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Hello, I put my cider into the primary on October 1st. It is now October 17th. I did not take a hydrometer reading because I do not have a hydrometer here at school with me. Looking at the sides of the primary I can see very very small bubbles popping all over the place. Not as many...

alright nice Thank you for your help

You'll be fine. CO2 blanket will protect it. I have had beers with twice as much head space as that turn out great.

The secondary has been placed in the fridge now. It was very hard to keep it still while walking down three flights of stairs but I did the best I could. Hopefully that won't be a problem. If I do a long cold crash, will that take ALL the yeast out of suspension and prevent bottle carbonation?

I have seen yeast rafts that look like that, however I have also seen infections that look like that initially. Keep a close eye on it. You say that they are just bubbles so you should be fine!! Have a home brew and relax!

I think it would do the same thing (carbonation) but flavor wise, I have read that corn sugar is the way to go. *Table sugar is cane sugar I believe

My guess is what is said above: Either your bottle was not completely sanitized or you may have gotten some sediment from your pour into the glass....

Yea I have the disadvantage of not having a hydrometer so I go off judgement... I will likely let it go for a few more weeks then bottle and just hope for the best. I choose to use Safale US-05 which everyone says is a great yeast for just about everything.

I do have a large walk in fridge here where I'm living that I could cold crash my secondary in for a few days. Tonight is the 5th night with hops and oak, when should I cold crash and how long? I only worry about getting my secondary down three full set of stairs to get to where the fridge is...

Thank you for all the responses! Tonight will be the 4th full day being in the secondary. I think this weekend I will attempt to cold crash it by fitting as much of the secondary in my mini fridge. I'll leave it there for a day and then siphon into the bottling bucket. Here are some photos I...

I brewed an IPA and started it in the primary. NO PROBLEMS I transferred it to the secondary 8 days later (I know Revvy this was very early), threw in 1 oz of hops and a small amount of light oak chips. I do not want to have the IPA resting with hops and oak chips for more then 7-10 days...

how long did you leave it to ferment on the yeast? What can we do to prevent this dryness everyone complains about?

Sounds good I am thinking like 3 weeks in the primary then bottle? It's been over a week and i am still seeing little bubbles everywhere. Is there anything I can add into the fermenter which will prevent it from going super dry. I feel like it already has a dry strong smell to it.

This video is great. CraigTube is also very helpful

Thank you for the help. Should I rack to a secondary container at some point? I'm not sure if people add fruit or anything to the secondary but that may be nice to try.

Well it sounds like the Black Butte Porter should be added to my list of beers to try! Here are some updated photos from my closet brew. I racked the IPA to secondary the other day and added: 1 oz Centennial Hops 0.5 - 0.75 oz of light oak chips Does everything look alright so far...

I guess I wasn't specific with my question. Will there be any problems fermenting it in the original plastic the juice came in? It is producing CO2 so I know it is working.

I'm glad to hear that about the US-05 and did not know that about porters. The bucket is a 5 gallon which is why I like to piece together ingredients myself and make batches that are about 4 gallons. My better bottle is 6.5 gallon though

Your going to think you messed up a million things and chances are you won't mess up anything. Just keep everything sanitized. Youll be fine :mug:

If I read correctly you already have your kit bought....so you can follow the instructions given I'm assuming First off sanitizing is huge. Keep everything sanitized with some sort of product like star san etc. Also, wash your hands constantly while brewing just for good meausre. This is just...