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i bottled first the small ones (300 ml) and went up to the big ones (600 ml). two small ones (supposedly bottled first) were different, one orange, other brown, and a big one was brown...

I'll watch out, i had some issues with the auto-siphon so i guess it coulde've oxigenated my beer before bottling, it didn't work well, i'll search for a leak soon... But, still, why does some bottles have red-orange color and others have a brown color? strange...

Hello there, I just brewed my first beer ever, an IPA. i had a previous thread that you helped me a lot regarding stuck fermentation however, now that it is carbonated color changed a lot. First, before bottling, it was somewhat orange (pic without carbonation) then, after bottling...

Just cracked open my first bottle. It is really strange how the color changed. it was orange before bottling. now, it is brown! I have no idea what the hell happened. do someone have a theory? It is surely too dark for an IPA, and unbalanced. it has 70 IBU and 5.5% ABV. there is a little sweet...

Sorry that i couldn't report earlier, here's the pic i took that day from the sample at the top of the fermenter it looks less yeasty (less white) but still it's not clear as i thought it should be. May be because of the heavy hopping (220g excluding dry-hopping) with no use of hop bag or...

thank you for you answer, i'll be bottling with 3 more people helping sanitation and stuff, we'll make a kind of a assembly line... i was willing to use a hose since i dont have the wand, but next time i'll sure have it, and also the auto-siphon for racking to the bottling bucket This...

hi, yes i did calibrate it, it is set for 20 C and it hits the 1.000 mark on the spot...

i did swirl it every now and then, since that 1 point drop it remained the same for more than 3 days despite being at 23.4C, how do i know for sure that it ended? thanks

I really don't see how mixing priming solution in bucket is better than putting the exact amount of the same solution inside each bottle... dissolve 100g of sugar in 200ml of water (boil), then put 1ml of this solution for each 100ml of bottled beer... meaning a 600ml beer will have 6ml of...

Hi again Yooper! Well, i was intending to insert priming solution directly at bottles before bottling, using a syringe to insert the right volume of solution for the bottle size, that way i do not need to disturb the trub mixing the priming solution. I would just open the fridge and then...

Hi Steve, gravity haven't changed for 5 days in a row... guess it stopped on the first week problably by the two causes i explained earlier, 1- started 25C got to 19C in 3 days, 2- didn't activate the yeast correctly, some were left stuck to the glass, seems i underpitched I'm just...

Thanks again. I've done some research and found out recommendations for those who intend to bottle from primary bucket through a spigot at the bottom. It seems I have to discard the first few glasses of beer until it comes a little bit clearer. Exactly because it is near the yeast cake. above...

Thank you yooper, you are helping me so much. One last stupid question, I'm taking these samples from the tap at the bottom of my bucket... Should I be taking it from the top? Is it supposed to have impact in my measurements? The tap is near the yeast cake, but a little bit above it. It should...

Here's today's sample... Still cloudy, no change in gravity...

in the terms i described, i basically intended on fermenting for 10 days (last 2 of dry-hopping) and 5 days of maturation at 7 C (also with dry-hops reaching a total of 7 days of dry-hopping) i was aiming at a 7 days fermentation but since i've had these problems i've described in this thread...