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I have another n00by question, sorry. How transparent/opaque should the beer be after a week-and-a-half in secondary? I know this still has at least three weeks in the bottle, but I thought it would've cleared a little in the carboy by now. Pic below, you can't even see my fingers through the...

It's funny how much effect that acronym has on your sanity. Thanks :)

I just checked and all signs of life have disappeared. There's a good 4-5" between the liquid surface and the neck of the carboy, and there's no airlock activity. It still looks very opaque to me, almost like milky tea, but it still smells fine. Going to take another gravity reading at lunch. I...

Thanks for the advice! I just gave it a little rock back and forth which brought a little bit of life back. I'll check it again in the morning to make sure it's ok.

It's a Two Hearted clone. It's been in the primary for three weeks now. Nottingham yeast, no starter. I heard oxidation can occur with too much head space. Every other pic I've seen of secondarys had waaaay less space up top.

So I just racked to secondary, wasting almost nothing in the process, but it left a load of space in my 5gal secondary carboy. Below is a pic after transfer: Does this look right? It was around 5.25gal in primary, could some evaporation have occurred? It's spent three weeks in primary and...

The recipe I'm following calls for the wort to be racked to secondary when the airlock activity is 2-3 minutes apart, then bottled when 3-4. Due to some issues there was no activity for the first few days, then it burst into life, so much so I needed to hook up a makeshift blow-off hose with...

I'll do that, thanks. I think the grommet was maybe not a perfect fit, hence the leakage. I'm probably going to stick to one-stage after this with the carboy, but I'll definitely keep that in mind.

Yeah, it's a small hole, just wide enough for the 3-piece airlock so wedge in to the hilt. I've read a lot of places that secondary isn't required, but my brew shop said it was worthwhile for this particular recipe. I'm a little concerned about contamination, given this is my first batch. I'm...

Oh, did I ignore the first two rules of Brew Club? ;) Thanks for the swift reply!

First post, hi! So I started brewing this past weekend, a Bell's Two Hearted clone. All went really well right up to the point I was ready to seal the primary fermenter (plastic bucket). Total n00b move - I pressed on the lid, THEN pushed the airlock in. Of course, it pushed the rubber grommet...