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Hello from 3am, I've had the same thing happen on the last couple batchs I did (one with US-05 and one with WLP002). I also was a bit concerned, especially since every other time I've used the 002, it went straight to the bottom and made a nice, tight yeast cake. Anywho, a little research on...

Well, here we are, two weeks in the bottle. It's still quite dark (although not black). The flavor has evened out a bit, it doesn't really change drastically mid-quaff. It's still pretty dry and bitter, but that part has mellowed a bit. It does have somewhat of a chemically taste in the...

Yeah, that's one thing I've been seeing a lot lately. In hindsight, I would have just left it in the primary, but oh well, lessons learned. It didn't taste terrible, so I went ahead and bottled it. We'll see what happens in the next few weeks.

My last two batches I didn't bother with a secondary. The paper that came with the kit recommended racking to a secondary when the fermentation slowed, but before it stopped. The only reason I decided to do a secondary on this on was because I was going to be gone for about 3 weeks and was...

Right on. I think it's gonna be alright, I think I'm probably over thinking it. Thanks everybody.

Damn emoticons...that cool, sunglasses wearing guy was supposed to be 1.018.

I saw those spots too and was a bit concerned, especially since another gentleman from my local supply store mentioned the possibility of an infection, but he was quite unsure about that guess. On close inspection though, those spots look more like clusters of bubbles than something...

Here's a couple pictures of what it looks like. My thief is sanitizing as I type this, so we'll see how that goes. Will update on color and taste.

I haven't had a chance to pull a sample yet, will be doing that tonight. I thought about the size and shape causing it to appear darker than it is, we'll see tonight. Also, the sediment is much darker than what I've seen in my first two batches, as well as when this one was in the primary...

So I'm still new to homebrewing (this is my third batch) and I've been doing extract kits for simplicity. I started a Brewer's Best Imperial Blonde Ale kit before I went on vacation for Thanksgiving. I brewed it and let it in the primary for 6 days. It was time to leave before it was ready to...