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One silly question; I added the hop bags (which I used while boiling) in the fermentors and then added the yeast and stirred, do you think I will have any negative results by doing this? Does adding those bags before the fermentation (basically the fermentation didn't start yet) affect the beer...

I am sorry for my ignorance, but what do you mean by cold crashing? How is it done?

Hello everyone, I am a newbie, still using the kits to brew. I brewed 2x5 gallons last night, one using an IPA kit from tin and one using the tea bag technology. I was wondering which types of hops you would use for dry hopping. I have bishop UK hops, wakanutz NZ and columbus US. I have used a...

hehe I am not patient either! I bottled the beer today after 10 days, the hydrometer was showing stable gravity for 4 days now, but this weekend I will try to brew the next beer (wheat beer probably) and let it age for 3 weeks to see what happens. So as a quick conclusion is the longest u let...

Oh, I don't have a carboy, but I would like to know what are the advantages of putting it in a carboy? Also do you have any suggestions how to increase the ABV in my beer? It always give me 4-4.5%

Hi guys I am not really bothered about the airlock anymore, I will just use it as decoration I suppose hehe Thanks anyway. The fermentation worked fine I guess. It is day 7 now, and since day 5 the gravity is stable at 1005. Should I wait for more days or is it ok to bottle them tomorrow...

I am making an Irish Stout RBelanger. I will probably start bottling tomorrow or Monday unless gravity changes which I doubt about. Its been a week now. What is FV unionrdr? Guys should I remove the airlock's red lid? :D Cos I had it on so far.

Hi thanks again for your replies. Yes I got some gravity readings. On the 5/8/12 before adding the yeast was 1036, on 8/8/12 was 1012 and today 10/8/12 was 1005. I think the fermentation goes well. What do u think? No unionrdr I didn't fill it up to top. Maybe because i was adding the water...

Hi guys thanks for your replies. No it doesn't look clogged, should I remove the airlock's lid by the way? Because I had it on so far! For now I am just opening the bucket's lid to free the gas by pressing it (the lid) down. I hope it won't explode as twistr25 said! :)

My airlock isn't bubbling but the lid looks like is ready to explode so I removed the airlock to let the air go out. How important is to have an airlock on? Is it OK to do the same method to let the air out or wait till the airlock starts bubbling? Thanks.