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Well my question never did get answered, and yes you did do a good job of hijacking my thread NitrouStang96

Thats great, well I figured that much....my questions are more about the conditioning and refrigeration part of the deal. Its a hefeweizen and I was wondering how long I should leave the bottles at room temp. My first guess from my research would be that after priming is complete around 7-10...

I had the same problem, see below I capped off my airlock and just ran the blow off tube.

I am 7 days into my first batch of beer, it went into the primary last Saturday. It fermented very aggressively in the first 2 days and appears to be ready to bottle. I need to point out a few things. I made a few noob mistakes. I dropped the hydrometer into my carboy after I pitched my...

please look at the pictures on the bottom of page three of this thread and let me know if you suggest I change anything. It will give you a better idea of what happend, and maybe....other than chemicals you can give some advice. Thanks

Im not quite sure I want to put any chemicals in my beer....but its my first batch and I am learning. FYI if you didnt know or would like to, here is info on the chemical that is in Fermcap-S Dimethylpolysiloxane http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v06je42.htm you can also read...

Here are pictures of what I am talking about. Before 18 hours After

would you suggest I remove and clean the airlock and cap it off, and just leave the blow off tube, but replace the water with sanatizer?

It seems redundant, although the guy at the homebrew store said that it was more or less a back up just in case the airlock became clogged. He mentioned that this may happend brewing this recipe. I am thinking the airlock may have been just a waste of money. Why have one when a tube and a...

Im doing my first batch right now and I have a few questions. This is my setup and what I brewed. Im brewing a hefeweizen in a 6.6 gallon carboy. I used the wyeast 3068 and its fermenting at 68-72F. I was told by my local brew store to run a dual air release system. I have a cap...