Clarkesville, Ga. Which is 1-1.5hrs from Atlanta.

Might have to order that with my next LD Carlson order.

Thanks guys.

Thanks all. I panicked as it was my first brew, and up until then everything went great.

What's an aeration stone? Like one from a fish tank? Is it recommended for extract fermentation?

Hi guys, I am thinking about brewing this pumpkin ale. I wanted to see which of the variants here are best? I'm looking for a sweet dessert beer, that is deep and complex. I would prefer not to have too much hoppiness, as I do not want it to fight the pumpkin. Note this would be my...

Ah true. I was thinking about keeping the cold in. Didn't think about the yeast generating so much heat. Much appreciated, for correcting my newbieness