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I had a plan .... My plan was to bottle my batch of stout, then start a batch of Hefewiezen (Austin Homebrew kit) in the soon to be vacated fermenter. I got the White labs pitchable tube out of the fridge this morning, so I would be ready to go this evening. However, towards the end of...

I had heard that at some point plastic buckets and tubes start harboring bacteria and always impart off-flavors so they need to be replaced. Has anyone had experience with this, and how often do you find you need to replace your buckets and tubing?

I just bottled my third batch two days ago, and today I noticed that there appears to be Krausen forming in the bottles? FG was 1.16, according to the Kit it should have been 1.14, hadn't moved in a day so I figured close enough? The only other thing I would note is that the beer seemed...

2nd Batch of Beer is still bubbling great after 3 days in the fermentor:ban: I don't have a question, I just had to share:tank:

Howdy, just put my 2nd batch into the fermenter :rockin: and pitched the yeast. :ban: I did a lousy job getting the trub out, I mean lousy. :o For some reason I figured my colander would strain out some of the trub. I was wrong. Whirlpooling didn't get much either. I racked out of the...

I smacked my wyeast 1056 pack, and after a little less than a day it swelled up quite nicely. So I mixed up 500 ml water and 1/2 cup of DME, simmered it for 15 minutes, and waited for it to cool. I swirled, and shook for about a minute or so, I then sanitized the pack, opened it and dumped the...

Is there any problem with using another plastic fermentor as your secondary? I assume not, but it seems like a rule that your secondary is a glass carboy. I'm guessing that is so you can watch it clear?

I decided to try a Pale Ale as my second brew. The recipie calls 6lbs of DME. I considering midwestsupplies online and quickly became overwhelmed by the choices of Malt Extract available. From previous posts, I gather I can substitute the cheaper LME at 1.2 to 1.0 of DME, but there is a lot...

I recently moved to Kansas, where deschutes fine brews are not available :( I was thinking I would try a Mirror Pond clone as my second brew attempt. I found this thread on the discussion (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=10355&highlight=mirror+pond) And was eying studentbrewers...

This is a noob question: Any advice for what to do with the bottles after they are washed, sanitized and waiting to be filled? I am going to be bottling tonight, and I am looking around my kitchen, and I don't think I can handle 60 bottles. I certainly can't store them all upside down so that...

Hello All, The brew went into the fermenter last Saturday, with a reading of between 1030 and 1040 (Didn't have the thermometer then :(). The Sunday and Monday morning were vigorous, with lot's of bubbles, and things have tapered off. My airlock was virtually still today so I decided to...

When taking hydrometer readings and you are using a pail to ferment as opposed to a carboy, can you just drop the sanitized hydrometer into the pail to take a reading, or should you still take your readings in the case by siphoning some out?

Hello all, I just got my first batch in the fermenter, and did a few things wrong and would like to get your opinion on what I'm in for. 1) I used Muntons English Bitter recipie and took the package's suggestion to use hopped spraymalt instead of sugar. The resulting wort was sweet but...