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You guys are a great help. It was an Irish Ale Yeast that I used, if that matters. But basicically, I will wait how ever many weeks it takes for the cider to clear then test it.

Should i just wait for bubbles to stop or slow, and then take readings every few days and wait for a stable one. Also, aging seems to be a consensus on a long time... If I am carbing, how long have peopel aged for before tasting?

Thanks for the help, is there any target F.G. I should shoot for? I know that is kinda a bonehead question as I didnt take an O.G., but i just didnt know it would matter without a predetermined recipe. Let me just ask a clarifying question, the cider will definitely be dry once fermented? So...

Guys, I talked to my local homebrew store to get started, but there are a couple of questions for you with more experience out there to help with. My recipe at for the cider was: -4 gallons Motts, pasturized from concentrate juice -2 lb brown sugar -1 pack of Wyeast Ale yeast (its...

Go to the brewery tour at BBC and you'll see immediately that these people are seriously knowledgable about beer. That commercial is just to appeal to the general public, we all just happen to know better. Sam Adams is great beer IMHO, and their bottles are nice bonus for being resuable.

Thanks for all the help guys, I waited another week and tasted another bottle and all seems to be improving. I guess this brew just needed more time before it started to come around, but it seems to be tasting more and more like I expected. Thanks so much for the help!

I used the williamette hops that came with the recipe, boiled 2 oz's for the full hour, and then added 2 more oz's at 15 minutes. I am also wondering if my stove can only handle boiling about 2 to 2.5 gal's, as the full 4 gal didnt really get rolling. I wish i could use a propane stove, but...

That is what I have been reading should have happened, which is why I am so puzzled. It has been in bottle for almost two weeks, and the bottle I tasted was just a feeler bottle to make sure it wasnt totally garbage. What makes me even more confused, is during the fermentation I took a couple...

I just tasted my second batch of beer ever, a Brewer's Best Red Ale kit. My first beer was BB Holiday Ale which turned out very well. The problem with the Red Ale is that it has no finish to it at all, and only a slight malty taste in the beginnint. Carb is good, and a good head forms when I...

I started with a Mr. Beer a long time ago, got it as a gift. It turned out terrible, most likely due to sanitation issues (based on reading this forum). I didnt try again for years, until about a month ago when i got a whole kit from my LHBS. First beer was tested out after about two weeks in...

Is there anything I can do to improve my OG readings? I take a sample, then drop the the hydrometer in, give it a spin but the foam bubbles around it keep coming back and it regulary rests against one side of the test tube... anything I am doing that is really wrong?

So its really not a problem if the top off water amount is more than the actual wort amount? Just trying to wrap my brain around the whole process...

That makes sense to me, thank you for the help. I am trying to make sure i start brewing with correct habits, so as to continue to get better... not just lucky. So to get this clear, having the cooled wort and top off water stirred is not tremendously important, nor is stirring in the dried...

I should test the carboy on my own, but when i bought it the guy at the store measured and marked it off for me... assuming it was right could be my first problem. in regards to the fill mark though, i do have plenty of air space, its just that i dont know what my options are for reaching in...

I have my first batch ever bottled, and my second batch has just been put in the fermenter last night, but I have a question regarding what type of primary is best. So far I have been using a 6.5 gal carboy, which means once the cooled wort goes in, I have to add more water to reach 5 gal. My...

thanks so much for the help!

I have tried to search for an answer, but havent really found one on the forum yet, so here goes... When looking at hop charts, they list the bittering level of each hop, but my question is how do you know when to use each kind. Are higher rated hops meant to be boiled the whole time, so as to...

Cool, thanks for the advice... this forum has really been a great find. I tried a bottle after a week of being bottled last night, and it was definitely not a gusher. I was impressed by how fizzy the mouth feel was, but not enough carb to create much of a head yet. I think its safe to put...

How long had they been in bottles before they started to explode if I may ask? I am worried I had an incomplete fermentation, but its my first time so I don't know when to expect them to show signs of that. Best of luck with the clean up, its a shame to lose such tasty beer.