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I believe that the open fermentation that you are referring to is so that the beer will ferment with the natural yeast that are found in the air. Loosely covered would be like draping a towel over it to make sure that fruit flies are not able to get in.

The OG was 1.074. It has not been racked yet because I don't have a secondary fermenter. I used danstar Nottingham yeast. On the website they list that the final gravity can reach near 1008. I have seen other yeasts label the attenuation as a percentage. Which of the two should be the...

Well, it was originally tasted @ 2 weeks, now it is 2.5 weeks, it changed quite a bit over the last 4 days, there is no longer a film on top off it, it looks like quite a bit of the hops are sitting on the rim of the bucket now. Gravity readings were near identical of each other, 1.021 and...

I was not referring to bitterness when I meant hop flavor. I can't really think of another way to describe the flavor that I am getting off of it. Is a strainer (guessing ~ 1/16" hole) effective at removing enough of the hop pellet?

I am trying to make a clone of BJ's Restaurant's "Jeremiah Red" it is a malty red, with very little hop flavor. I boiled approximately 1 - 1.25 gallons and added hops at the following rate: .75 oz Northern Brewer 8% AA - 60min .75 oz Northern Brewer 8% AA - 30min .5 oz Northern Brewer 8%...

Does the connection between the racking cane + hose eventually just fill up with enough crap to seal itself or did you put some type of filler in there (silicone etc.)?

Got the air bubble down to a few inches, but it gradually grows larger while I cap six-12. Got almost to halfway through and cracked open a second bottle of beer. Less than a minute later I cracked the top of a bottle because I squeezed too hard on the capper. I better not break too many...

Yea, I have done a search. All of the replies that I have seen assume that the user is not an idiot.

I am going from a carboy/ale pail to bottles. Only thing between the carboy and bottles is auto siphon-hose-bottling wand. The odd thing is is that while cleaning the bottles/siphon hose earlier I was able to eliminate the air bubble. Only reason I have for it disappearing earlier is...

I have an auto siphon, so far the only thing I have figured out is that I am too dumb to work it :) . I end up with a huge air bubble in the hose. The air bubble is at the top, it is about 2' long, it is not carbonation bubbles. Any tips on making this thing go away? I have been trying...

I just opened the first bottle of the apfelwein that I did not get a bunch of sediment into (or maybe it was the extra two days of aging :), wow, that stuff is great! I was expecting a much stronger taste, but it is kinda mellow. Now I just hope I can make at least a couple of bottles last for...

Thank you revvy. I was under the impression that a blowoff tube was supposed to be a much larger diameter than the airlock hole. Thanks for clearing that up for me

When I shook the bucket I thought that it had been going for 3 days (by memory); turns out it had only been going for 2. I did read the Fermentation can take 24 to 72 hrs to show visible signs thread, which is why I waited for what I thought was 3 days. I have also read the thread why...

I started my first batch of beer about 44 hours ago. I did not have any bubbles coming up through the airlock, popped the top off after 36 hours or so and saw some bubbles on top. Put the lid back on and waited for 8 hours to let it start bubbling. Came back and still nothing coming out of...

The shooting comment makes sense, got the 3030 in my name for some reason or another. Just glad I can now make 2/3 of the ATF.

17016 + 6 = 17022 made a 1 gallon sample and a 5 gallon batch...currently drinking the one gallon batch (think it needs to sit a while longer....but it won't last that long)

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself. I am Barrett. Just started brewing beer. Got my first extract brew boiling right now. I am currently waiting on edwort's apfelvien to finish (been going for about a month now). Currently drinking: Apfelvien that was started a month ago (just...