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Well everything was going fine, bottled one batch, made some home made jerky, then brewed a batch of summer ale, this is where I may have a problem. When I went to pitch the yeast the bottle was pressured up which sprayed some yeast out on the floor. I don't think it was more than a teaspoon...

Well everything was going fine, bottled one batch, made some home made jerky, then brewed a batch of summer ale, this is where I may have a problem. When I went to pitch the yeast the bottle was pressured up which sprayed some yeast out on the floor. I don't think it was more than a teaspoon...

Well everything was going fine, bottled one batch, made some home made jerky, then brewed a batch of summer ale, this is where I may have a problem. When I went to pitch the yeast the bottle was pressured up which sprayed some yeast out on the floor. I don't think it was more than a tea spoon...

Thanks for the replies this far everyone, keep them coming. Can never get too much information!

HaHa, I already have a cream ale from AHS that has been fermenting for two weeks, just hope this doesn't happen to the next batch.

Yea, I made a priming solution of 2/3 cup of corn sugar with 16 oz of water brought it to a boil, let it cool for a bit and dumped it in my bottling bucket, then used an auto syphon to rack from the fermenter making everything swirl around so it should have been mixed pretty well.

That is what I was thinking also, but the only way I could do that is to move it to the garage which I think that would be way to high a temp as it is about 90 out there, or I could raise my house temp which I really don't want to do!!! Thanks for the help

I guess it could be a little cooler, probably not under 68 degrees though, and I put it in the fridge for 2 days at 36 degrees.

It was an extract from Norther Brewer, the kit came with safale US-05

There isn't much carbonation at all, just added there is no head for an FYI,as for the yeast flavor the taste is similar to what rising bread smells like, if that makes sense. My central air is set for 70 degrees, so that should be very close to what the bottles are at.

My first brew was an extract American wheat from NB. O.G. was 1.041, was suppose to be 1.043. Pitched the yeast and let ferment for 18 days at 67deg, F.G. was down to 1.009 for 3 days, mixed up 2/3 cup of corn sugar in 16oz of water for my primer. I used an auto syphon to rack to bottling...

Thanks for the responses guys. My hydrometer had a chart with it, the wort temp was 70 deg. when I took the reading, it came out at 1.040 and at 70 deg I was to add .001 so that's how I got the 1.041 reading. And now sitting hear watching I see that it has quit bubbling so must have been from...

Well I just pitched my yeast on my first batch of American Wheat Beer. O.G. was suppose to be 1.043 and it came out at 1.041, figure that is pretty close. Is it bad to see the air lock bubbling within the first half hour or is that just a sign of really good yeast?

Forgot to add that I also ordered a few books, How To Brew and The Joy of Homebrewing.

Thanks for all the responses, I can already tell this forum will be a great place for help. On that note, I ordered a deluxe kit from AHS, I also picked up 2 24 packs of bottles, some star san, vinator and a 6.5 gallon brew pot, is there anything besides that I should need or be helpfull? Some...