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Bottles have been sitting for a week, and decided to crack one open to see how the carbonation was going. Carb is good, but there is a soapy taste still. Will this go away with time?

Took a reading tonight, 1.020. Close enough for me, considering I'm now noticing some soapy smells and tastes.. :( Hopefully the bottle time will flesh that out.

There seems to be a lot more activity in the car boy now. Will take another reading on Thursday and likely bottle. Samples were kinda sweet this weekend, but not bad. Thanks for the suggestions!

On Friday I gave the carboy a 'lil shimmy to get the goodness riled up a bit, and temps have been 70-72. Tested today and I'm still at 1.025 :( Going to take another reading on Wednesday, but if it is the same I assume I should just bottle and move on to the next batch?

I'll take another reading tonight, and again tomorrow. If nothing changes, I assume bottling?

This is my first brew attempt, so chances are I'm either being paranoid or messed something up, but anyhow here's my situation: My OG came in at 1.050, slightly higher than the kit says it expected (1.047). It has been in primary for 2 weeks now, and last night's reading came in at 1.025. The...

An imperial IPA a friend brewed and forgot about was still decent 9 months later. Not great, but drinkable. Wouldn't recommend it though :-)

Some types can continue aging for up to 5 years, some like IPAs will start losing some flavor profiles after a year, but so long as the beer was never infected it should never harm you. Might taste terrible but won't send you to the hospital.

Yeah I certainly missed what your intended question was there, thanks for the clarification. Most keep their bottles in a similar location as their fermenter to bottle age. Some place that's 60-65 degrees is fine for most ales. As far as the time goes... that porter will only get better...

A week in primary seems kinda short for a porter, I would let it go two weeks next time. Two weeks in the bottle (depending on temperature) is typically good. If the priming was done correctly and you kept fermentation temps in the range of your yeast, then bottle conditioning should be in...

Thanks everyone, I feel much better about the situation now :) I think my new plan of attack will be to continue monitoring the bath and keeping the strip temp around 65, and have it sit in primary for a full 3 weeks. Then bottle and keep there for 2 weeks, sample a few, and likely keep the...

This was the True Brew Porter kit. But, I certainly did not follow the directions as provided. I've been researching this wonderful world of homebrewing for a few months now and after a quick glance at their instructions I said, "Gonna tweak this a bit!" So here's what I did if you're the...

I did my first boil last Thursday and things were progressing nicely, plenty of action in the airlock. However, I completely spaced checking the fermenting temperature until Saturday afternoon. I went downstairs and happened to glance at the thermometer sitting with my brew supplies, and...

Thanks for the prompt replies. I have another question but probably warrants a new thread. Thanks again!

My first attempt at brewing is underway, and something just popped into my head... I did a 4 gallon boil and topped off the carboy with a gallon of filtered water to reach 5 gallons total. I bought a few gallons of distilled water, used that for my cleaning and sanitizer water, then refilled...