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Howdy folks! Questions! Was hoping to get a tip on fermenting/aging. How long should/could I leave the primary ferment going? Its been 2.5 weeks. I plan to age it in a glass carboy before bottling but If its ok to sit in the primary I wonder whats the rush to secondary.? Will the sludge in...

Howdy, My 3rd attempt is about ready to be bottled. My primary fermentation of 2 months included dry malt extract, and a lambic yeast. I took it off the trub and added a gallon of strawberry guava I processed myself with must. Added a pack of champagne yeast and let it sit. Its just over...

Yeah it was amateur night and for our 2nd to none brew having pulled off a first batch that was quite tasty we cooked up some wort adding some dry malt and some liquid malt ext. as per weight, hopped it then, as we were working on a different batch that had undergone primary ferment we decided...

Well lets just say I jumped into the kettle before I quite understood anything about making beer. Now that I've become fairly good friends with my 5 gals of wort thats going on 4 weeks- Im thinking back and wondering why my brew partner and I did what we did- Aside from scorching the malt and...

I'm gathering up materials for my first batch of mead and debating whether to do a whole 6 gal carboy or something smaller, say the typical glass big jug of apple juice found in a market- 2.5 gal maybe. So my first question is whether a smaller batch will be significantly easier to produce a...

The cap on my 5 gal carboy split and now that Ive sealed the crack with beeswax the airlock is bubbling again. Its been fermenting for 2 weeks now. I think the carboy has been taking air for maybe 3-4 days? What should I be concerned with and is there first aid I can do for the wort? its a...

Its nice to be here. Wandered in here by a few key words. Got my first batch going of recession ale and have high hopes that it will be drinkable. I've also picked some strawbery guava from the sleeping giant and froze it with plans to make mead. Very exciting to be here. aloha and cheers...