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they have been in the closet at 68 to 72 degrees.

I brewed a Chimay Grand Reserve clone (9% ABV). It has been in the bottles for 3 weeks. It has a wonderful taste, however it seems very under carbed. My question is whether it takes longer to carb a high ABV brew. I have made 4 previous brews and after 3 weeks they were carbed up nicely. Just...

those plastic buckets look great, but how do you get the airlock on it and sealed properly?

@cheeto so, you go 1 month in primary and straight to bottles or keg?

I am currently brewing a Chimay Grand Reserve clone. This is my 4th batch ever. the first three are all good, but i think they would be better if i had been more patient with them. so, i have vowed to be very patient with this batch being a 9% ABV brew. It has been in primary for about 9 days...

I am brewing a chimay grand reserve clone next week. It is about 9% ABV. I was planning on going about 2 to 3 weeks in primary and then about 1 to 2 months in secondary before bottling and let them age for a couple of more months. From what i have been reading on here, many people say don't...

My wife and kid named mine "Stupid Brew" cause they think it is stupid. I laugh every time i pop open a homebrew. At first i took offense, but now i can think of many advertising slogans if i ever go pro. lol

thanks for the responses. Yes, the waiting really sucks. i plan on letting them go at least 3 weeks (trying 1 or 2 each week). maybe i'll let a six pack go longer.

I bottled my first ever batch of brew (cream ale) 6 days ago. i couldn't stand the wait so i put one in the fridge and drank it. It was really good, had a nice head and was well carbonated. my question is do i put them in the fridge now to avoid over carbonating them, or do i let the sit for...

I started my first ever batch of brew 3 weeks ago. It had an OG of 1.052 and a target final of 1.012. after a week it was down to 1.019 and never moved from that. I finally just went ahead with bottling. It tasted good, so hopefully i didn't just create a bunch of bottle bombs. I guess i will...

ok, i swirled the carboy. now i guess i will wait and check sg again tomorrow.

temperature has stayed between 68 and 72 the entire time. should i still try raising the temp?

I have had my first batch of brew fermenting for 13 days. There is still a krausen foam layer on top. very little activity in the air lock (it bubbles every minute or two). the gravity has been reading 1.023 for the last 3 days. the target final gravity is supposed to be 1.012. (original...

Im ahead of you there. I have two batches going 1 week apart, so pretty soon i will be pretty busy bottling for a while.

thanks for the quick replies. I am totally in to this hobby, but the waiting really sucks. I can't wait to try MY first brew.