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Hi guys, I've been doing some reading on partial boil vs. full boil, and it's my understanding that you place some rather severe limits on your hop utilization with a partial boil. My question is this- if doing say, 2.5 gal instead of 5 gal, with the full extract amount added at beginning...

Hi guys, I'm working on a brown ale that was in the primary for a little over a week, transferred to the secondary at around 1.016 SG. Transferred maybe a bit early, but I was going on vaca and wanted to get it moved. It's been in the secondary for just over 2 weeks now, and it's still...

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Hi guys, I was wondering if you all typically let the primary fermentor sit at room temp until the yeast gets going before chilling it down to desired ferm temp in the swamp cooler (or whatever cooling method you use)? I just brewed a batch yesterday and decided to let it sit out for a bit to...

Ahh, I'm off by a factor of 10! Forgot the "10 times its weight" in my calculation. ;) Do you guys take time to attemperate the slurry down to the wort temp? Or just toss it in there?

Hey guys, I've searched the forums for quite awhile and not found what I'm looking for. I know the instructions for Notty dried yeast say to immerse in water 10 times its weight, so by my calculations, an 11 gram packet of yeast equates roughly to only about .4 ounces of water. Does this sound...

I had an identical post a few weeks ago with my first try at liquid yeast- I had no activity for 4 whole days. They were the longest days of my life. Now it's been bubbling away for 2 weeks now. :rockin:

Hi guys, I recently purchased an extract kit from Northern Brewer. My malt extract came in a half gallon container like a milk carton, so it's not prepackaged canned extract. If it's gonna be a few weeks before I use it, should I store it in the fridge for the time being?

I've done two batches now using the "standard" 5 oz, and I feel that I've had just a tad too much carbonation. Here's my recent post on it: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/slight-over-carbonation-187982/ I'm definitely gonna try a bit less next time. And if you're under 5 gallons by a small...

Thanks guys, really helpful stuff. I think for my american amber ale coming up I will drop down to around 4 oz.

I've searched these forums on this topic and didn't quite find what I was looking for. I've brewed 2 batches so far and they've gone great, but I feel like after bottle conditioning my beer is just a tad over carbonated- I'm using the recommended 5 oz. It's not a consistency problem either...

Well, I must say I am slightly ashamed for not being more patient. My plan was to take another hydrometer reading tonight, and if I see no change, pitch a packet of Notty in and hope for the best. Sure enough, while at home on my lunch break, I finally saw bubbling....very far apart, but at...

If I see no change over the next few days, should I pitch a packet of dry yeast?

Thanks for the pointers Revy. I understand the concept of the airlock and that a lack of bubbles may be meaningless. That's why I took a gravity reading and stated there was no change in gravity. Like you said, I have another full day before I should officially be worried- at that point I...

Hi guys, I brewed a batch with liquid yeast (wyeast activator) for the first time the other day, and so far it's not looking good. Here are a few bullet points: 1. Yeast activator pack did not seem to swell at all in the three hours it it sat on the counter before pitching. 2. It's now...

Definitely wait. I would let it sit at least two weeks in the secondary.

Thanks for all the good input! Just to clarify though, when I mention commercial beer's shelf life, I am thinking of from "born on date" to roughly 110 days or so on- not thinking of it in the sense that it may take 3 months before it even gets to you. So the big brewers already state a max...

Ah, so you if your starting and final gravities dictate a 4% ABV, you might say it went up to around 4.2-4.4% after carbonation. Thanks guys!

Does the fermentation of the bottling sugar add any considerable amount of alcohol content to the beer?

I have a simple question. It seems that, based on what I have read in books and on these forums, homebrewed beer has a much longer shelf life than commercially brewed beer you buy in the store- why is this, especially considering commercial beer is pasteurized? In the past, I've always...