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When you make your wort, after you pitch your yeast and aerate the wort, you should use a sanitized cup to get about 10oz of beer out of your fermenter. Transfer this beer into a bottle and use it to take your hydrometer readings without having to open up you fermenter. Put this bottle next...

I used the Ft. Collins Amber Ale kit from homebrewers.com. As far as taste it is a good amber ale. To me, it isn't that close to the real thing. But maybe the one from northern is closer. Either way, give it a try and let me know how it turns out. :mug:

Thanks for the reply. It was only in the fridge for about 15 min before I tried it! LOL. I was excited! But I tried another when I got home from work today and it was much better. I'll let them sit for a few more days before I pour another. I have two kits ready to go and plan to brew...

Thanks for the reply. My OG was 1.056 and my FG was 1.012. I made a 5 gallon batch. I don't know the exact amount of priming sugar off hand but it was a packet that came with the kit and it said use the whole thing dissolved in 16oz of boiling water. And I actually just tried another today...

Just tasted my first brew and have some questions. I'll detail the steps I took first. Ok, so brew day I followed the instructions that came with my kit to a t since it was my first batch. I cooled it in an ice bath and was able to get it to my pithing temp of 70 deg pretty quickly. I...

I'm new to brewing an was wondering what the sniff test is.

I just got done brewing my first batch. I made a Fat Tire clone and it's been in primary right now for about a week. I used California Ale Yeast (Liquid) and pitched at about 75 degrees. Was doing some research and came across some info on yeast starters. My question is this. Are...

Thanks for all the replies. I woke up to see my airlock bubbling and was very happy!

So I brewed my first batch last night and have a few questions that I hope someone can answer for me. 1) I wasn't able to take a hydrometer reading until this morning because I broke it and had to get a new one. I got an OG reading of 1.052. Is this accurate since one, I took it after I...