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Quick question. I have a IPA that has been fermenting for a week. Has totally stopped fermenting at this point. Should I move into my secondary now? Is one week in primary okay?

So i have brewed 3 times...pale ale, brown ale, and an ipa and they ahve all had the same weird taste to them. I fermented all 3 in a starter kit bucket that i have sitting in a bin of water. i purchased a fish tank thermo the last week my ipa was fermenting and it said it ws around 75-76*...im...

i have read alot of posts about cold crashing but still have a few q's for you guys 1. should i transfer to my bottling bucket and then cold crash or just cold crash in primary and transfer after. 2. do i let the beer warm up before bottling? i read that priming sugar wont mix well when the...

My last batch i let sit in the primary for like 12 days before going into the secondary...it was stuck for the first 4. I just brewed a four peaks hop knot ipa and the instructions said to put in secondary after 4-5 days. i know it is sapposed to finish fermenting in the secondary but do i suck...

so the guys at the brew shop sold me a strainer that goes ontop of the fermenter bucket and he told me to dump my wort into that to collect the hops and airate the wort. im just concerned not having all that hops in the fermementer will effect the taste of the beer. i used an ounce of leafy hops...

k im about to start brewing a four peaks hop knot clone and i just popped the wyeast smack pack...then i read the back and it said let it sit for 3 hours before using... should i just wait a few hours before i start iv only started to boil the water or should it be fine to use in an hour or so...

Im new to the whole homebrewing and trying to learn as much as I can. when i do something i like to do it the right way. i have heard/read that using a yeast starter is better then using dry yeast packets. i have read up on how to do it and watched videos on youtube about it but still have a...

so i purchased a true brew kit and it came with a pale ale...did everything the instructions said to tried to be as sanitary as possiable but the beer just dosnt taste that good. so i purchased a brown ale true brew kit, same thing it just taste like crap. i know this isnt much info to go on but...

i want to use a secondary fermentor, question is can i just transfer my beer into the bottleing bucket and use that as my secondary? and when it comes time to bottle i wont have to syphon into the bottling bucket becasue its allready in there. I can go buy a secondary if needed.

k so i work at a golf course and i stole one of the mini kegs...they said i could have it if no one saw me take it so didnt really steal it. anyways its a mini keg not a full one and i have 5 gallons of brown ale brewing just curious how do i keg my beer? i might now do it now because i dont...

okay so this is my second brew (first one went really good, pretty buzzed actually!) and i used a true brew brown ale extract kit. made it last night but havnt seen any action in the airlock, wasnt sure what was up. my first brew said to shake up the yeast in the wort for a few min but the brown...

This is my first brew I purchased a starter kit from a local store. Its a pale ale 5 gallons after 5 days the airlock has stoped bubbling. Should i bottle now or wait the kit said to wait 7-10 days.

soo me and my roomate like to go to alot of brew houses and we orderd some hefewizer ( prolly spelled way wrong). anyways it was a yellow looking beer that was very cloudy. i mentioned it must have alot of yeast left in it, and my roomate said its because they didnt filter the beer. im not...