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Just curious but were you using your secondary each time? You mentioned you can bottle from it making me think the could be a built in spigot. They can be terribly hard to sanitize and might have been an issue.

I still a noob as we're called. I began a little over a year ago and have brewed about ten very good batches of beer using a basic $68 kit with a bucket for fermenting and one for bottling plus all the usual utensils for fermenting, measuring, siphoning and bottling. It didn't include bottles...

Do those of you who allow longer times in the primary and/or secondary ever have problems when bottle carbonating especially when cold crashing? For whatever reason, that always concerns me. So far I've pretty much just done kits and have followed the instructions closely and have used a...

How much LME would be needed to replace 12 lbs of 2-row?

I use the red and white style as well and have no problems other than getting it tightened properly on the bucket so it doesn't leak. The pictures shown earlier in this thread intrigue me though because the look to be made of a different type of plastic like Nylon or ABS which are both more...

I made the Brewer's Best Octoberfest recently using a replacement lager yeast because my kit was old. It was in the primary for 14 days at 54 degrees. I racked to a secondary and lowered the temperature 2 degrees per day until I got it down to 36 degrees where it has stayed for the 3 weeks...

Thanks for the feedback! I wouldn't have known about needing to boil off DMS. I guess what would be most helpful now is to know what DMS is? I work for one of the largest state universities in the US and we don't use as many acronyms as this forum does. Is there a key to all of these...

I'm fairly new to home brewing and wondered what others think about whether or not to use a lid when brewing wort. Early on I was so phobic about boil overs that I left it off. I had to use a higher flame to keep the boil going and I lost wort to evaporation. My last couple batches I decided...

I spoke to an engineer friend after resolving the instant hot water heater element issue to see what might have changed to resolve the problem. He said that building higher pressures inside the lines could have the effect of increasing the surface contact of the water improving its heat...

Sounds as though a few responders know the finer details of heat transfer. Can anyone comment on the effects of slowing the flow rate by dampening down the outflow side? I had some experience years ago with an electric instant hot water heater that continued to blow heating elements. I braised...

I'm interested in brewing a pumpkin ale but would prefer to try one recommended by others rather than pick one from a book. Does anyone have a recommendation??

Thanks Yooper... This forum is a fantastic learning opportunity. I've never heard anyone state that there was some sort of benchmark for lagering time. That is very helpful to know and I'll certainly keep it in mind going forward. Your 8-10 point method would work out to about six weeks or...

I am just making my first lager which happens to also be an Octoberfest. The recipe calls for lowering the temp gradually over about 8-10 days from 54 degrees down to 38 degrees which is the temp used to lager for 3-4 weeks. I am 1 week into that process now. Since I don't need the freezer right...

This is a topic I have struggled with too. I want beer to be more on the clear side so I have been racking to a glass carboy after fermenting in a bucket initially. I have never fully understood how soon that should be done though. In all, I seem to be doing a good job and have only had one bad...