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My first beer, red ale extract kit from brewers best, has been in the bottle for two weeks. I opened one today to try it. The appearence in the bottle was red and clear with a thin layer of yeast on the bottom. After refridgerating I did notice some chill haze. When I popped the top and...

anyone ever use "red stripe" bottles? a friend donated a six pack of empties. I tried capping one and seemed to work fine. just curious.

I have my first batch in bottles about two weeks now. Feeling a bit like a kid waiting on Christmas morning. My OCD flared up during my first batch as well: I kept a log of fermentation temps and the rate of bubbling in airlock throughout primary fermentation.

Ok I am seeing that there are two sizes of yeast packets. 5oz and 11.5oz. Are we all talking about the same size? Along with that, are there any drawbacks to over pitching? I pitched one 11.5 oz packet of safale s-04, that I rehydrated. Mr. Malty.com said to pitch 1.4 packets. So better to...

how long from brew day to bottling? the instructions are a little generic at this point. they say 1 week in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, then bottle. others are saying this type of stout can take months.

mine is in the fermenter now, bubbling away. I only ended up using the one packet of yeast. I reiterated it and pitched at 70deg. after only 5 hours the airlock is bubbling. I will take that as a good sign.

not sure which would be best. I brewed mine today and will be using a bucket, as soon as the wort cold enough to pitch the yeast.

5gallons red alw 5 gallons american pale ale 5 gallons brewing russian imperial stout

I have never seen one but it makes sense to me.

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ok, thanks. I will grab an additional pack. my primary is a 6.5 gallon and the batch will be 5 gallons.

thanks all. it is dry yeast : safale s-04. have not used this strain before. do you think I need two of these. also this is the biggest beer I will have brewed, is an air lock sufficient or do i need a blow off tube. thanks

this has cross my mind also

did either of you use a yeast starter? I rehydrate before pitching, was'nt sure if a starter would be needed for this type of beer.

glad to hear it. I will be bottling in about a week. looking forward to it

if you dont mind, how long did you soak in the rum?

getting ready to brew a batch. it is a brewers best extract kit. anyone brewed this yet or have any thoughts.

I boil two cups of water and stir in my priming sugar. then add sugar water to my bottlong bucket. then rack the beer to my bucket, stir, and bottle.

eat more cookies with your beer, that should take care of it.

I bottled a brewers best red ale this weekend. this is my first, looking forward to popping one in a few weeks.