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... married her? I hope she was 1.018 otherwise her Pa may be awful upset with you. :D After reading once you had submitted your full entry: Just give it more time. Once it is bottled and conditioned for a period it'll turn out great. Day 12 with an uncarbed beer won't be all that satisfying.

For all intents and purposes fermentation is an aberration of nature to observe. Don't sweat what you just saw. Take it out of your mind entirely. Close that lid and don't consider opening it again for another 1.5-2.5 weeks. Then, and only then, do you open it to take a specific gravity...

That's great! Let us know how it turns out. :mug:

Thanks, a bunch, Suthrn. I appreciate the info.

I am sorry. So, so sorry. If there is a beer god, it is well cared for this eve. :mug:

You might want to check out the sticky on this section: Fermentation can take 24 to 72 hrs to show visible signs. Geoff

Hi all, I have the homebrew soda extract from my LHBS and I'm interested in putting together a small batch of soda to test out the process. I have a couple of questions, though. I don't have any plastic soda bottles around the house at the moment. My LHBS told me that using glass beer...

nebben, my bottling bucket spigot leaked a lot when I first used it. I took a better look at it after my first bottling batch and saw that there was seam along the threads of the spigot that wasn't allowing the rubber washers to properly seat themselves. After filing that seam down the leak...

I'd emphasize that this process takes time. More time than most people believe. Many people think that they can have their beer in the primary for a week and then bottled and be drinking after week two or three. Essentially I try to encourage people to add at least another week to their...

Carbon, Beerific, thanks for the replies. There isn't a cidery flavor to the beer, it just tasted like bitterness you'd expect from a pale ale. What would cider-like flavor suggest? I had another of the beers last night and it wasn't as bitter. The bottle I had last night reminded me of the...

I have a weizen that I've brewed: 6 lbs of wheat/barley DME 1 oz of Hallertauer hops 1 packet of Wyeast 3333 OG: 1.056 - 1.058 FG: 1.016-1.018 Hops and DME boiled for an hour. Then, after 17 days in the primary, I dry hopped another ounce of Hallertauer in the primary for a week and then...

As a followup to how things progressed with this brew here's where I am: I ended up keeping this beer in the primary for 24 days, but on day 17 I dry hopped in the primary with another ounce of Hallertauer. I bottled and conditioned in the bottle for another 14 days. OG: 1.056 - 1.058 FG...

Exactly. The IPA I brewed I left in the primary for over five weeks. Weizens, on the other hand, I've heard can be in your mug within five. Which is why I asked. :D

I'll do that. Thanks!

I hear ya. I'll be sure to play the lottery if it does fit.

Sheesh. Great idea. May do that tomorrow. The pickle bucket lid doesn't have an overpowering aspect to it?

Quick question to make sure I'm on the right track. I'm thinking of leaving the weizen in the fermenter for at least a couple of weeks before testing it. Does that seem right? Papazian seemed to suggest that it would be okay to bottle after about a week in the fermenter, and I know that his...

I have apfelwein in a carboy right now and I love being able to see everything. Truly. Trying to manage the glass for cleaning (let alone the price) made me leery of getting another. BB's may be the way to go, though!

Honestly. That was the biggest PITA I have ever seen. Then I watch the freaking youtube video and the guy claps his hands and it breaks. Right. :drunk: HAHA! One of the appealing things about the weizen, from what I've read, is that you can bottle it early. I'll let you know how it...

And here's something that I hadn't considered. How is oxygen supposed to get into the bucket if CO2 is pouring out of it? Yeah. I was worried that this would be another example of how my LHBS isn't all that hot. Nice to have nearby, but I haven't been thrilled by the entire quality of...