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I stirred it gently again last night before bed, and it seems some of the yeast balls have floated back up. Haha, this is crazy! If I dry hop, will the floating yeast absorb most of the aroma and flavor of it does decide to fall over the next week?

Did another hydro reading last night. Looks like it may have dropped a point or two. I'm going to give it 1 more day then dry hop.

I saw that. I'm guessing it's still fermenting if it's still producing CO2, but the airlock hasn't done much in the last week. Two weeks in primary and I'd imagine fermentation is done, but like I said never used this yeast before. I'll take another gravity reading tonight and maybe stir it...

So I opened it up to take a hydro reading. Smelled and tasted fine. I broke up the yeast on top by gently stirring with the hydrometer. It seemed to break up on and sink. The reading read 1.014, so it did ferment ok. Closed it back up and went to sleep. Just woke up, and it appears the...

Hi, I've been brewing for a couple of years and I have a question about Wyeast American ale II 1272 yeast. I usually use US05 in pretty much everything, as I mostly make ipa's. I just made a karma citra all grain recipe from northern Brewer. Everything went good, got an OG of 1.055. It's...

Ok, I thought it sounded crazy! I think ill do 2-3 weeks primary, 1 week dry hop, then bottle and condition for 3 weeks. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So I brewed a hop head IPA kit from Midwest last weekend and the directions say to ferment it for 2 weeks and then transfer to a secondary for 10 weeks for conditioning. I don't have a secondary. I usually leave my beers in the primary for 4 weeks then bottle condition for 3-4 weeks. My...

I use the same water every time no matter what im doing. It could be carbonation bite, however does this have a certain smell? Like I said, I knew as soon as I smelled it it had that extract smell to it. And ten the taste confirmed it.

Yeah, a little bit. My all grains tend to take longer to carb up for some reason. I used gold extract from Midwest. I used about 1/3 at 60 minutes, then the remainder at around 10 minutes.

That's what I'm saying. It tasted real good at bottling time, had good hop aroma, not too bitter, but not sweet. No twangy ness. But they have been bottle conditioning for 3 weeks, so I decided to test one. It had that twang that I remember from my previous extract batches. I knew it as...

This is just something I've been noticing with some of my beers. And it only seems to happen with my extract batches. My all grains taste great. At bottling time, I of course try some, and they all taste and smell great. However, after a weeks in the bottle, they seem to develop this certain...

Well, I dumped the hops in and gently stirred them in to even them out and make sure they all contacted the beer, then I shut the lid. Hopefully that won't cause oxidation...

It was in primary for 2 weeks. Went from 1.050 to 1.012. Pretty sure it was stable. Is using a bag with marble better then just letting them float loose?

Well, thinking I knew what I was doing, I dumped an oz of centennial whole leaf hops into my primary, and my initial reaction was, " oh ****". One oz of whole leaf looks like a whole lot more then 1 oz of pellets. I have dry hopped with pellets before, but always used a bag. No bag this time...

Just got my ryePA extract kit with specialty grains from Midwest. Really excited about it. Anyone brew it yet and have any advice? Particularly in regards to the rye malt. I have never used it before. I really want the rye flavor to shine through. Directions are the typical, soak the grains...

Not infected. It's in the middle of fermenting. The green is hop residue. How long has it been in primary?

Just an update. Its still not as carbed as it should be (basically a quick fizz that seems to instantly fade) and its beginning to taste more and more nar-nar.

So you liked the smell of his farts?

I usually clean my bottles in the dishwasher, but after a few batches with bad head, I decided to soak them in a starsan solution before bottling. Long story short, I dunked the clean bottles in the starsan solution, drained, and shook as much out as possible. Then I bottled. My concern is...

The Indian brown ale is 7.8% and has been bottled for over 8 weeks. The stout is 6% and has been bottled for over 4 weeks.