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just wanted to let yall know my wife is here next to me as i type....

yeah, i knew that would get yall's attention :cross: i've had a second batch going and i transferred it to the secondary, and oh my god! it was soooo beautiful to look at. it had been in a pale for over a week so i couldn't see how wonderful it was!! thanks for the help guys

I'm getting ready to bottle, and I'm a little paranoid. I got to thinking--- if I leave the trub behind when I x-fer the beer into my bucket w/ priming sugar, where does the yeast reside? Is there yeast suspended in the beer, so that when I x-fer ONLY the beer and leave the gunk on the...

also check out the new belgium line (if you haven't already). their abby ale and trippel ale have yeast at the bottom of the bottle...

I have tried this too in an attempt to get yeast activity up, but the carboy (and beer inside) ended up warm to the touch (water bath in the sink). Do you think I fried the yeast?? Hope not, b/c I'm hoping to bottle the stuff soon...

original pitch was WL British Pale ale. Yum! Repitched w/ Nottingham. Repitched again w/ Nottingham (this time woke it up w/ warm water). Can you say newbie???? Well, I've been nursing it. I think my problem is that I didn't aerate at all when I first made the batch. Secondly...

i'm not sure if it's top or bottom. it was top at one point in time.... when i heated up the carboy in the sink, there was some action, but it went back to normal. after everything settled down, i tasted it and boy is it good!!! my main concern now is: if i add priming sugar and bottle...

sorry to hijack the thread, but I have the same exact problem. Stuck at 1.03. Have tried lots of stuff, won't go into details. It's my first batch. I think i'm going to bottle it on Friday regardless if the SG has dropped anymore. The only think I can think of doing is putting the...

i think the biggie is that i didn't aerate when i pitched the white labs. thats a big difference with that batch and my second batch (which seems to be doing really well, at day 3..) so i'm wondering based on yall's experience if i can still bottle even though the sugars are high? will...

it's been fermenting around 68 or so.. I just don't get it. initially used white labs, then used dried nottingham during a rescue attempt. the hygrometer is floating in the brew, and hasn't changed at all. stuck at 1.03. if it never gets down to ~1.014, can i still bottle it? what...

Well, something has gone wrong as my first batch is stuck at 1.03 specific gravity. I went too soon from primary to secondary (the CO2 generation had fallen off). I tried adding more yeast (1 pack of nottingham tossed in, another pack warmed in water the next day). Not much happened...

so is oxidation NOT a concern as long as the wort is ? 80F? ie, you can splatter, stir, etc. all you want? but when you RACK to secondary, you DON'T want any aeration? it seems from my limited understanding that aeration is important when you are getting your initial yeast wakeup going...

i transferred from primary to secondary too early (after ~48 hours) mainly because I'm over anxious and also b/c CO2 generation activity slowed down big time. So in the secondary, not much was happening either, so I threw in a pack of Nottingham dry yeast. Not much happened. SO, I took...

threw in some Nottingham. will see if the brew gets revived... thanks for all the help

can i use fleischman's yeast? hehehe j/k! i can;t pick some up until tomorrow. will my brew be safe waiting until then? should i put the whole pack in there? just a little? how about pitch? thanks again

ok, sorry to keep buggin you guys, i have the trub left over from last night-- (i think i left the lid on). Can I take some from from the pail and add it? or is it too risky? can't buy more yeast until tomorrow?

so if i've already racked to secondary, and there isn't a whole lot of activity, and my reading is 1.03, is the yeast done for? guess i need to wait til tomorrow to see if the SG drops... thanks guys

hi orfy, thanks for the reply. maybe it's not 1.003. it's at the 3 hash mark. i think i'm reading it wrong. all i know is that i had a strong go after about 12 hours, then it trailed off, so i went ahead and transferred it. but now, i'm getting very little activity. there is almost no...

ok, so i did some more reading up, and it seems to me the point of going from primary to secondary is to maximize gunk(?) removal. from what i read, when the foam begins to retreat you can move tanks (if you want). seems like you can omit this step altogether unless you are looking for...

Well, the primary has about 48 hours on it now. I took a peek inside and noticed that that foam has settled about 2" or so from max height, and that CO2 production has decreased moderately. About how far through the primary container phase do you think I am? When should I switch over to the...