Recent content by wheela426

yeah that's what i meant, i diluted the priming sugar with hot water and poured into the bottling bucket before pouring wort in there. right now my beers are back out of the fridge and warming up.

Hello, I posted this a couple of days ago in the beginners forum. One of the responses said that I should have left the beer after it was bottled at room temperature for about 3 weeks. He said I might be able to salvage it by removing it from the fridge and shaking it every few days but he...

PROBLEM - Beer was completely flat, no carbonation what's so ever, tasted flat and stale. I am not sure what happened, I painstakenly followed the directions the best I could. I let sit in primary for about a week then racked to 2ndary for about 3 weeks. When I bottled I diluted and put the...

Just got done botteling. Took a hydrometer reading right before I started botteling and it came out around 1.7% alcohol. It's always had a really low gravity. My starting gravity was around 1.011. Is this typical for wheat beers? I'm just wondering if there is anything I could have done...

I've had it in there for about 3.5 weeks. Is this too long? I've just been super busy lately. I hope I didn't ruin it.

Ok, My beer has stopped fermenting in the primary fermentation bucket. Now, I understand that the point of the 2ndary fermentor is for making the beer more smooth and clearing out some of the sediments. What I don't understand is why people keep it in the 2ndary for 2 weeks? If it's done...

First brew of beer....Should I be concerned? It's been 5 days. It was bubbling good for the first 3. Tapered off yesterday and then it barely bubbles now. Did I do something wrong? Time to rack?

Came up with a design/idea. Where can i get these printed for bottles without losing an arm and a leg? Also what do you guys think about the design?

Hello all, I am new to home brewing and I have just brewed my first batch this past weekend. Here are my questions... From everything I've read it says that I should avoid exposing the wort to oxygen while in the primary fermentor. So when I go to siphon from primary to the 2ndary carboy...

Well... to answer your question as to "why not bottle them". I just dont' feel like sitting around all day bottling 52 bottles of beer. I'd like to bottle half of them and then stick the rest away in the fridge. 5 gallons typically would make about 52 12-ounce bottles right?

Hello, I have a question. I just got into home brewing. I was wondering instead of putting my beer into bottles can I put it in 1 gallon containers when it is ready? Are there any implications of bottling this at a later date after it's been in my 1 gallon containers in the fridge?

Thanks all! I noticed the tiny holes in it after I posted. thanks again.

So, last night i completed my first brew. It's currently in my primary fermentor and I put the airlock in. I noticed today that it's bubbleing. Well my question is are you supposed to keep the top cap on the airlock? If so how does the co2 escape? Every picture I see on the net seem to...