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Tip #1: Let the beer do it's thing. How high OG? Original Gubna is about 1.100, right? I'd let it sit for about a month on the primary before even taking a look at the OG. A few hours high temp isn't necessarily a bad thing with a beer that big, it'll give your yeast a bit of time to get...

I don't have the means now, but I will. I use a cold water bath to keep my fermenter cool in the summer, I'm thinking I'll just toss a couple bottles of hot tap water in there now instead of frozen water bottles to keep it a little warmer. Hopefully it'll only take a couple days to get the right...

Since this is such a heavy IPA, I was going to let it sit in the primary for 3 weeks before even looking at gravity readings. Should I intentionally raise the temp to 65 or so for the last week (in about a week), or should I do it now and then see? I'm worried if I raise the temp in a week (at 3...

I just brewed the Black IPA extract kit from NorthernBrewer, using Wyeast 1272 American Ale II yeast. I used a yeast starter and let the specialty grains sit at 148-155 for 45 minutes. I pitched it in the carboy at 70 degrees on 1/9. OG 1.075. The problem is we've had about 2 weeks of pretty...

I have a bottle I picked up from 2007 (batch 1) that has been sitting in a 70 degree dark room since. It's not super high in alcohol and I was wondering if anyone has recently tried it. It registers in at 8.99%ABV. Wait or drink?

Update: After 60 hours (2.5 days) I made a yeast starter with WLP002 (they didn't have the same yeast at the LHBS and this is an ESB after all) and pitched it after there was no activity (determined by gravity readings) roughly 3.25 days (18 hours after starting the yeast). It started! It's...

I just brewed a batch of beer (an ESB), and although I'm not new, it's only my 8th batch. I used BeerSmith 2.0 to craft the recipe, it was partial mash, and I used Wyeast Northwest Ale (1332) to ferment it. I siphoned it into my carboy 24 hours ago and there is no activity at all. I pitched...