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I posted the same "problem"with my IPA after two weeks in the bottle. It had an extreme alcolol aftertaste that was not good. I brewed this batch in March so there was no temp. problems. It has now been 6 weeks since bottling and the alcohol aftertaste is just about gone. I can't give you a...

I am drinking my first Wheat Beer and it is very good. The OG was 1.044.

I brewed a Cherry Stout (Midwest Kit). The OG was 1.045. I have had it in the Secondary for about 2 1/2 weeks now. Should I follow the advice above and keep it in the Secondary for another two weeks or so? I was going to bottle tomorrow but, instead, I will get another beer in the Primary, if...

Is there a cut-off in the SG or FG that determines whether a beer is classified as Big or Small? I see the terms all the time and am just wondering. The "biggest" that I have brewed was an IPA that started at 66 and finished at 13. Would that be considered Big?

A couple of weeks ago I asked about an IPA that I tried after 3 weeks after bottling. It had an extreme alcohol taste (like pouring a couple of shots of wiskey into a beer). It also smelled very odd. You guys/gals said that it would mellow in a couple of weeks and boy has it. After 5 weeks...

I just now finished cleaning a 6 gal BB. It was not easy, as compared to a bucket. Soaked for a couple of hours and shook like heck. The shaking didn't touch the stuff plastered to the top of the bottle. Finally put in a dish rag and pounded the rag up and down on the top. It finally...

I am now drinking a Belgium Wit. Bottled it after 13 days in the Primary. It tastes great.

New brewer here also. (4 batches) Go ahead and secondary. Just make sure that your FG is where it should be. I used a secondary on 3 of the 4. Went straight to the bottles for my Belgian Wit.

The highest that my fermentation temp. got was 70 degrees. Most of the time it was in the 60s. If you ever had a Dogfish Head 90 Min IPA, it taste like the Dogfish aftertaste except 10 times over. It is sort of like drinking a boilermaker - shot of wiskey in the beer. That is the best way...

Thanks everyone. As ohio said, the taste was not there when sampling at bottling time. The wait will be easier for me since I will be out of town for a couple of weeks. I love IPA and am looking forward to this brew.

After three weeks in the bottle, my Octane IPA from Midwest has a pretty strong "alcohol"aftertaste. It is not undrinkable but the aftertaste really distracts from the flavor. The SG was 066 and finished at 013. Will this mellow with more time or am I stuck with what tastes like a good beer...

I now know what an infected beer looks like and smells like. I opened an IPA that has been bottled for 10 days just to sample. It smelled like cider, was very cloudy and had white strands floating in it. This was in a plastic water bottle that I used to keep track of the carbonation. I...

Anything wrong with leaving the "wheat" in the Primary for two weeks and then racking to a bottling bucket and bottling?

Thanks. That is good stuff. I will check out the software also. Is there one that you like better than the others?

Is there a method to convert an extract/steeping grain recipe to a partial mash recipe? And is there a way to convert an AG recipe to a partial mash? I am thinking of taking the next step and can't find many partial mash recipes. And even if I do find some recipes, it would be nice to be able...

I am going to use a blow off tube for the first time. How much water do you use and how big of a container do you use? And is 3/8 inch tubing ok to use?

On the oven cleaning. I got this idea from Palmer. The key is to put them in the oven cool and remove them when they cool down. Just don't put a cool bottle into a hot oven and don't take a hot bottle out into a cool environment. Magno is correct in saying that the heat could stress the...

I rinse in very hot water and store in a case upside down. When I get 24, I place them in the oven with alum. foil on the openings. I sterilize them at 338 degrees for an hour. I then put them in the case with the foil on - seal the case, and when it is time for bottling, just get them out...

Thanks, yes the coriander was added towards the end of the boil. The seed thing was in addition to the crushed coriander that was added.

In Papazian's book he described a Belgian Wit recipe where, he states "for added attraction add one whole coriander seed to each bottle when bottling". He stated that you can microwave them before adding them to the bottle. I compared the recipe to several at the online stores and it is very...