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I checked my FG two days straight, and it was settled at 1.008. It had been at about 1.010 for two or three days before racking into the secondary. If it is a BBQ, I'll have to keep a close eye on it; fortunately they're in the garage ( about the coolest place in the house in the summer) so if...

I don't think this was a bottle bomb, but thought I'd ask just in case...sorry, I didn't get a picture. When I got home tonight after a night out, I noticed the cardboard boxes I'm keeping my bottles in we're soaked at the bottom. Checked all the bottles and they're fine, except for one--the...

Yes, it was dry hopped; this kit had the wort pre-made, so presumably the hops were already boiled in...but it came with a small bag of hops to use in the primary. Good points about aerating. Don't want to do that! I'll see if I can find a hop sack. Don't want to be picking bits of hops out of...

Hello! Another newbie question... I'm in my secondary right now, letting my beer (pale ale kit by Baron's) clarify while I'm away for the next week. A lot of the sediment is settling, which is great,but I've still got some undissolved hops is suspension, which actually seem to be rising to the...

I have limited experience--my first batch will be ready to bottle in a couple weeks--but I too got a different amount of sugar than called for in the recipe. The guy at the store said it's because we're at a higher altitude--need a bit more sugar to make it right. For your first brew, I'd stick...

Funny you mention that--I'd called my home brew store the other day to ask an unrelated question--I had floatie things that turned out to be undissolved hops--and mentioned that I'd been in the primary for eleven days. He told me to get it off the yeast cake immediately--shouldn't be there more...

Looks pretty good! I wouldn't worry about it being cloudy--same thing happened to me with my current (and first) batch. I even have some hops that didn't dissolve and have been steadily dropping day by day. How's it taste? If you've reached the right FG, you should be ready to rack into a...

Thanks for the responses, everyone. It's as I'd thought--but I'm new enough at this I wanted to be sure! I've seen a lot about whether or not to use a secondary on this forum...I'm undecided. From what I understand it's really only used for clarifying the beer--why wouldn't you want that? I...

Hello everyone! I've just started homebrewing, after having wanted to try it for quite a while. My wife must have gotten tired of me saying "Hmm, I should try making my own beer," and gave me the equipment for my birthday--wife of the year! I racked me brew into the secondary yesterday so it...