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I brewed this Belgian Trappist Tripple on 01/10 my OG was 1.074. I pitched the yeast at 70 deg F and had a very vigorous fermentation with in 4 hrs of pitching. The high krausen was approximately 20 hrs after pitching and fermentation has been tappering off since. I have not yet checked the...

I love Trapppist ales and have a triple in my primary now.

This is coming from a total newby here but I just finished bottling my first batch. (all extract) I did not skim any thing and my beer is very clear.Also I did not use a hop bag so I had a bunch of trub that eventualy setteled out. I did not use a secondary either. I just racked from my primary...

That is what I was talking about. I will follow this advice.

The bubbles were originating at the bottom of the rackin cane part of the auto siphon and traveling all the way to the bottling bucket.

They did not make the beer foamy. They were almost like carbonation bubbles and they were steadily flowing with the beer.

The bubbles were traveling the length of the siphon and hose. They were very small but steady throughout the racking.

I saw the bubbles in the hose and racking cane part of the auto siphon.

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=974&osCsid=2d20df554f410b2cad31ae0ffe981932 This is the auto siphon I am using.

I am talking about the rubber gromet at the bottom of the racking cane part of the auto siphon.

Last night I noticed bubbles in my hose while racking from my primary to the bottling bucket. It appeared that air was being sucked in through the seal on the auto siphon. Will this cause oxidation problems?

Well I just finished a long day. I brewed my second batch a partial mash Belgian Tripple. Then I bottled my first batch a Saint Arnolds Christmas Ale clone. All that work and on my birthday no less.

How do you know it is finished with out taking a SG which requires opening the bucket.

I plan to use priming sugar. That was another reason for racking to the secondary {freeing up the bucket for bottling}. I had almost forgotten that step. I will be making a trip to Houston this weekend to get ingredients for my next batch. I will get a bottling bucket so I can keep production...

I had not considered using my secondary as a primary for a second batch. I am some what worried about bottling from my primary (True Brew Bucket) as I will not be able to see the yeast cake. I want to minimize sediment in my bottles. Is there a method for keeping carry over to a minimum?

I opened my primary for the first time this evening to get a SG reading because my airlock activity had all but stopped.I brewed this beer on 12/27 with my Christmas present to my self an Ultimate Brewing kit from Defalco's in Houston. I chose to brew a Saint Arnolds Christmas Ale clone. The...

I got a hydrometer reading of 1.047 @ 70 deg F. My recipe a Saint Arnold Christmas Ale clone suggested my initial gravity should be 1.035 - 1.042 could this be a problem?

Thanks guys I will try to relax. str8wire thanks for setting me straight air lock got it.

I just finished brewing my first batch. every thing went great until I put the lid on the fermenter then attempted to install the water seal in the lid. When I tried to insert the water seal I accidently pushed the rubber seal into the fermenter. I tried to fish it out with a sanitized spoon but...