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My golden ale still tastes as if I opened a bottle after 4 days when it really has been in the bottles for 5 weeks. Weird odor I can't explain. Not very drinkable. Not getting better. Pale ale in fermentor smelled great for the 1st 2 weeks, now has the same odor. I'll bottle it and see...

A golden ale that I had in the primary for 3 weeks then bottled. There were still plenty of yeast clumps floating around in the fermentor at bottling time. Not a dense yeast sludge at the bottom either. I tried to siphon away and filter as much of that stuff as possible. The yeast is compacted...

about 10 days in the primary fermentor, I opened it up to stir in some gelatin and I saw what seemed to be yeast clumps floating on top. There were some hops in these clumps as well. They broke apart when I stirred in the gelatin. Will this settle in a few days with the gelatin? will it...

Well I'm brewing my 3rd batch which is a golden ale. OG 1.052. I can post the recipe if needed. I brewed on friday and used some irish moss. Do these fining ingredients shorten the need for any type of secondary fermentation? Should I just leave in the primary for 2 weeks and then bottle...

So refrigeration will only stall carbonation, but not bottling conditioning? The beer can age well enough in the bottle while chilled? I put a bottle in the fridge after only 5 day just to see how well its coming along. Was carbonated pretty well so far. So I put a few more bottles in the...

Im brewing a Northwest Golden Ale and its done fermenting. Hydrometer readings have been the same over the past 3 days and no activity coming from the airlock. Today is day 8 in the fermentor. The instructions that came with my kit recommend 10-12 days before bottling. With 8 days being the...

I'm using rainbow rootbeer extract, coopers brewing yeast, and natural cane sugar. 3 days after bottling I opened a bottle and took a whiff. And it kind of stinks. Tastes fine, but stinks. I know I wasn't as careful sanitizing as when I brewed some beer. I just washed the bottles. But if its...

My first batch is now fermenting. It was a Northwest Golden Ale from San Diego Brew mart. Its a malt extract kit with palisade hops. 1. The color of your wort is the color of your final beer right? I brewed a golden ale, but the final wort color is more like an amber ale. My thinking is...