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I have had my IPA bottled for two weeks now and there is still very little carbonation in the bottles. When I pour a beer from a couple inches above the rim of the glass, a few bubbles appear near the top but none within the beer itself. It tastes almost completely flat. I used WLP051...

Is there a certain point where yeast dies off and carbonating with sugar is impossible? Will the yeast die or become dormant until it gets more food? What is the lifespan of a typical ale yeast. How does yeast survive lagering? Lots of questions about yeast. Just curious.

So, I'm bottling my second brew. A wheat ale. My first mistake was not ensuring that my spigot was closed before putting my priming sugar in the bottling bucket. I could not tell exactly how much I lost since my kitchen mat absorbed most of it. I could tell most of it was still in the bucket so...

I came home from work and my krausen was foaming up into my airlock. I took the lid off and it subsided a bit, but im sure it will probably happen again. I work 10 hour shifts and can't babysit my beer tommorow or the day after. Could I scoop the krausen out or does it contain yeast that I would...

Im sure this has already been covered in a previous thread, but the search on this mobile app is not so good. I brewed my third batch last night(IPA) and got a higher OG than I was expecting(1.075). I only pitched one vile of yeast and thinking about it now, I probably should have used two. I...

I brewed a belgian wheat that has been in fermenter for almost 4 weeks now and when i opened the lid to take a gravity reading, I got a little hiss as though i were opening a beer bottle. I took a sample into a cylinder to take a reading and took a sip. Not bad but i felt a little fizzle on my...

Noob here. I will be brewing my third batch tomorrow and am beginning to realize how much money I am not saving by doing this, but sure don't want to stop. This may not be saving me a ton of money but every little bit helps, right? I manage a pizza delivery restaurant and we carry a...

I just bottled my first brew and am pretty excited. There's just one thing im worried about. I tasted it from the cylinder after I took FG reading and it tastes very sweet. This was before I racked it into the bottling bucket with priming sugar. It's a pale ale from a kit. Is this normal? I...

I started my first extract brew kit last week and hope to follow a belgian wheat recipe very soon. I hope to eventually graduate to all grain brews and create my own recipes. This seems like an awesome website with plenty of homebrew veterans eager to help answer questions and contribute their...