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I just moved to Charleston from Seattle and it's hot as hell down here. I used to brew good IPAs in my garage in Seattle, year round, no problem. I'm afraid to try it here, with the heat. Do I need to buy something to keep my brew at 60-70 degrees while it ferments? Can a cheap fridge...

Thanks the for the responses and reassurance.

I made a blackberry wheat ale the other night. It called for a packet of sugar and some hard candy sugar to be added at the last 5 minutes of the boil. I mis-read the instructions and added at the beginning. I realized it half way though, so I added 1/3 cup of dextrose at the end, just for...

As a follow up. My second batch turned out fine. I'm pretty sure it was too cold in my garage for the bottles. I think the primer sugar gathered at the bottom and hardened a little. So after reading more, looks like room temp is the best bet for at least three weeks.

I started the below two experiments about two weeks ago. They both seem to have stopped bubbling. How long should I wait to bottle? A few more weeks? Or should it be good to go once the bubbles stop. 1-gal: 1pt Apple, 1pt Blueberry, 8oz Dex, 1/2 pack dry champagne yeast 1-gal...

I used a kit, so I added the packet to 2 cups of water. Hopefully Paulinuke is right. I'll stick another bottle in the fridge and try it again tonight. Thanks for the help.....and it tasted pretty good....the little bit I ended up with!

Hmmmm. Thanks for the reply. Wasn't frozen, that's for sure. I tried later to put a bottle in the fridge. That one opened just fine. It was the non-cold bottle that just started foaming and blew all the sediment, and half the beer, right out.

I brewed my first batch of homebrew and tried my first bottle tonight. It's only been bottled for a week. I opened it up and half the bottle foamed out as soon as I popped the top. It was in my garage, not the fridge. Thoughts?