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Damn it man!!! Any other REAL ideas?

It sounds awesome & intriguing,...

C'mon man!!! You can't bring it up & not deliver!! Will you email it?

Friends, can you both send me recipes?

Just drank a bottle of my first batch of home brew!! I let it ferment for 15 days before bottling and the first bottle I tried had set for 5 weeks!! All I can say is EXCELLENT!! I made an English Brown Ale and I'm very impressed. Anyone have suggestions for my second batch? I was thinking...

Just finished bottling my first batch. I used half regular brown bottles & caps & half easy cap bottles. Is it bad that after I bottled, sealed & shook my easy caps that a little foam was squeezing out of the seal? Ideas, options, concerns?

I'll be bottling my first batch of home brew this Friday. If anyone has any tips and/or lessons learned that you'd like to share, I would appreciate it!! Thank you.

As always, you all help me out with good advice!!

Is it alright to use mason jars to bottle my home brew?

Awesome stuff!! Should I transfer it over to my bottling bucket now & let it finish fermenting in there or just transfer it over the day I bottle?

I'm going to be bottling soon and have a few questions. My fermenter doesn't have a spout on it but I recently bought one. Should I just siphon out of my fermenter or transfer it over and siphon it from the bottling bucket? Any tips or tricks or lessons learned with bottling are appreciated...

Awesome advice & thank you all!! Why would the directions say to take it out so early when you can leave it in longer & get a better product?? I used the Brewers Best English Brown Ale & I'm stoked to try it but I refuse to rush it & screw up things up.

And yes, I meant the air lock.

I'm using plastic with no tap at the bottom. I'm just a little paranoid with this being my first batch. The directions say to bottle in 4-6 days, but i was going to wait until Saturday or Sunday to bottle. Any thoughts?

Hello there!! Thanks for the welcome. I'm fermenting my first batch I made last Saturday & I'm kind of nervous. My CO2 valve on top of my fermenter has become covered on the inside with residue from my batch. What should I do, if anything?