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I have 5 gallons of beer in my primary 6.5 glass carboy. I used California Ale Yeast which ive been keeping at about 68 degrees and it fermented well for 3 days, its now been 10 days since i pitched, the fermenting seems to be done. I dont have a scondary to rack to, but should i lower the...

Anyone create a clone of the Snake River Pale ale from Sweetwater Tavern in the Virginia/D.C. area? Its a great beer, and I am now in San Diego and would like to brew it.

So is bottled spring water ok to use for the top off, without boiling?

what do you mean by "clearing tank". use it as the secondary whith hops in a bag, and then bottle out of it after a couple weeks?

I found out i had the same problem when i tried to boil 3 gallons to clean my wort chiller for the first time. I ended up buy one of these at home depot for $50. Worked incredibly well. http://www.bayouclassicdepot.com/3066a_turkey_fryer_kit.htm

I forgot to mention that. I only have the carboy and a bottling buck right now, so i wasnt planning on using a seconday (until i upgrade my equiment). Should i wait a little longer then?

Is there anything i need to take into consideration before adding pellet hops for a dry hop? I have 5 gallons in a 6.5 glass carboy, its been fermenting for a week, and the bubbles have died down to about 1 per minute. Is it ok to add them now, and any good techniques on adding them? Im a...

Side note: should i regularaly swirl my primary and secondary on a weekly basis?

If you dont have time (or didnt plan well), is it a good idea to use two vials of yeast?

Thanks, i will check out those stores today. I was curious about the price because the ones at morebeer.com run about $89.

Any suggestions on an outdoor propane burner solution? I guess the main thing is to make sure you can control the heat.

I was cleaning my new wort chiller by boiling .5 gallons of vinegar and 2.5 gallons of water in my 5 gallon steel pot and it took what seemed to be a really long time. I have a gas stove top and the temperature went up like this.... degrees - minutes 130 - 27 150 - 37 170 - 51 190 - 70...

I am planning on brewing a 5 gallon bach of ale with extract (DME) and have heard of adding other ingredients that help with the presentation of the beer, like Irish Moss for cloudiness or gelatin for something? Is there additives like this that should typically used for every bach of beer...