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I'm wondering if anyone here is experienced with using Polyclar as a clearing agent to combat chill haze in bottle conditioned beer. I picked some up at my LHBS and then started to read about it on the interweb, and I've read some contradictory stuff. Some sources suggest that if you are...

I'm wondering if anyone here is experienced with using Polyclar as a clearing agent to combat chill haze in bottle conditioned beer. I picked some up at my LHBS and then started to read about it on the interweb, and I've read some contradictory stuff. Some sources suggest that if you are...

When I purchased my equipment kit from Midwest Supplies I chose to go with the 5 gallon plastic carboy option. Since then I have read "How to Brew" by John Palmer. The immortal Mr. Palmer suggests, multiple times, in his book that plastic carboys are not good for secondary fermentation...

When I purchased my equipment kit from Midwest Supplies I chose to go with the 5 gallon plastic carboy option. Since then I have read "How to Brew" by John Palmer. The immortal Mr. Palmer suggests, multiple times, in his book that plastic carboys are not good for secondary fermentation...

So, when I started my bottling process earlier this evening it had been 20 days since the my wort started fermenting. The Gravity had been staying at a constant of 1.013 for the last five days, so I decided it was time. I did all of my proper sanitation, made my priming solution, added it to...

Hello, everyone. Now that I know not to worry about shaking my fermenter, on to my next question. How long should I wait to switch from my primary to my secondary fermenter? First off, I know secondary fermentation isn't a necessity, but I've read that it can be a good idea if you want to dry...

It's been slightly lest than 72 hours since my 5 gallon batch started producing bubbles in the airlock. Bubbles are still coming, but much more slowly than during the first 48 hours or so. A post that I read somewhere last week said that the poster shook their fermenter up every couple of days...

First, thanks in advance to anyone that can help. I just finished my first extract brew last night. I was overly thorough with sanitation and followed the instruction list almost exactly, but came away with a couple of concerns that I am hoping won't mess the batch up too bad. The first...