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Oh, it definitely continues to rise after pouring the beer... Great tip on leaving the beer in the fridge for a week also. When conditioning, I leave them in the same closet I leave my fermenters in; however, I assumed that once they were cold in the fridge that they were ready. I am...

By looking at the very useful similar threads feature, I'm seeing that infection could also be a possibility (though it is happening every time I brew so I doubt it)? Also, I should've mentioned that I had at least one beer explode in the closet last batch (6 total were broken or...

Thanks for the great responses. I keep having experienced brewers telling me not to follow the instructions. The instructions tell me to do 1-2 weeks in a primary fermenter, 1-2 in a secondary, and then 1-2 bottled in a warm place. Then my experienced micro-brewery owning friend (who got...

Just took a look at it on my lunch break, and everything is going well! Sorry for bothering the forum with a pre-mature question. I'll be more careful about it next time (though I'm glad for the feedback telling me that the above factors weren't fatal to my yeast).

As I said in an earlier post, I just started my 4th batch. First 3 have been great, but the main complaint I seem to get from my friends is that my beer is too foamy. I'm guessing this is a natural occurrence from bottling at home, but I figured I would double check with all of you experts out...

I pitched it around midnight...I know I'm supposed to "relax and have a homebrew", but my OCD is not allowing it. I have triple checked that my fermenter was sealed; however, I may double check that I put the grommet back in well (without pushing it back in). My main concern was the warm...

Making a malt extract Pumpkin ale, and I am used to going to bed and then waking up to a lot of activity in the morning. However, so far, I am not seeing much activity. I re-hydrated my yeast: Boiled one cup of water, let it get down to about 80 degrees, poured the yeast in a jar with the...