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It’s a Marzen Octoberfest but we substituted with lager yeast due to colder temps in the east, but by the time I got around to making the beer it was a little warmer. My basement always stays around 65-70, and the temp on the bucket said 68 for the best part. I think I rushed this beer as I’m...

Your right, the yeast didn’t look complete, although there was no bubbling, it was still foaming which is a sign of not being done. I usually put in secondary after a week for flavoring in this case. I’ll give it a few more weeks and taste again. I think it was German lager yeast by Wyeast. The...

Hello all, I hope you can help me diagnose an issue with my Octoberfest. I’ve brewed this beer multie times but this time when racking to secondary I tasted the beer and it has a yeasty fruity flavor. The only difference was that I used a liquid lager yeast and not an ale yeast. I kept it in the...

Thanks for the comments, i think i'll bottle in the next week or so straight from the primary.

As the season comes near i usually do my yearly ginger stout but this year i tried something a little different by not doing a secondary. This is a very full beer much like a imperial stout starting at 1.088 and usually finishing around 1.022. my question is, its been sitting in the primary for...