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Thanks for sharing Tim. That's close to what my Cranberry Wheat looks like now in the carboy. I didn't think about doing a third stage of fermentation for clarity. I might do that with this batch as well. I had one week of just running the wheat ale in fermentation and now it's in the two week...

So I talked to my local homebrew shop and came with the following solution. I made a cranberry puree with 1.5 cups of Splenda and 3 pounds of frozen cranberries. Once fermentation is completed, I'm going to strain out the skins and seeds through a few strainers and into the bottling bucket. I'll...

I'm going to be adding them to secondary. The wheat ale is in initial right now and has been there since Saturday. I'm going to rack it to secondary this Saturday and add the cranberries then. Now I did hear about people adding sweetener to the frozen cranberries as well. I do have a fresh bag...

So I know fruit beers can divide craft drinkers and homebrewers alike, but I wanted to give it a shot with a Wheat Ale kit I've done. I'm using the American Wheat Ale kit from Brewcraft and will be adding 3 lbs. of frozen unsweetened cranberries to the secondary. Now I've read on websites...

It was dry yeast. The directions told me to set it in water for 15 minutes to rehydrate before adding to the wort. But fear not! The morning of day 3 (60 hours in) I woke up to the following picture. So it's all good!

Okay. Thanks for the help. I was just worried that more yeast would give it some off flavors.

Now what about adding more yeast if no changes are noticed after 3 days? I'll be patient and give it another day or so, but would adding another packet of yeast help? And would the original yeast that I added create any off tastes or odors if I were to do that. I appreciate the responses so far.

I just started my 2nd batch ever. It's an American Ale kit. I followed everything well and pitched the yeast for 15 minutes before adding it to the wort. It's been about 18 hours since I set it in the fermenting bucket and have yet to see any bubbling or even pressure showing from the airlock. I...

I will be sure to let it go at least 14 days, if not longer. And that makes sense to wait 2 days between readings as well. But if I let it sit and ferment longer, like another week or two, I should end up with a better end result? I'm loving all the pointers here. I really appreciate it.

So the longer I let it ferment the better. I will be sure to leave it sit for at least 14 days. I think once I reach 10 days, I'll start to measure it as well with the hydrometer. I did see a thread about hydrometers that leads me to believe that if I sanitize the hydrometer, I should be safe...

Thanks everyone for your help! This is a test of patience because I'm very anxious to try out my first batch of homebrew. Thankfully I have a hydrometer and I'm currently using a fermenting bucket as opposed to a carboy. So it should be safe for me to open the lid every few days or so to...

I'm working on my first beer (A brown ale) and the fermenting seemed to be going really well the first couple of days. However now it seems to hardly be bubbling after only 4-5 days in the fermenting bucket. I still see pressure from the airlock as well. I just want to make sure that it's still...