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Bottles are stored in the basement in VA so it is consistent temp. I waited 3.5 weeks to try my first few beers. Last batch waited longer but had the same problem. I will try stirring next batch. The beer tastes great though! That's a plus!

Why would some of my beers be carbonated more than others? I boiled the priming sugar and poured it in the bottling bucket and then added the beer to be bottled. I figured with all the beer swirling into the bucket that it would be well mixed. But i have had a few beers in past two batches...

i have 20 acres and have big dreams of lots of hops one day! I need to learn more about them and how they grow on my place before i go buying a ton.

looks great! that's what i need to do.

I just recieved my hop rhizomes in the mail. Nugget, Centennial, Willamette, and Cascade! Going into the ground today!

I did'nt know i was supposed to strain the wort into the primary. This is the first batch i have done that wasn't a kit in a box. Thanks guys! I think i need another carboy or two so i can make more than one batch at a time. This one is going to take a while to clear and i am out of home brew.

twheelz, when boiling the wort... the hops added during the cooking time were what i found in a cake on top of the beer in the primary after one week. After transferring to the secondary i added more hops like the recipe says to do. Revvy, sorry, i am new at this. I never said i was going...

dry hop added in secondary

it was in the primary for 7 days and the fermentation had pretty much stopped. when i opened the primary bucket, the enormous amount of hops had created a cake on the top. transferring is when this began.

I had a problem transferring the 60 min ipa clone to he secondary with my auto siphon. It kept clogging up with hops and really aerated the beer when going into the secondary. I had to strain the last gallon or so with a wire sieve because the siphon would not work any more. Now it is so...

I just brewed my first clone of 60 min ipa and i am hopeful and excited. Does anyone have any suggestions on keeping the DME from clumping. I got it all broke up and blended but it was sort of a bear.

upon closer inspection... it looks like the spring is missing.

I am pretty sure it wont be here in 2-3 months, i like to drink my beer not age it. hahajk Thanks for all the advice.

Yeah i filled from the bottom up.

how much time are we talking about here? Should i pour it out?

I read all about not splashing the beer when bottling because of ... oxidation? What exactly does oxidation do? My bottling wand worked fine for the first kit i made and bottling my second kit the wand did not work anymore. so i was forced to just run beer through the tube into the bottles...

I bottled two cases of 12oz bottles of my first extract batch of Hefe. I hope the carbonation goes well. It smelled great! I tasted and thought it tasted really good too. Now i have the carboy full of a blonde ale and can't wait to get it in the bottle. I should be pretty popular with...

Does anyone have any info on what types of hops grow best here in VA? Also when to plant and harvest and all else? I have some property now and would like to add hops to my gardening. Any info/advice is appreciated.

Hey Eric, Where is Woodbridge? My in-laws are in Williamsburg and we go there quite a bit. Maybe sometime if its sort of close... I could stop by to learn something about a brutus.

stir more, worry less. Got it. Thanks