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Yet another "stuck fermentation" thread.... But in such situations, often the circumstances are unique, so I'm posting my own situation in the hopes I can get some advice specific to my own circumstances (though I did search for answers first). Brewed a Stone Ruination IPA clone with this...

This forum is awesome, and tremendously helpful when I have a question. I've searched quite a bit, though, and can't find an answer to this current question. Transferring my wort to the fermenter yesterday, I realized -- too late, as I was pouring -- that I had left a small amount of iodophor...

I brewed an ESB two days ago. Chilled wort and pitched right about the target fermentation temp (65°F). Ambient temperature in my garage is pretty much right there too, so conditions all seemed fine. Fermentation kicked off well within 8 hours or so, and for the first day the fermenter temp...

Here I am, finally feel like I know what I'm doing when I'm brewing, the whole brew day goes great till the very end, when I'm ready to pitch the yeast. My first time using White Labs yeast, and after having the tube out of the fridge for several hours, I shake it well as directed and open it...

This seems to be a common issue, but I wanted to post about my specific circumstances to get advice. I brewed a barleywine, and after close to a month in primary (well after specific gravity had leveled off at 1.027), I racked to secondary and dryhopped. It's been in secondary for about a...

Hi guys, This is likely a common question, but after searching out the answer, I find conflicting opinions (big surprise). So I thought I'd try a new thread to get some current opinions/advice. I bought ingredients for my next batch yesterday, but likely won't be able to brew till about 3...

Has anyone else entered their first brew into a homebrew contest? The timing of my first brew just happened to coincide with a local homebrew contest, so I figured "what the hell." The fee to enter was only $9, and I thought (1) the reviews from expert BJCP judges would easily be worth the $9...

Looking for a ballpark estimate of how long it takes to bottle a 5-gal batch.... I planned to bottle today (Sunday), but house/yard work got the better of me. So I need to bottle on a weeknight after work, and want to make sure I have enough time to do so without staying up till the wee hours...

I took a gravity reading last night from the fermenter (glass carboy) for the first time, using a turkey baster. I had to take about 5 samples to fill up the hydrometer tube, and I made a rookie move on the last two by squeezing excess air from the baster after I had dipped it into the beer...

First-timer brewing my first batch, and getting ready to bottle this weekend. I planned to bottle sooner, but after reading some posts here, I decided to leave it in the fermenter for longer (will be 3 weeks total). From what I read, I seemed to understand that the clarity of the beer would...

First-time homebrewer, so I'm brewing my first batch mostly from instructions, rather than from experience and knowledge. The beer is in the fermenter, and all is going well so far. It's been in there for a week, and fermentation appears to have slowed, if not stopped. So I'll measure the...

After talking for a long time about homebrewing, I finally took the plunge. My first brew day was last Monday (Presidents Day), and my brew (a California Common, a recipe that I chose when I bought my starter kit) is bubbling away in the fermenter. I've already come across this site several...