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Super helpful all. Thanks. I definitely did not give it time to settle before I racked. Could I use the bag I got to steep my grains in (cant remember what it is called, starts with an m) to cover the end of the hose? Thanks again all.

So, I am about to rack my first brew to a bottling bucket from my glass carboy this weekend to bottle. When I racked to the secondary I picked up a good amount of trub (as is evident by the layer at the bottom of my secondary fermenter). I would like to avoid this when I rack to my bottling...

So, just rack with the hops floating on top? Thanks for all the help.

So, I added two ounces of hops to my 5 gallon IPA in secondary last Friday. They are still just floating on top. Is this normal? How long will it take for them to sink? I am hoping to bottle this Friday, but I don't want to until they sink. Any help would b appreciated.

Make sure to only get the zest not the pith (the white part), or else it will add unwanted bitterness.

Abraxas. Starring Jesse Ventura. Not only is the movie as terrible and non-sensical as Zardoz, it is also so poorly lit, there is no way to tell what is going on.

Word of advice: Just go ahead and start with a blowoff tube instead of an airlock. This thing has a very violent fermentation. I fermented in a 6.5 gal carboy and still had krausen pouring out of the blow off tube for over 48 hours.

I would love to keg but I don't have the money or the space to do it.

Thanks. This is all helpful. It is over 6% abv. I think I am gonna go ahead and leave it in there for the six weeks. I will let you guys know how it turns out.

Fantastic Fellow Fermenters, I have been reading a lot about length of time a beer can spend in a primary, and I have gotten a lot of different views. I brewed a Cream Stout a few weeks back, and originally I wanted to leave it in the primary for 5 weeks before I bottled. However, looking at my...

Try lemon juice and water. Then rinse it a bunch. It worked on the same type of discoloration/stain that I got on some of my wine glasses.

Awesome post! Makes me want to start doing AG.

I got a starter kit from northern brewers. It came with everything I needed. I brew exclusively indoors. I would suggest starting with a non-lager kit, just to get the hang of the process. Depending on whether you have a good home brew shop near you, you may be able to get the equipment you need...

An someone suggest a quality bench capper?

Very cool! What did you use? Gimp?

I think I am just gonna throw some in, since I have it laying around. Is there any way it could be bad for the beer if I add it?

I am making a wit bier from extract. 6 lbs total of dry extract (3 lbs wheat, 3 lbs pilsen)I am pitching 1 bag of wheat 3944 Belgian wit. It will be a 5 gal. Batch. Do I need to add any yeast nutrients? Why or why not? I was going to add one tsp at 5 min. Thoughts?

Just made these on gimp. These are for my first two beers. Not sure which IPA label I will use. Also the abv on the stout will likely be higher.

That makes sense. I think I am going to wait till Xmas and build one with my dad. I guess it is ice baths until then. Thanks for the help.

What program did you use to make these? They are awesome by the way.