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I opened up my bucket to take a test. I noticed it taste and smelled a bit sour. It's a European pilsner. Any thoughts from anyone if this is bad/normal?

Okay great info y'all, much appreciated. I will do a hydro reading, thanks again!

Hello all. So my first batch ever has been fermenting for exactly a week now. My airlock was bubbling a lot up until today. What could this mean? I brewed a european pilsner if that helps Is it time for me to move it to the secondary? Thanks!

I'm about to order my second kit, I see lots of options for different yeast: 1). Dry 2) premium dry yeast 3) wyeast activator 4) white labs vial What are the major differences and what would everyone recommend and why? Thanks for any responses!

This may be a dumb question, but I'm adding another carboy to my collection and I was curious what the difference between the two are Thanks in advance!

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One other thing on this airlock, do I need to leave on this red top on my airlock? I'm assuming yes?

I've actually got the perfect setup for fermentation. I've got a sun room connected to my house that has no heating or air but it keeps steady temp of like 55-60. I live in Kentucky so the temp is perfect right now in the room. I'm not sure how sunlight affects the fermentation, I'm assuming...

I rehydrated at 100, My wort was 75, I made sure of that! When you chill the wort, what's the typical Time you want to aim for? I'm sure the faster the better but what is a good time to aim for? I don't have a wort chiller but I'm gonna get one. Right now I fill up the bathtub full of cold...

I did not use the hydrometer I did aerate the fermenter. I poured it back and forth 3 separate times.

It is a European pilsner, I didn't get it too hot, I actually took the temp, it was around 100. It may have been a little longer than 30 but no longer than 40. Forgive my ignorance, what is OG?? I tried to do as much research as possible but I was too excited to wait to brew!

Is is possible to rehydrate the yeast for too long? I did it or a little over 30 minutes. This is my first batch ever and I'm just curious. It's been just under 24 hours and I'm not seeing any bubbling in my airlock. What could be some other problems? Am I just getting too impatient? Lol...