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So I made a Bourbon Barrel porter a while back, I put some oak chips in bourbon to soak and never got around to adding them to the secondary. Is there any issue to dumping the Bourbon and oak in the secondary even though the chips have been "Soaking" for about a month?

I don't usually rack to a secondary, but I have recently moved a porter to a secondary and now it looks like it has separated into different levels of clarity? If that makes any sense every few inches there is a change in color? Should I be worried?

I recently made NB bourbon barrel porter everything went smooth until tonight while transferring to my keg. I usually do not use a secondary fermenter since I have a conical but I needed to put this in a carboy to let it mix with the bourbon and oak, I bought a racking cane and used some tubing...

So I made a harpoon IPA clone (supposed to be anyways). I had problems from the beginning, all dumb mistakes on my part. 1 added double the amount called for, when adding first hops, 2 never got the wort below 80 degrees. Sat for 2 weeks and bottled, now it looks like a snow globe after you...

I found this homemade stainless steel fermenter on craigslist for 250 , I have been looking at the plastic conical ones and getting ready to spend about the same. Should I get the homemade stainless steel or a brand name plastic fermenter??

I made an anchor steam clone (extract) yesterday I used a wyeast smack pack for the first time, it never really expanded but I wasnt sure and still used it. It has been over 24 hours now and no signs of fermentation!! Should I get another packet of yeast and re pitch tomorrow if it hasn't...

This is my third batch so I am still very new at this, I followed a recipe for a pilsner, 6 lbs light lme 1 light DME .5 chinook 60 min 1 oz Saaz 15 1 oz Saaz 5 min 1 oz saaz dry hop I used wlp 838 yeast I kept the primary in a room in the basement where it was a constant 54 deg...