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So I've been holding off posting this for weeks, hoping that the longer my honey ale sat in the bottles, it would get better. Well, it isnt. So here's the story/question. We made a honey ale from a kit. We followed all the directions. We sanitized the living crap out of everything. And after...

So I've been holding off posting this for weeks, hoping that the longer my honey ale sat in the bottles, it would get better. Well, it isnt. So here's the story/question. We made a honey ale from a kit. We followed all the directions. We sanitized the living crap out of everything. And after...

Thanks a bunch for the responses guys. Looks like I'll be roasting the nuts first to get rid of those oils you speak of, and then I'm going to let them hang out in the secondary and do their thing. Hopefully it turns out delicious and makes a great fall beer!

So I was thinking about making a pecan pumpkin amber ale, but don't want the flavor of the pecans to be very high. Is it reasonable to put them as a layer on the bottom of a secondary? Would anything actually seep out of them during this? I see people recommending crushing them and putting them...

So the dry hopping wont kick up any dormant yeast or anything, and is really just an aromatic thing? And do you think I should use a hop sock or just let em float?

So my beer fermented pretty vigorously and blew the lid off my bucket. This is only the second batch I've made, and I was planning to dry hop it afterwards. Should I still dry hop if it's fermenting this strongly? Will that mess with anything? I did a search on here first, but only came up with...

Oh, it will be bottled no matter what inside it tries to choke me.

Are there any signs I should look for when we get to the bottling phase to see if it may be contaminated? Color, smell, etc?

I figured it was time to give a hello to everyone out there, since I've been lurking these forums for a while new gathering as much info as possible. Just brewed my second batch (an IPA) this past Thursday with another member on here, Ghost1220. After the lid blew off the bucket and I came...