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One more question. Is it better to age the beer in the carboy, in a keg, or in a bottle?

Thanks everyone for the great info. I think that my problem is that its way to young. My first high gravity beer was a Belgian tripel, the one i finished now was a blonde ale. I actually have 2 beers from the tripel that i brewed that should be about 1 year old now, so who suggests that i try...

I've brewed two beer kit recipes that were over 7% alcohol, and both of have tasted so strong and bad that they are basically undrinkable. I was wondering if there was something I'm not doing that would make it more bearable to drink?

It was wyeast 1056 american ale, i pitched it into a partial mash speckled heifer (cream ale)

it was fully inflated

The bag was already inflated upon arrival, I decided to use it anyway, and then i also noticed when opening the package that the nutrient bag hadn't peen broken. Is this a bad thing??

well there is this white filmy looking substance floating on top of the beer, most of it looks like dead yeast, but ive never aged a beer this long either, so im not sure what to expect... i just dont want to end up poisoning myself.

So i've been aging this batch of Red Ale for about 2 and half months now, things are going well, except that i recently discovered that the airlock had evaporated enough to break the lock... I think it has been evaporated for about 2-3 weeks now, but i recently filled it back up. I was...

I just started a batch of Irish red ale, I'm keeping it at 69 degrees, and the day after I cooked it up my airlock was bubbling every 2 seconds, 1 day later it stopped. What does this mean?

Alright that makes sense, thanks man

Alright, I'm back with more questions for the pros out there, my brew has been in the primary fermenting bucket now for a little under 2 weeks, my OG was 1.052 and i just took a reading on it now and it only dropped to 1.029. I know that it's nearing the end of it fermentation period and the...

Born in blue island, raised in crestwood

Alright cool, thanks for all the good info, I'll come back to this thread later on in my brew process when I will undoubtedly have more questions, thanks fellow brewers, untill later.

it says about 2 weeks in primary, about 2 weeks in secondary, but over all says to follow what the hydrometer is telling me, then it says to bottle and store warm for 3 weeks. Another question I have, the instructions say to make sure the SG is the same for 2 days before moving it to the...

I am in a bucket, should I not bother with the buckets and opt to get a second glass carboy? Well if that is the case then that is pretty relieving. So i'm just gonna follow my schedule and in 8 days take a hydrometer reading, then another the day after, then im gonna rack it into my secondary...

I can see a thin layer of foam on in through the bucket, about an inch thick and it is bubbling, just incredibly slow. The instructions do say to keep it in there for about 2 weeks, then to see if the SG stays the same for at least 2 days before moving it into the secondary fermenter for...

i forgot to mention it is a lager yeast.

So I have just began my first 5 gallon brew, its a kit called German Oktoberfest, and I basically followed the directions that came with the kit. Also I've read all the way through the intermediate brewers section of the the Homebrewers Guide (don't worry have a homebrew) to gain a little...

Hello fellow brewers, i'm a new brewer from southside Chicago suburbs. I'm 23 years old and just beginning my first 5 gallon recipie, its a kit called German Oktoberfest, as of today i'm about 5 days into primary fermentation. I've signed up with this community to hopefully recieve helpful...