Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:18 pm

Did you bottle directly from the fermentor or did you rack to a bottling bucket first? Bottling bucket makes it much easier and uniform.
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:56 pm

No remember my fermentation got stuck so I added more yeast into secondary.
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:29 pm

Yeah.... you can still use a bottling bucket... rack clean beer out to bucket, the bottle.
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:56 pm

Ok will do on my next batch, also I didn't see any difference
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:00 pm

Any difference between what?
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:59 am

What I meant to say is that beer is clear so I don't see the difference between using bottling bucket or secondary. So I opened another bottle last night and carbonation was the same. Should I keep beer at room temp or can I put it in the fridge?
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:28 am

Keep them at room temp for a while. It generally takes about 2 weeks at 70degF to carbonate, but can take longer.
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Re: My first brew .. is something is wrong?

Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:44 pm

madchemist83 wrote:I know. I also have two 12 oz that have bottoms of my fermenter. Probably 1/4 of yeast in there.


madchemist83 wrote:What I meant to say is that beer is clear so I don't see the difference between using bottling bucket or secondary.


I took your first statement to mean that some bottles were chock full of yeast. Bottling bucket is just for bottling, secondary is for fermenting.

madchemist83 wrote:So I opened another bottle last night and carbonation was the same. Should I keep beer at room temp or can I put it in the fridge?


I wouldn't expect much change in carbonation over two days bottle conditioning at reasonable temps. If the beer is good, go ahead and drink it, the stuff left to condition may continue to change over the next few weeks.
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