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I decided to add to cinnamon sticks and maybe a 1/2 ounce of ginger. I figure I will see what happens.

I brewed a Christmas Ale on Saturday and the directions say to add two cinnamon sticks and an ounce of ginger root with 5 minutes left in boil. My question is, should I keep the cinnamon and ginger in the beer during fermentation, or will that make the two favors too strong? Thanks in advance

It's been a few weeks now and my magic hat clone is about ready to bottle. However, the stone clone is giving a gravity reading of 1.029 and its final gravity calls for 1.017 (OG 1.078). I would like to get it switched over to my secondary but don't know if I should give it a few more days and...

So my beers have been fermenting very nicely for 6 days now. I am concerned however, the magic hat clone seems to have gunk on the top of the krausen, it looks like it could be the hops residue but cannot be positive. Should I be concerned about this gunk? Or is this a result of the Irish moss...

Good news, After the re-pitch it is fermenting very nicely. Both look great and are farting up a storm. Thanks for the help.

Cool. Thanks, will let you know how it goes.

I added the second round of yeast at 5 hours ago. In your experience, when should I expect to see a krausen?

Okay, I re-pitched both beers and am seeing activity in the IPA. I am hoping to see some krausen in the magic hat clone soon. Since it has such a low gravity should I expect to see a krausen form?

Okay got back from work and the gravity for the stone is 1.085 and the start gravity calls for 1.078, so it's not far off. The magic hat called for an original gravity of 1.53 and mine is at 1.52. Could it be that the wort was to hot before I added the yeast. My thermometer was telling me 110...

Over the weekend I brewed two beers, one was a clone of magic hat number 9 and the other was stone ipa. Earlier this week I had to travel on business but was expecting to have tons of deliciously smelling farts bing produced. Unfortunately, I returned home to nothing, no krausen and no bubbles...

Thanks again everyone for all the helpful advice. I bottled the first batch last night and have learned a lot from the experience. My roommate and I also tried it for the first time an it seems to have turned out pretty tasty, even though it is on the sweeter side for a Dogfish head 60 min...

Would you suggest adding the dry hop when I get home from work?

So it seems like the bubbles have stopped and the Krausen has sunk back into the beer. It has officially been 9 days now. Should I add the dry hop and continue to let it sit? How many days, in you experience, until I should begin to bottle the beer. Side note: I am planning on keeping the beer...

Actually it is a combo, my Amarillo is whole and my Simcoe and Glacier are pellets. Is it not a good idea to mix and match?

Thank you again for all of your help on my first brew. It has now been 72 hours and have switched from the blow off tube to the air lock. There are a small amount of bubbles forming in the air lock, which in assume is a good thing. What should I expect at this point? And when should I plan on...