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Nope....gravity was ~1.020....maybe I should stop drinking my older homebrews and learn how to read my hydrometer/type.

Yeah, I contemplated off gassing, but didn't think that the basement had gotten that much warmer for that to happen. There is some head forming on the beer, I don't necessarily think it's krausen, it just looks like the head you get after pouring a beer/soda. I would be willing to bet the beer...

Hey all, I have a Cherry Stout that I'm currently brewing/getting ready to bottle (why I chose to brew a stout near summer is a different topic altogether). Brew day went fine, initial fermentation looked good, ~2 weeks following primary fermenter I transferred to a secondary. At this...

I wouldn't worry about it. Granted I'm not an expert brewer by any means, but if it tastes good I wouldn't be too concerned. Drink it up!

Thanks guys. I guess my main concern was not that the dry yeast wouldn't work, but that it would take longer for them to activate and begin replication thus increasing the chances of a bacterial infection occurring. But I do have a tendency to over-analyze things often and maybe the best...

Hey all, I'm planning on starting up a brew of NB's Cherry Stout extract kit. Anyone ever done that kit? My main question is: the kit came with a pack of dried yeast. All my other previous brews were done using smack pack cultures of yeast, so I've never done a starter culture before...

yeah I was going to have him give it a taste just to see if it is even palatable and still rack to secondary. I guess my next question is: even if its not contaminated could fermentation have even gone on well without the proper air lock? I would imagine the environment in the fermenter would...

I have a similar question to one posed earlier by talenos... My brother wanted to try out brewing so I lent him my equipment, went and got an extract kit with him and showed him the gist of brewing the wort, adding to primary ect.... Well I left him with some pretty simple instructions to finish...

i was hoping i could just steep them for a half hour to an hour......but then again, i am still a rookie and still don't know much.

I'm looking to get a new brew underway this weekend and I would like to try to get something like a blue moon. My buddy and I have come up with a little recipe and and I would like to run it by ya'll too see what you think. its a pretty basic, no frills recipe. any suggestions would be great...

Hello all. I am fairly new to brewing (have only brewed three batches in the last year) and would like to start up a witbier. I have only brewed extract batches from kits, but I would like to start getting away from kits (even though the last 3 kits I have done turned out excellent). I was...

Hey guys. I want to start my 4th brew within the next couple of weeks but have a quick question for y'all. I have a few wheat beer recipes that I want to try, and I was wondering if I can use the same amount of ingredients given for a 5 gallon boil and use them the same way (i.e same amounts...

Hi all. I posted this message in a different forum and didn't get a response so I thought I would try it here. I was just wondering if any of you have every brewed the NB spiced winter ale kit? I brewed it last week and just transferred it to secondary yesterday. I took a little sample to see...

thanks for the input guys. after posting my first message I realized that 60 degrees is probably a bit to low, so I moved the fermenter out of the room into one that should get up to 65-70. I live in an old house so keeping a warm temp can be tough. The yeast strain I am using is a Wyeast...

I just brewed a spiced ale last night and my brew has been sitting in the primary fermenter for about 12 hours now and there is very minimal/no activity going on in the airlock. Previous brews I have done have seen very vigorous fermentations withing the first 12-24 hours but I think there is...

Wisco BADGERS!!! although defense is gunna have to step it up in the next few weeks, they're lookin kinda slow. As for the big men up front...they are all huge. they should be pushin everyone outta the way so my man P.J. can run for 100+ yards every game.

I tried a bottle tonight from my second homebrew (a honey kolsch) that had been bottle conditioning for two weeks. after pouring there was little to no head from the pour. the beer itself had a slight off flavor to me, also. It seemed to bitter for a kolsch. is two weeks long enough for a...

thanks for the information guys. I guess i'll just let the beer do its thing for a while. the yeast i used for this was Wyeast american wheat yeast. there were numerous suggestions to cold condition the beer to make it better. would I cold condition the beer in the secondary fermenter and, if...

I was just wondering if anyone has done the Northern Brewer Honey Kolsch kit, or if anyone has any insight into the Kolsch beer itself. I am doing my second batch of beer (which is the NB honey kolsch kit) and I just racked from primary to secondary tonight. I have noticed that beer smells odd...

Hey guys. I want to start my second beer this week or next (my first batch, a Witbier turned out fantastic and my second will be a nice Honey Kolsch for the summer). My question is what else can i do as far as sanitation. I was at northern brewer and forgot to pick up some 'one step' rinse...