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Just like the title asked. The gravity has remained the same for the last 3 days. My only concern is I still have a good amount of stuff (yeast I hope, right?) floating on top. Should I wait a few more days for it to fall, or just avoid the floaties when I rack to my bottling bucket?

I bottled my witbier extract kit last thursday and primed 52 bottles with 5 oz of priming sugar. Tonight will be exactly one week of the bottles conditioning at temps around 65. I was going to wait 2 weeks to try one, but this being my first brew ever, im starting to get antsy. If I chill one...

Howdy all, my Smashing Pumpkin Ale extract kit is boiling as we speak. I just have two quick questions in regards to flavoring. 1. The kit came with a spice mix. (I assume its cinnamon nutmeg etc...) The instructions say to add it at THE END of the boil. How would I benefit if I added it...

I activated my Wyeast packet last night because the yeast pack for my first brew barely swelled after 5 hours. This one reacted quite well, maybe TOO well. It's inflated to the max, and I'm still hours away from pitching. (still gotta run some errands) My question is, can these packs...

I'm sorry if this has been covered a lot... Its been 2 days since I pitched my yeast. I've seen a lot of action in my air lock since. I've been tempted to open the bucket up and check out what it looks like and maybe take a hydro measure. My question is what am i risking every time i open...

Well gang, yesterday I ran my first 10k AND brewed my first wort! Both went smooth and successful. The Witbier brew was incident free, and I feel that all of my equipment was sanitized well. The only thing I think I may have screwed up was the reading of OG. But as long as the beer tastes...

Hello all. I finally got a brew kit (Northern Brewer Basic) and plan on starting my first brew tomorrow. I've been reading up for the last week so I feel pretty prepared for tomorrow. I have a few questions however. I plan on sanitizing my fermenting equipment with the provided star san...