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I am about to brew my second ever beer. First one was an Irish Red which came out pretty good. Now I bought the Scottish Light Ale w/ White Labs Edinburgh Ale 028 kit. Was wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions on the best ways to make this the best beer possible. Also, does anyone...

so should i have my bottles sitting at a temp of say 72-74 degrees instead of 69-70?

I am new to homebrewing ....how do you control your alcohol content? I just bottled my first batch and the OG was 1.04 and the FG was 1.01.....i was told thats about 3.9% ....i would like a higher content. how do i achieve that?

thanks all......i know its only been carbonating for about 36 hours but how do you tell if its carbonating right? I used priming sugar and boiled it in with water and put it into my bottling bucket before i siphoned the beer into it. I'm pretty sure thats what i was supposed to do. Just...

So I just bottled my first homebrew. My OG was about 1.04 and my FG was 1.01. Where does that put my alcohol content ? I think its in the range of 3.5 to 4% but not sure. I tasted it before siphoned it into my bottling bucket. I thought it tasted pretty good yet flat as expected. It didn't...