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yes, but at least you didnt prematurely carbonate

you sir, deserve a toast. :drunk: enjoy your handiwork

So yesterday i moved to secondary after 12 days in primary. My hydrometer reading steady at 1.016 for the past 3 days. This is only my third 5 gallon brew, and I'm already addicted to that moment when you first pull back the lid on the fermenter and get that blast of bready, hoppy alcohol...

I brewed the Dead Guy clone a few weeks ago. I did primary for two and secondary for two and I dry hopped in secondary with 2 additional oz of cascade that I had in my frig. After two weeks in secondary, the hops had all fallen and the beer cleared up considerably. I kegged and drank within...

Its hard not to look. If it wasnt for the narrow opening, I might primary in a glass carboy just so I could see whats going on. The happy bubbling is...well, happy! I spent way too long the other night reading all 102 pages of the "Post Your Infection" thread......um, thats enough to make...

When racking from my secondary the last two times with an autosiphon, I used a (boiled, sterilized) muslin bag tie around the end of my siphon to eliminate any larger hop sediment from my glass carboy. I didnt need to utilize this method when racking to my secondary the previous two times...

Ok - thanks for the advice, I'll let my hydrometer guide me on it. I used a muslin bag tied around my siphon last time and it worked very well in terms of keeping the larger hop particles out. I'll plan that route again. Its frantically bubbling away as I sip some Ruination. Thanks guys

So I brewed this on Saturday and its sitting in primary now. I winged it with the sugar and truly didnt know if I should add in the boil or after, so i did it in and now i guess im worried about carmelization and off flavors after reading another post on double IPAs and when to sugar. I went...

Thanks for the tips RM-MN. Greatly appreciated. i'll plan on doing a bit of aeration and let the wort cool as I have in the past. Im on the fence about the sugar so I'll keep reading and digging.

Hi everyone - this is my first post after lurking a good deal here and elsewhere on the internet in search of information on home brewing. Registered here specifically because I found the people to be very helpful and kind in their responses. I'm not an expert, but I'm having a great time...