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Thanks! I'm gonna at least move them to a ziplock bag, since they've just been in the bag from the store, and in the basement, so its been cooler at least. Obviously it would have been ideal to do it asap, but life happens lol, hopefully I'll be able to do the batch in the next day or so, thanks...

I'm assuming this has most likely been asked before, but I couldn't find a definite answer with my google search since mostly bread grain came up. I've done all extract kits up to this but my husband bought me a kit for Christmas with basically half the recipe in grains, which was partially due...

@bigfloyd, Its been over 3 years since I've done a batch of beer so I feel a little out of my element here..... I guess it would be somewhat cloudy for a hef, but I'm a little hesitant cause its been a while and I've done mostly wine lately.... And I'd be doing a quickie carb version as I don't...

Good to know! My issue is that it still has a somewhat "cloudy" look to it, so I'm wondering if it will throw the taste off? I know when I do wines, I would never drink it this way.... I have homebrewed for several years but I'm still a newb cause its few and far between, so my knowledge is...

So I brewed a Hefeweizen kit from NB 2 weeks ago and would most likely be able to start bottling tomorrow. But am wondering if I force carbonate, do you still have to let the beer sit/mature for about 2 weeks or is it still considered "green"? I have never kegged or forced carbonated before so...

Nope just got lazy in my 4 room bungalow ;-) I should mention how much I hate bottling though! May have to go to kegging....

Maybe another 2 years? LOL

Yea, its getting dumped, smell was good... taste not so much

I pumped some co2 into a bottle sized sample, I will hopefully know soon! Thank you :-)

So this is probably gonna sound bad, I left a brew in a fermenter bucket for probably a good 2 years, and wondering how to tell if its bad, other than major obvious signs of mold etc... It was a Surly Bender alc content about 5%, pulled open the top and it actually smells fine, should I dump it...

I asked almost this exact same question a couple months ago on my hefe, the banana flavors have mellowed out a lot since then. I got the same answers, lower fermentation temp and use a yeast strand with less banana characteristics, haven't been able to brew another batch yet but its on my list...

Thanks, for some reason I was worried that it would somehow self contaminate, maybe over thinking on my part, guess only time will tell! :) I usually 2nd as well because it frees up my equipment and I like to clarify as much as possible.

Thanks Revvy! Good info to know!

LOL you're right! Brewing is better and I just keep running to the liquor store. ;)

Good to know I'm not the only one! ;) thanks, glad yours turned out too

So I brewed Northern Brewers Sweet Stout on January 20th and didn't get to bottling it til today, which is almost 3 months sitting in the primary. Is this a bad habit I need to break and any ideas if it will even be good to drink? Kinda nervous that I may have just wasted a whole batch of brew...

Thanks for all the suggestions, I think I have a clearer idea of what I may do! :) I'm sure hubby and I both would like that black cherry, I have some glass 1 gallon jugs so I may even experiment a little! Thanks again!

Hi I am not too familiar with cider, mostly do beer brewing. Strangely enough the hubby isn't a big beer drinker and requested some cider. I made a small 2.5 gallon recipe to give it a try, using store boughten apple cider, Lalvin Ec-1118 champagne yeast and sugar(I believe I used 5 cups)...

Thank you, that was incredibly helpful actually. I may just have to do some more reading, I think my biggest hurdle is just going to be understanding the details better, I'm afraid that what I think may be simple will completely ruin my batch. I was thinking about picking up some one gallon...

This is just an example of what I am experiencing, I really am just looking for ideas on simple ways to change the flavors and play the recipes I have, in "extract form"