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Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of extended secondary fermenting? I condition in the secondary fermenter for 3 weeks give or take. I have had some say that anything over a week is unnecessary, and actually detrimental to the beer. Can anyone add their thoughts on secondary fermentation

Here's the problem. I pitched my yeast three days ago. I come home from work today to find that my 4 year old pushed a chair up to the counter and pouched on the lid and pushed out all the co2 in the bucket. Can anyone tell me what to expect, or if I should just dump the batch? I assume I am...

Question about Sparging, I batch sparge and I continue to read posts from brewers who stir up the grain bed after laughtering the first runnings. This seems kind of counter intuitive to me and I am hoping that someone can educate me. It seems like stirring the grain bed would negate the tedious...

I'm fairly new to all grain brewing, I'm on batch 5. I have extract brewed for years so I understand the basic fundamentals of brewing. It seems that my brewing software greatly underestimates the efficiency of my equipment, and I tend to have about a gallon or so of wort left after my sparge. I...

I'm fairly new to all grain brewing, I'm on batch 5. I have extract brewed for years so I understand the basic fundamentals of brewing. It seems that my brewing software greatly underestimates the efficiency of my equipment, and I tend to have about a gallon or so of wort left after my sparge. I...

Hi guys, I have a question for you all - I have been extract brewing for about 2 years, and have not been extremely diligent about taking hydrometer readings, primarily because I just haven't been too concerned about it. However, as my beers have become more and more delicious, I have decided to...

Title says it all - I bottled a sorghum beer, a recipe I have brewed several times before. usually after about a week I have good signs of carbonation, and its just a matter of giving it another week or two to really push teh co2 into the beer fo a good long lasting carbonation. This last batch...

can anyone speak to the best way to add yeast to a batch of beer that you feel may have lost all its active yeast - I have heard of adding yeast to the bottle, to the bottling bucket, all kinds of crazy things. I'm thinking it would be best to add a spec or two two each bottle, but can some of...

I have a batch of Amarillo Pala Ale that I will be bottling this week end and for whatever reason ( I probably forgot to check it when I added my 1 gal of water to the bucket) the batch is about 1 – 1 ½ below the 5 gal mark on my bucket. I store my bottles in the corner of my living room with...

Ok… so this is going to be the most amusing thread yet, but this is a serious question I have. No one appreciates a fart joke more than I, but its not funny when its you’re a$$ telling the joke and it’s the same joke every 5 minutes ….confused?? ok here is my question. I love drinking a tasty...

I just recently picked up some fruit flavorings (liquid) from a local brew shop, and I plan on experimenting with all of them, so I don’t want to just dump ¼ of the bottle in the bottling bucket like you normally would. Has anyone used an eye dropper to flavor bottles individually? I’m bottling...

quick question about star san - I just used star san today for the first time - I mixed up a 5 gal batch and since it was the first time using it, I used black latex gloves. I cleaned 24 22 ounce bottles, but there seemed to be a sulphur smell emanating from the batch of star san. I read on...

Hello all, cheers !! I have a question concerning extract brewing – I currently brew Midwest kits that include a grain steep. My finished beers still tend to have a sweet taste on the front end and a kind of thick mouth feel. They are fully carbonated but seem to lack a crispness and a...

Sanitizing with onestep. I have a question concerning the use of onestep – I like the fact that it’s a no rinse cleaner, fairly safe, and easy storage, but I seem to go through it very fast. Does anyone know if one step can be effective if mixed in a bottle and sprayed on the equipment rather...

In regards to bottle bombs, Can anyone tell me if there is typical time in which you can be certain your bottles are no longer at risk of exploding? If they are going to explode, is there typically a time frame in which you can expect it to happen. I just bottled a big ben pale ale, and...

Cheers fellow home brewers. I am new to home brewing ( about a year or so ) and have always primed my bottles before bottling. I'm considering using the method of batch priming, adding the sugar solution to the bottling bucket and filling the bottles, mostly to save time and effort. My...

Cheers all, I just brewed a small batch of sorghum beer (first batch ever) and had a few questions for some of you more experienced brewers out there. My recipe is as follows, for a 2.5 gal test batch. 3.3 lb Sorghum syrup .5 lb Rice syrup solids 1 oz cascade hops 5 min into boil 1 oz...