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I did a slow stir for about 2 minutes. Bottles were stored at 66 degrees.

No I did not toss the batch. Still in the basement in the cases. I will let it sit longer and if need be do the tablet and recap. Thanks for the help.

I used the priming sugar that was in the kit. Don't know how much it was. It was a 5 gallon batch. It was a Brewers Best Kit.

That is what I thought. When I do a secondary in the carboy I wrap the whole carboy in a doubled up beach towel to keep the light out. I was looking to buy a larger carboy as well. Also I read that you should just leave the primary alone for 2 weeks. I did that and also did a secondary for...

So I made a pumpkin spice ale and after 3 weeks of conditioning there is no carbonation. Now when I tried a couple bottles I noticed that there was very little to no yeast on the bottom of the bottle. Could that be my problem or has the yeast not yet consumed the sugar and fallen to the bottom.

So in my kit I have a 7.5 gallon plastic bucket and a 5 gallon carboy. My question is can I use the 5 gallon carboy for my primary fermentation or is it too small? I use the plastic bucket but just wanted to be able to see what was going on during fermentation and to also be able to check Sg...

Awesome. Thank for the help. I cooled my first batch but not the second.

When you boil and fissile the priming sugar, should you drop the temp down to the beer temp ? Can you just leave it hot and put it the bottling bucket and add the beer? Thanks

I stand corrected. Not bad just flat. I have another beer ready just waiting for time. Probably do it over the holidays. I guess I should get started asking a few questions.

Hello everyone. Just started brewing a few months ago. Have completed two brews so far. One good one bad. Bad one never carbonated. Hope to learn a lot here.