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I have read about the different stages of fermentation taking several weeks to complete. On the other hand people say to bottle once the SG has stabilized for a couple days. My recipe for emma's brown ale from NB states 1-2 weeks in primary and 2 weeks in secondary before 2 weeks in bottles...

What can cause this much loss and is it a problem? It tastes sweet, but very dilute dilute. FG should be 1.012.

I brewed Emma's brown ale from NB and just sealed it in my primary. Some minor details wern't as expected so i have a few questions. 1. I was expecting some hot and cold break to be on the bottom of the kettle after cooling and pouring into the primary, but I just had a little bit of clumped...

Some clarification: I only have 1 primary (bucket) and 1 secondary (carboy) Another question, if my point is to brew two without having 3+ weeks between them and I decide to ferment one completely in a large bucket in the other in a 6.5 gal carboy, which beer would be less likely to need a blow...

This is my first time brewing and I have two batches I can brew to experiment with different styles. Emma's Brown Ale http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/emma-s-ale-extract-kit-w-specialty-grains.html Witbier http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/witbier-extract-kit.html Of course I dont...