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That is what I'm thinking. Those were the things that were churning around in the primary for days.

Here is a better pic of it in the secondary. The first post was in the primary. There are only a few floaters in it now.

This theory has often mad me think that I am being way to worried and cautious in the whole process. But then again, my first two batches of beer are going well so far after paying particular attention to sanitation effort.

No.. I never thought of that. My wife and I tried my first home brewed beer two nights ago. It had a great head....or... I got great hea......let's just say both of us were really impressed with the results. :ban:

Pardon me but the search function doesn't work well. I have no results presented to my searches. I have tried on my iPad, PC and iPhone. This is not my first time at the forum rodeo. Beer brewing is just a new hobby. I'm a senior member of another forum that uses the exact format as this...

Ok, I am a noob to this forum and home brewing and I'm having a hard time with understanding all the acronyms and terms. There are many home brewing terms that are not in papazian's glossary. Some examples... Why do wives=swmbo? What does that stand for? I didn't know what cold crashing meant...

I thought that was the point when racking to a secondary as well. Leave the sediment and trub in the bottom of the primary and allow any suspended yeast to finish the fermentation and clear up the beer.

This is my American Light after three days in the primary. It was incredibly active. You could see stuff rising and falling for days. The airlock bubbled every 3 seconds. The white stuff on the side of the Carboy never settled out and there was never a significant amount of krausen. I was...

Will there be no ill effects to allowing the wort to stand at hot temps while the trub settles? My first two kits said to pour the wort onto cold water in my primary. I thought the idea was to chill the wort as soon as possible after the hour boil. I wonder if my auto siphon is rated for...

So I bought the funnel with the strainer in the bottom and used it to filter wort into my primary. I was amazed at the amount of stuff that clogged it. Do hop pelleys really expand that much? Both kits i used had bittering and finishing hops. Someone told me to not strain my wort. Should I...

Yes it is still there. They have good pizza as well.

It does suck to live so far away from a quality HBS. However, if you are like me, you want to support Michigan businesses and try to improve the sorry state of our economy. Adventures in Home Brewing is a Michigan company that has online service. They are opening here in Ann Arbor as they...

I'm from Michigan and am currently living in the Communist City of Ann Arbor. I am not an experienced brewer tho

I was told by the local brew shop that as long as they were able to come clean, and the beer was aged with no light sources, you could use clear glass. I would say you scored big time. It has taken me a long time to collect over 100 grolsch bottles. I don't drink champagne or grolsch.

My kit is Brewer's Best American Light. I used bottled spring water and followed the instructions exactly and it has been in the primary for seven days. OG was 1.041 exactly what the kit said it should be. The instructions suggest a final gravity of 1.010. I just finished racking it to a...

They are expanding. The new location is zoned for both wholesale and retail. The place is huge!!! I would say it is at least three times the size of the Taylor store (just the retail space alone). They will be working with local breweries and servicing online customers. :ban: The Beer...

I like everything I have heard about using a secondary as well. Sanitizing is what is important. Uh....What does cold crash mean? I can't find it in my glossary.

I don't have any brew buckets. I need to get another 6.5 gallon bucket. The one I have was given to me and is completely scratched up on the inside and really isn't food grade anymore. I have 2 six gallon carboys. My plan is to rack it to a secondary and let it sit for two weeks before...

Adventures in Homebrewing is opening up in Ann Arbor. It is going to be HUGE!!!!! 12,000+ sq ft! I stopped by to check it out. The are currently dealing with the communist govt trying to get permits and everything in line to be open in a month. Tyler asked me to stop calling the Taylor...

OK so I re-read the directions and it said 5-7 days before racking to secondary. Thanks for the link Jerryalan! It says "when fermentation slows but before it finishes". It's been seven days without really showing any signs of "slowing". I think I'm going to let it go one more day then rack...