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So, along this line, if at home you force carbonated from your keg into some bottles and capped them, would you get a bottle of carbonated homebrew AND not have the sediment on the bottom of the bottle? Basically like the commercial guys? ..

Since the wine was tested right after bottling, do you think it might be bottle shock? Googling: "Bottle Shock" or "Bottle Sickness" as: BOTTLE SICKNESS: A temporary condition characterized by muted or disjointed fruit flavors. It often occurs immediately after bottling or when wines...

Thanks. This is the one I have: It looks like maybe the adjustment is the two screws at the top? If I make them go up, it looks like it's longer until the screw hits and the plunger is going down more. The opening for the cork is plastic and unscrews but that's probably just its...

My first real wine will be ready to bottle in a couple of weeks. I have my new corker and am doing a practice bottle or two. I'm using 9 x 1 1/2" Nomacorks and a double lever corker with regular 750 ml bottles. The problem so far is that the cork doesn't completely enter the bottle. About...

Must be that time of year! I made a porter and then read on the site about adding vanilla. To get some of both, last weekend I bottled 1.5 gals of the porter and then added 1 fl oz of pure vanilla extract to the remaining 3.5gals. I intended to bottle the rest the next day...but did not. Just...

If you develop any special Spidey powers, let us know...

From: http://www.foamblowers.com/Article-PreProLager.html "The AHA style guidelines for pre-Prohibition-style pilsner call for the beer to be straw to deep gold in color. Hop bitterness, flavor and aroma are medium to high. The use of “noble-type” hops for flavor and aroma are preferred. The...

I'm planning on a tertiary tomorrow. Racked a blonde ale to secondary last weekend and witnessed too much activity for my liking since...airlock activity, excessive foaming, extra yeast cake than normal. So she moves again to another carboy and then 2 weeks in tertiary. (plus I've got another...

Had some of these same questions as I just bottled my first lager yesterday too. Had it in secondary for 1 week at 55 degrees then moved the five gal carboy to the fridge for the last 4 weeks at 35 degrees. (only fridge, needed the space again). I intend to carbonate for 2-3 weeks at room...

I call those my "dregs" bottles (even made a dead fish label for them). They always taste off but handy for opening something when you just can't wait. The 3 week in bottle wait is worth it for the final product...put hey, you've just got to do that quality control each week before then!

I've been thinking of apple beer myself lately. Does anyone have a guide for the OG of apple juice or apple cider? For those experimental types...

So the extra 2 weeks made it 4 weeks in the bottle total?

Must be a common disease (or stuff on sale) as I also just bought some JWD... Honey Lager...to have something and for the bottles. Examined the necks as best as you can through the handle openings in the cardboard carrier (people look at you funny if you do this for too long) and they looked...

Ok, one last note. My brewpot is also about 15 years old...an aluminum pressure canner. This thing is heavy, solid, multi-metal bottom, nicely oxidized over the years and built like a tank. I also use it to sanitize my bottles (yes, I cook them all). This pot is so heavy duty you'd think it...

So far everyone has been really interested and positive. They usually followup with their story about trying to make wine or beer back when. Then, they say something like "So, what do you do with ALL that beer - - hint, hint". Plenty of volunteer taste testers. Sharing is cool, of course...

OK, I'm sure the more senior members will reply soon...but here's a Junior to Junior reply. I'll assume that you're using a lager yeast and will be fermenting at cooler temps (say a basement around 50-55 degrees or so)...Cooler temps cause fermentation to go slower so count on 3-4 weeks...

Good ideas. I needed some more bottles so stopped by the local recycling center over lunch. Asked if it was OK to snag glass bottles and they were like "Certainly!". I was just asking and was going to come back when I had more time, but they gave me a plastic bin and pointed me to some...

I'm new, but yes the plastic bottle is a good idea. I started with a kit that came with 6 brown plastic 16 oz bottles. With a bottling in to glass, one of the plastics ends up as a test bottle to squeeze for pressure. I've a folder of Bookmarks on 'what to do when you brew' since it seems...