Made a Cream Ale yesterday. My second attempt at all grain. the first batch, a porter worked fine but I believe I made some mistakes on this one. first off I measured wrong and put too much water in mash. i put 2.5 gallons for 8 lbs grain. I'm not sure what problems that will cause. any ways i...
my first try is a vinters reserve bergamais. my fist s.g. was 1.070. when it dropped to 1.010 i racked it into secondary but per the directions i didn't top it off. the air lock had been very quiet on the secondary fermenter. is this normal or have i made an error?
im a newbie doing my first batch. its a kit. ive put it in the secondary fermentor and the recipe said not to top off the carboy. the air lock is extreamly quiet. is this proper.