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Thanks to all who helped get my confidence back on my Cream Ale that I had thought was stalled during fermentation. A few people told me to chill and thank you for that because I left it for the entire week then opened it up, took a gravity reading (definitely fermented) and tasted it. It was...

Liberty Cream Ale from Midwest went into fermenter on 2/26 and was bubbling within 12 hours. It was going at a pretty good rate for another day and a half and when I checked it today it seems to be at a dead stop. Has my fermentation stalled? Is this normal? I've only made a few batches...

Anyone ever make this extract kit? It comes with a packet of dry ale yeast and a packet of dry champagne yeast. The directions don't specify to pitch both together or one in primary and one in secondary, etc. So I emailed them and they responded that I should pitch the ale yeast in the primary...

Please see the picture of the funky stuff on top of my wort. Is this krausen? I pitched yeast about 30 hours ago and have seen no activity in the airlock but am thinking maybe I had a bad seal on the lid. Should I pitch more yeast or am I okay? Clicking on the pic will enlarge it. Thanks...

Any thoughts on conditioning beer in clear and green bottles and not just the brown bottles? I have a lot of green and clear bottles I can use and would condition them in a completely dark closet in my basement.

I put my corny in the fridge last night at about 10psi and tonight it's down to about 5 psi. I had originally forced about 30 psi then left it and did that i think one more time. Why would the psi drop? Does the beer absorb it and then drop the psi level?

If I have a lager in primary ferment at around 65, should the secondary ferment be at the same temp or cooler?

Anyone tried this thing? My basement is a little too cold in the winter but it doesn't look like it would work. Any thoughts???

I have never done a secondary ferment and I'm thinking about doing one when this first one is done. What, exactly, do I do? I'm assuming that I just do the yeast thing again once I siphon the beer into another fermenter. Is this correct? Should I get the same yeast they gave me in the...

Okay, so I scorched a little bit on the bottom of the pot during boiling. It wasn't very much so I'm not too worried but just wanted some input. I have a gas stove so it's pretty potent and heats up quick. Once it scorched the pot a little, I backed off on the heat a bit but it never...

I just bought a starter equipment kit yesterday and brewed a batch (clone kit) today. I had the same starter equipment (true brew) about 10 years ago and brewed 2 batches and got frustrated with the clean up so it sat for years and then got lost in a move. I decided to get back into it again and...

Anyone know if it matters if you put the Co2 tank inside the fridge w/ the corny keg or not? I have read and heard both ways. I will be using a fridge that is in my breezeway (basically outdoors) and it gets very cold in winter here (upstate NY). Any suggestions?