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The Krausen won't settle in the brew it has been 7 days :cross: not sure what I should do. I do want to transfer this to a 2nd to condition before bottling I can't justify bottle conditioning and wasting all that good yeast to wort ratio like John Palmers book said, besides this is my 5th brew...

Wunderbar!!! Houston we have air lock activity it's not much only a bubble every 19 seconds but bubbles be damned full speed ahead. Thanks to everyone for all of your help I learn so much from you all.

It can finish over night?

I have a bucket for primary fermentation. I had the vail at around room temp before I pitched it. Thanks for the reassurance I am feeling a great deal more confident about the fermentation.

It is now, in a space that is always at 60 deg

Pitched @ 75deg Fermenter is at 73 - 75Deg

It has now been 24 hours since I pitched the yeast I open the primary and there is nothing happening in the beer that is visible. yeast date is best used before may 23 2013 pitched at 75F now i am getting the noob worries again.

So I have been only using dry yeast which takes really fast and finishes really fast so I like moving my brew from the primary to a glass carboy around 7-8 days after fermentation starts or when I get a FG of around 1.010 to condition/ clear up and I leave it there for two to three weeks before...

Roger, going to learn how to do a starter for the next brew. Every brew I dig a little deeper in and find new ways to make myself think I'm going to destroy my beer. Home brewing is very addictive.

OG 1043 I got the vial a week ago didn't even notice the date on the vial I'll check it tonight when I get home I aerated very well. I think my friend has a packet of dry yeast in his fridge that he has not used yet would mess up the brew of I pitched that on the fermenter tonight?

Cream Ale WLP001 I can't decide if these forum are good or bad for me :) I read a bit online and I follow the instructions that come with the kit to the letter, then like a dummy I go read online again and I start getting the noob freak out :o feeling, I did not use a starter with my yeast it...

Cool beans. Thank you for the quick reply.

Started brew 8pm finished around 1145pm friday night got up the next morning at 6 and checked it and the air lock was going crazy. checked it again around 9pm that night and the air lock seems to be doing nothing and i read that if 90 sec go by and there are no bubbles it is done. I don't...

Thank for the quick responses. Just got a hydrometer last night so I'll test it in a few days.

Brewing Mr. Beer recipe Columbus' Cascading Amber Ale, it took about 15 hours before I saw any signs of life and from what I have read here that is doing just fine. Around 15 hours I saw all that gunk on the top of the beer and this morning (about 30- 35 hours) when I checked it all the gunk...