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kephren and all who replied - Thanks. Sam introduced me to IDOPHOUR and I now posses a bottle that will be vigorously used. I opened the first bottle of wheat beer that was conditioning and guess what, unrefridgerated it was a real foamer. Have been using "C-BRITE" only to clean and I thought...

Andre & Bikebryan I mistated the priming sugar quantity it was infact 3/4 cup to a 5 gallon brew. Am convinced at this point I committed the multiple sins of not sanitizing my bottle caps and I didn't even attempt to stir the priming sugar water once in the racking container. I'm learning -...

To Timaster: It appears to me from the hints I have recieved that I committed a cluster goof on that Red Ale. I'll learn from those errors so I am greatfull for the advice. As far as the great outdoors boiling is concerned. It has prevented me from recieving further broom bash marks...

Hi maltyrod and sam75. In referance to the priming sugar I did boil it. But the more y'all mention the stirring the more I think if I didn't infect my brew that's probably it. The bottles I am down to are the first ones I filled and my racking container feeds out from the bottom. I could have...

Hi Sasquatch. I poured my priming sugarwater into the racking bottle then siponed in from the fermenter on top of it but I truly did nothing to stir the mix. - Will do so next batch. Looks as though I'm going to the learn the hardway school. Thanks for the thought!

Hi Sudster. The beer smells good and still tastes good. I used "c-brite" to sterilize everything that touched the wort after the boil. I used my wort cooler for the first time but it was sterilized. I cooked and cooled out doors keeping the cooker lid on but ajar to allow for the water hoses to...

Hi Sam75. The bottle was room temperature. It was one of the large reused commercial bottles. I fear to pass out any more as gifts. would an additional week or so of fermention time be good insurance against further mistakes because I sure made one somewhere. thanks for responding.

This is my first time entry in any forum. I'm a novice at home brewing and have been using kits till recently. I have bashed a Red Ale kit with amylase enzyme and an extra pound of DME. My OG. was 1044. after a fermenting of 8 days my spec. grav ran a constant 1006 for an additional 4 days...