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Transfer to secondary. Yes, no or maybe? I keep seeing arguments for and against transferring to secondary. I am not advocating for or against. Personally, I don’t, unless I’m fermenting a big beer I want to age some before I package. This got me wondering why we are always told to transfer to...

Do you have gushing bottles? I have seen a few posts lately on here and other forums about gushing bottles. I had the same problem for a while. Are your bottles clean? Like many, I got lazy. When I would pour a beer, I rinsed it (I have a bottle washer in my sink) then put it on a bottle tree...

I purchased this pump https://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/anti-gravity-transfer-pump and used it to transfer from fermenter to keg. The beer foamed through the outlet hose into the keg. I'm assuming that is CO2 being knocked out of solution; I use my "improvised" test of lowering a...

I was lucky enough to be stationed in Germany for nine years and I love a good German Hefe Weizen, especially when you swirl the yeast in the bottom of the bottle and pour it in…..”smack, smack mmmmmm, beer” Anyway; Some background: I’ve brewed a few five gallon batches and fermented with...

Hi y'all! I'm in the US Army and have been stationed in Germany since 2001. I tried the German beer, liked it and started brewing it! I love the hefe weizens and the dark ales. I've been doing extract brewing since 2001 (minus a year in Iraq) and now I'm ready to move to all grain...