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UPDATE!!: You guys are right! I opened it and theres a LOT of Krausen!! IT LIVES!!!!!

Temps at 68f, its an english brown ale, and I used liquid Wyeast European Ale Yeast (i think thats the name), from the LHBS. Ill pop it open and check it out, this is only my 3rd brew, but the past 2 the airlock has been goin nuts, maybe the bucket has an air leak :D P.S What is a Fussel?

Still no bubbles.... Yes I aerated, im afraid that I might have added the yeast when the wort was too hot perhaps? It was about 80f on my thermometer but... im beginning to think its not accurate +/- 10 degrees... shall I throw this batch out? Or is it possible to add more yeast? Thanks for...

Hey guys, so I accidentally left a packet of Wyeast liquid yeast at room temp for 3-4 hours before I broke the nutrient packet... could the yeast be all dead? Its been 48 hours and no bubbling out of the airlock... my past 2 beers I made bubbled within 24 hours or so.

Thanks for the reply. I understand racking from the primary to the secondary to leave behind the trub. Its just that the recipe for the rogue says to rack to secondary after 3-5 days and leave it in there until fermentation completes, and then it says to rack the trub... Weird. Maybe its a...

Thanks for the replies, I do have a hydrometer and know how to use it. I should have mentioned that. About the part where it says rack the trub, the reason why it is confusing is because the way the recipe reads, it seems to say to transfer to secondary until finished fermenting, and then rack...

Hello! So my friend and I just started brewing not too long ago. We bought a homebrewing kit from a local homebrewery store, and we just happened to get another kit from a friend who didnt use his.. so we can make 2 or even 3 batches at a time basically. Anyways, we have a light wheat ale in...

Oh, adding the rest of the water in while bottling will be ok? I plan to transfer to a secondary maybe in 5 days or so, should it be ok to add the rest of the water then? Thanks for the help!

Hey guys! Well I brewed my first batch of beer yesterday with my friend. As we were boiling the wort, we had an unfortunate accident where we contaminated about 2 gallons of water that was sitting in the primary... so we tried to boil/cool water as fast as we could before the wort finished...

Ok! Looks like I will extract samples. I am planning to use a secondary so from what ive read, I will probably transfer in a weeks time or once it has stabilized. Thanks again for the help!!!

Hello! I am new to homebrewing, my buddy and I just picked up a pretty decent kit from our local home brewing store (The Cellar in Seattle, WA). We just got the wort in the primary today, we are attempting to make a light wheat ale, seems to be an easy beginner beer. Anyways, just...