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That OG is spot on what I had, 1.050. Thanks for the info I didn't realize all that yeast does, I was thinking only about the APV percentage. What I'm more afraid of is having exploding bottles in the house. I'd rather leave it a little longer to prevent that from happening and if the air lock...

My first beer, I saw after about 2-3 days it basically stopped bubbling. I transferred it to my secondary and saw no movement. My next beer I saw it bubbling for about 3-4 days in primary. I had added juice to my secondary before racking the beer in. Now it's still fermenting, again, but it's...

Hey was my first batch and I forgot that plastic insulates. I dumped my boiling hot wort into the primary. I bought a wort chiller right after because of that. My pot couldn't contain 5 gal and wasn't thinking when I did it. Whirlfloc can be added to the boil if clarity is what you're after.

From what I've read, chilling the wort down quickly helps the end clarity of your beer. My first batch didn't cool down quick, was like 3 hours with cool water and ice bath. It still turned out well.

Hello, one of my friends I work with referred me to the site. Glad that I joined, lots of good info/stuff here.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the responses. I planned on adding the juice to my secondary first and then racking the beer on top of it about a week from now, then letting it sit another two weeks before really taking my final gravity. I'm glad I added the hops at the last 5 min then, I really...

So racking the juice won't make a difference in the gravity?

This weekend I decided to make some more ale. This is my second batch, and I'm still on extract brewing. My brew kit came with some recipes and I saw one that I figured I'd try out. It's a cherry ale. From what I've read on the forum it's more of a hit or miss kinda brew. I'm hoping that it...

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