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I've been doing some thinking lately... All my fermenters are full right now (I don't rack to secondary but instead just leave my brew in primary for about 3 weeks) but I'm eager to start a new batch. My question is if I bottled my beer in say... 2 weeks (of course taking a hydro reading to...

Okay, here's another kinda related question... So it just got really, really hot where I live (about mid 200's in the shade). Obviously I'm going to have to jimmy-rig something to keep fermentation at a reasonably temperature, but what about the bottles I have carbing/conditioning right now? I...

And here's a picture of the krausen. My girlfriend says it's definitely without a doubt spoiled and moldy. I refuse to believe it, although this smell is pretty wild....

Okay so I began a 3 gallon belgian wit recipe about 10 days ago. This is my second attempt to make this recipe (my first batch is just bottled but I feel really good about it) and things are not going as planned. The brewing process went well with vigorous fermentation after about 6 hours or so...

Fid - Yeah I do use amber bottles but I like to put one from every batch into a clear bottle. As a newbie I still can't help myself from checking on my batches constantly and I like to see the little yeasties in action! Everyone else, thank you for the good news. That's pretty much what I was...

Sorry here are some pics. I swirled the bottle a little so you can see how un-yeast like it is. Also, keep in mind that this is only about an hour from when I bottled.

I just bottled a batch that looked very similar to this. Good luck to both of us!

Hello all! I've recently started brewing with about 5 or 6 batches under my belt. I understand the basics (I think) and have found these forums incredibly helpful for all those newbie questions I had and to reassure me that my beer in fact was not ruined. This time I couldn't find a thread that...