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I tasted it before it went in the carboy, it tasted fine. And now it smells fine.

It smells ok. But it's my first batch.

damn really?

I cooked this chocolate stout 9 days ago. Does it look ok to yall?

on the batch I'm going to bottle I used a secondary, I will transfer it to a bottling bucket with the priming sugar and leave the trub on the bottom hopefully.

Thanks, I'll move it a day ahead of bottling.

I've got my carboy sitting on the floor, so it will need to be moved so I can transfer it to a bottling bucket. My question is when I move it does it need to sit for a while? I assume moving it from the floor to a counter top would stir it up? Thanks.

I'm going to try the pond pump idea. Thanks for the idea.

I just checked the chocolate and there is about 3/8 " of crud on the bottom. So that's good!

next time I will know, the Canadian will stay in the primary the whole time. I'm trying to figure out what works best for me.

I'm pretty sure it will clear up. Here's a pic of it. this one is a Canadian ale I did on Saturday. It's doing great I think?

I cooked a chocolate stout last Sunday and it burped good for about 3 days then quit, being the nooby I am I transferred it to the glass carboy. It smells good, but it's not very clear at all, but it's only 8 days old. Are chocolate stouts usually pretty cloudy? How much longer should I...

I took my plastic fermenter and let it float in my pool for about 30 minutes, it worked good. It's been kinda cool here in Texas the water was about 34 degrees. I'm going to make a chiller before summer gets here.

Thanks guys, the wort was about 70 degrees when I pitched the yeast.

I boiled a Canadian ale yesterday and forgot to take a reading before pitching my yeast, the OG reading was supposed to be 1.054 but after pitching the yeast the reading was 1.060 I'm not worried, I'm just wondering how many points the yeast will change the reading? Thanks

Thanks !

Does it really matter? I like Newcastle and have quite a few bottles, I'm brewing a Canadian ale and a chocolate stout. Are clear bottles a no no?

When I brewed 10 years ago they didn't have forums like this, it sure is a big help!

thanks, that's good then. The recipe said about 5.4 so I'm hoping for the best.

If any of ya'll are wondering what the heck my handle is, it's knifemaker backwards. I also make knives as a hobby. Glad to be here.