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Thanks, TD.

I'm intending on brewing my 4th batch of brew today. The first attempt flopped due to lack of cranial intervention. The 2nd & 3rd are delicious. Now I'm gonna ask my SQOD (stupid question of the day). I'm looking for Alexanders Pale Malt Extract for a recipe I found online for a Winter Cream...

Great! Thanks Mr. Revvy! Suppose my next purchase will be some good beer glassware.

in my bottles. Just bottled this past Saturday the 23rd. Some of the brew has minute amounts of sediment in the bottle. Is this gonna dissolve, dissipate, or do I need to guard against this? Thanks for any replies.

:confused:How bad is this? Should I change the solution (lack of). I'm trying to avoid getting air into my batch. Or is it okay for beer to be in it? Thanks a gazillion. Thanks for any replies.

Ok. With a skewed brewed going on... When would you deem appropriate to *pop* these and recap? Do I stick with the normal 3 week of bottle conditioning, or sooner due to excessive sugaring? 'Preciate your expertise and help.

Ha! Glad to be a muse of entertainment. A little humility is good for the soul. I'll heed the advice of popping them open, gently pouring into a fermenter with airlock. Ironic, I had the Dueschetes Porter last night. Will be using the bottles for futures brews. The re-ferment is a good...

a 5 gallon batch of bottled brew keep? ... after capping. I have a 12 month commitment away from home... Will a batch a bottled brew keep that long?

Yes, I'll move them from the upstairs hall closet to the outside storage. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. It can get down to -50 here. May have to keep it in the climate controlled garage. Hmmmm. Thanks for the gentle slaps. I'll be around... hopefully bouncing off good ideas instead of dumb...

My 5 gallon fermenting bucket isn't marked anywhere as to where the level is. The bottling bucket is larger and IS marked. It was then that I noticed. Shopping list for tomorrow: New ingredients, hydrometer, and paying closer attention to what the hell I'm doing. Thanks.

After sealing the 5 gallon bucket and attached an airlock, it bubbled heartily for about 3-4 days, which is primary fermentation, correct? In the same vessel, it sat for another 8-9 days, which is secondary fermentation... am I tracking correctly? From there, I addded priming sugar to bottling...

12 days of fermenting. Airlock was on target.

Alrighty, then. So my first batch yielded exactly 1/2 of what was expected. What the hell? I back-tracked and realized that when I was steeping my grains that my measuring tool for a gallon was a couple of growlers. Half gallon jugs i was counting as a whole. So, this half batch is bottled...

Excellent! Those were the specifics I was looking for. Thanks a million!

Curious. Bottling 50+ brews is a little time consuming. Is it necessary to cap each bottle immediately after filling? In other words, do I fill all 50 then cap them? Or fill, cap, fill, cap? Oxygen being the enemy is the reason for my question. Thanks for any response.

Thank you both very much. That completely answered my inquiry. My airlock has pretty much ceased bubbling now. This is day 10. It's my first batch... so I'm prolly gonna have some 'green' questions. Thanks, again.

One more question, please. After bucket priming: do I immediately bottle or does it need to sit a bit? I've read the 1-2-3, but the 'rules' are obviously interchangable. Thanks for any responsse.

Excellent! 'preciate the replies! Goin' for the bucket!

I'm about to bottle my first batch and can not decide whether to add the dextros to the bucket (on the bottom, pouring beer on top), or individually to each bottle. Anyone have a preferred method?