I normally only do primary fermentation and have brewed a vanilla cream ale and wanted to ask if anyone has added the vanilla beans to primary? I see where a lot of people talking about adding to secondary, thanks for anyone's opinion!
I have been conditioning a brown ale in bottles for little over a week, a gave a buddy a bottle but told him not to drink for at least another week. I forgot to tell him to leave it out in room temp and he put in fridge! I told him to take out and turn upside down for a few seconds then leave...
Fellas, I would like an opinion on dry hopping! I have a Sierra Nevada pale ale clone (5 gallons) that has been fermenting in primary for almost a week and a half now. I was going to rack into secondary and just throw in dry hops(pellets) but after reading that is probably not the best thing to...
I use all grain for my homebrews. When the instructions suggest 1 to 2 weeks primary then 1 to 2 weeks secondary what is the difference? I guess what i am asking is does it mean you can ferment in primary in one week and then secondary a week then bottle! What is the difference if you ferment...