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  1. J

    Beer not carbed--supposed to serve at wedding!

    Hey guys, A friend asked me to brew a batch of homebrew for his wedding which is tomorrow. It's been in bottles for 3 weeks, cracked one open last night and it's pretty flat. Fortunately its a milk stout so it "kind of" goes with the style-but its definitely flatter than it should be. Any...
  2. J

    Rate of fermentation Question...should I add more yeast?

    Hey guys, made a belgian wit with a extract a few days ago. OG was 1.060, added Safale-58. The fermentation had taken off the next day but it didn't seem super vigorous like all my other batches had done. Then by day two and three there was a thin layer covering about 60% of the top. So today...
  3. J

    Bubbling increases when heater kicks on?

    Weird question: I pitched some yeast in a carboy 2 1/2 days ago, it's in my fermentation chamber which is kept warm by a little space heater controlled by a temp controller. I've probably gone to look at the beer 5-6 times now and EVERY single time when I am seeing how fermentation is going I...
  4. J

    Too high OG--now it's stuck!

    Hey guys, this is a follow up from an old post about a racer 5 clone. Originally brewed march 15th-due to some mislabeling I added WAY too much extract leaving me with an OG of 1.135. Waited two weeks and bottled-at 1.070 (major dummy move on my part). Thought something might be wrong with such...
  5. J

    Help! Very high FG?

    Hey so I bottled a batch today it was intended to be an IPA, I loosely followed a recipe for a Racer 5 extract Clone but due to available ingredients I had to change some things up. Anyway on brew day (March 15th) the OG was 1.135--MUCH higher than it was supposed to be. I was aiming for...
  6. J

    Failed/slow fermentation pumpkin ale

    Hi, so I'm working on my 6th batch, first 5 went perfectly turned out amazing, all extract brews this one included. This one is the pumpkin ale from midwest, i put in a few cans of pureed pumpkin, the brew went great, everything normal, I hydrated the dry Muntons 6 gram yeast, poured the wort...
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