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Just an update: it has been in the fridge a week and a half now and it is clearing beautifully. Thanks again!

Amazing, thank you! I have never lagered anything and had not intended to. I just happen to have a fridge free for the next 2 months and now I am excited to do this! :mug:

It is an orange-honey ale. My gravity is down to 1.015 from 1.059, so I am happy with that. I have read a bit here about homebrewers eschewing racking their beer, so i think I am going to leave it another week in the primary and see how it is. Then i can cold crash it and rack to secondary...

I've got a batch in my primary that I brewed 11 days ago using Wyeast 1007 (I have never used this yeast). It fermented at about 62-63 degrees. It finished fermenting a couple of days ago and I sampled it yesterday. It is very cloudy, which I expected because of the yeast. There is also a...

Okay,okay! I followed a few more threads relating to this one. A lot of arguments in favour of the Starsan. I will really try it again! I will not fear the foam.

Thanks everyone. I do have Starsan, but I get annoyed with all the foaming, so I went back to using bleach, cheap and effective. I have never had an issue with bleach as I always thoroughly rinsed it. Maybe I'll give the Starsan a try again sometime, one less step...

Hello all, First post here. I have a question in the same vein as Bassman. I read in the Joy of Homebrewing that you can sanitize with bleach, then cap your bottles with foil and pull them out whenever you need them. Just a rinse and off you go. I have done this before, a week or so in...