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We bottled tonight... took forever with the bleach. Hopefully it turns out but I'm not too concerned. Will definitely be investing in a bottle of starsan for the next go-round. As for how we used the bisulfite, it was mainly for sanitizing big stuff. Poured in about a cup or so into the...

Wasn't sure if this was more appropriate here or in the sanitizing or bottling sections... please move if necessary. When we bought supplies we bought sodium metabisulfate for sterilizing (the guy at the store recommended highly) and it seems to have to worked so well in that when we've taken...

Wow I had no idea bakeries used buckets like that... I'll have to call around!

Alrighty so I checked both brews with a hydrometer on Tuesday and today (Thursday). The IPA hasn't moved from 1.015 and the Pil hasn't moved from 1.020... We're going to bottle on Monday... We're gonna clean the crap out of the bottles we got from the depot... half are dirty or full of mold so...

@lehr wow... i don't even think i could comprehend all that goes on in those pictures hahaha

That's probably why the guy rated it 2 stars ;)

Yeah I think we're gonna grab some StarSan for bottling... I have no idea how we would be using the stuff we already have in a timely manner. We went to a bottle depot yesterday and the guy sold us bottles for $0.20 each which we were ok with because none of us really drink bottles usually so...

Besides that it just requires you to open up the fermenter and take samples, then?

I've been watching some videos on youtube and noticed one brewer (user HomebrewingVideo) uses a "satellite fermenter" aka some wort taken from the inital bucket on day 1 after the yeast is added and puts it in an empty beer bottle to ferment on its own to use for hydrometer readings instead of...

@Germelli1 GENIUS!! I will definitely use this. Thanks.

@Homercidal I did check the yeast but not for the type but an expiry just to make sure that we didn't get a hosed can or something. There was nothing but half washed off gibberish letters. Is there a code system?? Hahaha

Ok, so just to clarify: I'm 19 and the legal drinking age in Alberta (the province in which I reside is 18). The part about making SECRET REVENGE BEER only makes me want to brew more. I love beer and this part is making it a lot more fun for us. Also, I'm only being cheap on the bottles part...

Hey, I've been lurking for a while but finally decided to post :P 3 friends and I decided to brew some beer in retaliation to some other friends who told us they'd let us brew with them... and then (intentionally) didn't tell us :mad: In return we decided to start brewing some SECRET beer...