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Hello All: I'm about a week away from bottling my IIPA, and as I was reading some other threads, it sparked a question. Instead of adding bourbon to my secondary and have the whole batch have bourbon in it, can I just add some bourbon to just the bottles I want bourbon in and then fill...

So I moved my brew from primary to secondary to dry hop. The last week and a half it hasn't moved beyond 1.050 (OG = 1.115 while FG should be 1.022). As of yesterday it will be 4 weeks it's been in the primary. Yeast used was WLP001 So after transferring to my secondary should I "expect"...

Hello All: So my DIPA (OG=1.115) has been sitting at 1.050 for the last 5 days. It has been in the fermentor for 3 weeks now. My target FG is 1.022. So I popped the top on my bucket, took a large spoon (sanitized of course) and gently scooped everything off the bottom and broke up some...

Hello All: While I have my second batch fermenting. I've been looking for technical books or a book on Brewing Yeast. The only one I can seem to find on amazon or any book store is "Yeast: A Practical guide..." by John Palmer. However after reading some reviews I get mixed reviews...

Hello All: I just brewed my second batch and my first BIG Beer (Double crooked Tree Clone) OG was 1.115. Question: I was trying to figure out a way to aerate as much as possible before I pitched my starter, so as I was cooling my wort, i took my wort chiller and rapidly moved in and out...

I just brewed my second batch (double IPA). First day in the fermenter and I have it sitting in my tub because i'm worried about blow off, however it is fermenting on the cooler side of the scale (65*) maybe a little cooler. Anyway, this morning my Fiance didn't know that my bucket was in...

After doing several months of reading on this site and other books and articles. It isn't very clear on whether secondary is a good or bad thing or even a necessary or unnecessary thing to do. Beer kits use instructions and "recommend" a secondary for clearing beer off spent yeast and other...

I recently bought ingredients to make a big double IPA. OG is expected to be at 1.100. MY LHBS advised I make a starter however it wasn't absolutely necessary with my yeast vile, however i guess I never really knew what the process for a starter really was until I did some reading on and it...

First off I'd like to say thanks for all the great information I have obtained through these threads and the responses to my few questions on here already. My first batch (Brewer's Best IPA) came out as a success as far as i'm concerned. Maybe a little sweeter than I had anticipated, but it...

So this may be a rookie mistake or maybe just ignorance. But I bottled my first batch just over a week ago. I didn't measure my full volume of beer but I have between 4.5 - 5 gallons. (most likely on the lower end of that scale) When it came to bottling I put the full 5 oz of priming sugar...

Hello All: As I'm one week away from uncapping my first bottle from my first batch. I'm starting to look further down the road and I'd like to build my recipe. However I would like to start buying some ingredients in bulk to reduce future costs, but what is the shelf life of the typical...

So this may be a rookie question, however since i'm new to this I might as well ask. When it comes to the beer fermenting, what kind of bubbling action is suppose to take place in the air lock? Should you see the water moving in the air lock (like boiling water?) or is it more subtle? Once...

Hello All! 7 days ago I brewed my first batch. Today I siphoned into my secondary. The directions for this batch (Brewer's Best IPA) recommended moving to the secondary just after 4-6 days, or when fermentation slowed, and allow fermentation to finish in the secondary for 2 additional weeks...