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I made a very big(OG1.086) bock style beer this winter. I conditioned it for over 3 months, re-racking at least twice till the flavor got really nice and smooth. The problem now is that after adding a bit of priming sugar and bottling I am getting no carbonation. I guess that waiting so long and...

Okay, so it finally settled down 48+ hours later and is slowly bubbling away. What are the long term affects of over pitching with way too munch yeast?

Pitched at 78F, held @ 70F until fermentation started then brought it down to around 65F.

I brewed my first big beer ( OG 1.086) in a long time last night. The kit came with dry yeast which I never use so 2 days before I made a stater (2cups H2O and 1/2 cup DME). I used a blow off tube knowing this 5gal. creature could over run my 6gal carboy. Anyway the thing took off like a rocket...

I brewed

I had a similar problem with an Apple Hefeweizen once. I added sour apple slices to each bottle along with the normal amount of priming sugar and ended up really over carbonating. Every time we opened a bottle we would get a jet of foam about a foot high and almost no drinkable beer. I don't...

Fellow Brewers, For 5 years I lived and brewed in Oregon about 3 blocks from a fabulous brewer/vintner shop. Then real life and a need for employment brought me away from micro-brew heaven. North West Louisiana is a far cry from the Pac. NW. I have brewed a hand full of times since the big move...