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I would recomend bottle aging for as long as you can, I always thought my dark beers felt a little harsh till it aged atleast a few months and then would taste fantastic.

I think you nailed it, sounds like it went way smoother than my first batch!

thats true, they have some small ones the the local home brewing store I think I am going to get, want to salvage this batch best I can.

I guess that was what I was asking sorry for the confusion, I don't want to ruin the whole batch so I guess I will just suck it up and open all the bottles and just add some carb drops.

I dont use a spray that often, but I will sometimes for some of my brewing tools or maybe a muslin bag im using for dry hopping. It is nice to have but you don't NEED it so I wouldn't stress over it.

no yes and no. It will only be like that for the first few days. It really depends of your yeast and fermentation. Not all batches will do that but some will, I have noticed when I use wheat beer yeast I always need a blow off.

So I just bottled an IPA with priming sugar and used an online calculator to find out how much sugar to use. It said about 2oz for 4 gallons for 2.5 volume of CO2. As it turns out after I bottled I was looking at the keg with sugar and not bottle eith sugar, so I should have really used about...

I would go with the Blue Moon too, looks really good.

just a light DME would work with just about anything but for a Kolsch I would recomend a pilsner DME.

To avoid the cidery flavor all together you can sub DME for corn sugar pound for pound. It will give you more body and better flavor.

where did you get your OG from? That doesn't seem to add up.

that sounds normal to me, the yeast will floc to the bottom after you shake it. I wouldn't stress over it.

I always age my dark beer 3-5 months before opening. I would recomend being patient before drinking it, mine always taste better after sitting around for a while.

thanks for the advice, I may look into the investment after all.

One thing I have done in the past that has worked with low carbonation is after about 1 and 1/2-2 weeks flip the bottles upside down for 3 days then turn them right side up. I guess the idea is to wake up and agitate the yeast. Either way it has always worked for me.

So I am debating on getting an aeration system. I am looking into some high gravity recipes (1.080-1.100) and was wondering if it is worth getting for those beers. I always do a good shake with a normal recipe but I was wondering if it is a worth getting just for those or if it is really not...

If it is a kit it should come with a muslin bag to transfer to grains to. bring about 1.5-2gallons to about 155, then turn off the heat and cover with lid. You should not have to do anything else to it just ket it sit for atleast 20-25min. You can sparge with a small amout of hot water. I...

If I am not mistaken, it is because the process to dehydrate dry yeast is too harsh for most strains and will cause too much damage to the cells, so they are just not available as dry yeast. Dry yeast works great, but there are certain styles that will really be enhanced by a certain yeast...

so I have made several home brews at this point and always used the conditioning tabs which have worked fine. I bottled a batch a few days ago with priming sugar for the first time. I used 5oz for just over 4.5 gallons. I kept a small bottle a side to do a taste test the next day and it was...

sounds good certainly not too much it will give you a lot of flavor and won't end up as bitter as you think. you will get more flavor with out a bag but it will be much harder to filter out after.