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ABout 3 inches from the top of the sedimant is a ring that looks like yeast. Is this normal?

I bottled a Double Choclate Stout yesterday. I pitched some Champagne yeast in it since I racked it a third time and let it sit for a long while. I think I messed up when I pitched the yeast though. I boiled some cocoa powder, put in the bottom of the priming bucket, poured the priming sugar...

How do you guys boil, a rolling heavy boil, or just kind of a simmer?

Here's the recipe: Couple of questions .. I racked to secondary 4 days into fermentation. It was once the krausen subsided and another day to let it clear a little. I'm planning on leaving this in the secondary for about a month. Is that going to be to much time? If I'm going to let...

5 lbs Dark Extract (Liquid) 2 lbs Pale Extract (Liquid) 1/2 lbs Malto Dextrin 3/4 lbs Chocolate grains (steeped) 1/4 lbs Crystal 40L (steeped) 1/8 lbs Black Barley (stepped) 1/8 lbs Black Patent (steeped) 1 oz Galena (60 mins) White Labs London Ale WLP013 At bottling, 1oz...

First, the recipe ... It was a Brewer's Best kit, German Altbier Style: 3.3lbs Light LME 3.3lbs Amber LME 12oz Crystal 60L 1oz Black Patent 1oz Cluster hops 60 minutes 1/2oz Hallertau Hops 5 minutes Dried yeast It's a real sharp taste, overpoweringly bitter and leaves a pretty...

I just racked my porter to a secondary a couple of days ago. The airlock was still bubbling slightly, but the krausen was all but gone. Once I racked, the bubbling ceased completely. OG was 1064 (20 points higher than the recipe said) but the sample had solids, was ~80* and I think I...

The plastic bottles that water comes in for the fountains. They are 5 gallon jugs. Anyone think of a good, valid reason these wouldn't work?

Has anyone ever used them to bottle in? I thought this might be a unique alternative to bottles, and cheaper.