secondary fermentation

I recently brewed a Kettle sour. I had a starting gravity of 1.048. I let it ferment down to a gravity of 1.015. I then racked it onto 5# of kiwis and 5#of green pears. I saw airlock activity for 3 days after i added the fruit. My question is how long should i keep it on fruit before i keg?

Hi all, I plan to make an extract cream ale and then after fermentation is done, add vanilla beans and cinnamon to it. My question is, should I rack it to a secondary for this or can I pour it into the primary? I should make note that I plan to soak a cinnamon stick and a few vanilla beans...

I moved a batch of IPA to a carboy yesterday, everything seemed fine. I had tried to keep temperature in the 20-22 deg C range for the first 4 days, then let it drift - it went to around 19 C for the rest of the week it spent in the primary. Temperature reading was on an externally mounted...

Hi everyone, I just started brewing and i brewed my first Imperial NEIPA. The beer was super good when it came out of the fermenter with a ton of hoppy flavour. After I bottled up with some priming sugar (dextrose), i feel like all the hoppy flavours went away. It is now more on the bitter...

To give you some context: I've just made my first ever batch of cider. I made a little over 3 gallons (that's how much juice the 80 apples I bought produced). It went through the primary fermentation, and all that super sweet apple juice has turned into very dry cider. I used champagne yeast...

I followed the directions provided in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/cold-crashing-cider.46017/ After racking it 4 inches above the lees into a new carboy, I didn't have fridge space, so I left it outside in 5 degree weather for 24 hours. It was frozen slush when I...

primary was in glass carboy for 9 Days. Transferred to secondary (glass carboy) for 10 Days. Had to use some cellophane to keep my bung/airlock in the carboy. When I went to rack it the carboy was under a lot of pressure as I must have accedently covered the bung hole (lol). Now the question...

I will be away for two weeks. My batch is sitting in secondary for 1 week now. Should I let it sit for 2 more or cap and hope it's carbonated by the time I leave? Beginner question. Just started brewing a few months ago. Thanks!

I have many questions about adding fruit flavor to beers. I want to add peach flavor to my cream ale. I have searched the forums and am having trouble getting a straight answer. This is my 4th batch and it is a cream ale recipe from Northern Brewer that I want to modify. I am going to ferment it...

I only have experience with quick fermenting ales, mainly because I'm worried about the ambient temperature of my brewing facilities. I've recently moved, and have access to a basement with much cooler temperatures and was wondering how cool i would need to keep a batch for extended lagering of...