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Thanks, just dryhopped my second IPA brew today (sanitized like a mofo, took the lid off and had someone drop the hops in) and was wondering the same thing.

Hmm, anyone got a good Hefeweizen recipe to recommend? Since the Hefe yeast (the Wyeast 3068) seems to be the best when put in liquid form (unless there's an easier way to use only a portion of a liquid yeast package for a 1 gal), I may just wait until the 5 gal primary is freed up in about 2...

Nice, 3 weeks is perfect for the holidays! My brothers enjoy a good wheat beer as well. I'll look up some recipes for a good Hefe.. now to decide if I want to wait ~2 weeks until my 5 gal primary is done or if I want to get started on brewing a 1 gal in the next few days.

The 2 brews I have in my primaries are going to be ready for bottling in the next few weeks.Be nice to establish a good pipeline.. and trying to figure out what types of beer to brew next- types that aren't too difficult but would fit the winter weather well. Thinking a coffee stout would be...

Odd. It's post-brew day 12 and I'm seeing quite a bit of activity (bubbling) at the surface of the beer. I'm trying to decide if it's the yeast becoming a bit more active because I picked up the jar and moved it to a different closet (one further away from the window as its getting cold) or if...

I hear ya. Makes me impatient indeed. This coming Monday marks 2 weeks of fermentation and I've planned for 3 weeks. But I kind of want to just get it over with and start bottling!

Boy this got confusing fast.

Makes sense. I had to think about it for a minute right after I posted that. My second brew involved steeping grains so I was going "huh?" while reading the second post, but I realized that I did dump in 7# of pale malt extract after that so.

So how much of an issue could a lack of sugar conversion (from steeping) be?

The waiting is tormenting me too. I have two primaries going (1 gal and 5 gal) and still another week before the first gets bottled. I'm already researching recipes to come up with my next 1 gal batch. Just trying to fill in the time in between.. patience is not my strongest suit either...

Resurrecting this thread as it's more appropriate than starting a new one- so... I should be taking hydrometer readings near the end of fermentation to make sure I get 2-3 consistent readings in a row before I bottle? And of course, what is the issue with dropping the sanitized hydrometer...

Belatedly just saw these "similar threads" under the quick reply. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/did-my-airlock-gasket-seriously-just-fall-into-my-wort-296482/ That plus everyone's comments make me feel tons better now. At least I washed my arm and sanitized it before sticking it in there...

That's an awesome thread.. hopefully it should be okay. Feeling a bit better about all this. I agree, I probably should have left the gasket in there. Wasn't sure what else I could do other than the trashbag idea that I belatedly thought of after the fact. I suppose taping it to get a good...

Another 'Did I ruin my beer' thread- looked through the stickies. Was brewing a 5 gal batch of IPA, my second batch (first was with a 1 gal BBS kit). Did everything I needed to do; sanitized everything like there was no tomorrow and continually washed my hands with antibacterial soap and...

New brewer here- brewed with this kit about a week and half ago. My primary is sitting in the closet and the color looks good. Not much activity although I see some small-scale bubbling. I've seen in this thread that one ought to wait 3 weeks in the primary rather than the 2 in the directions...