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The temp was 56ish....maybe a bit cooler.

I am brewing an Amber Ale from extract and it is my first brew. I didn't take a starting gravity. I pitched the yeast and started the fermentation in approx. 58 degrees. Was slow and not that responsive so after a week I moved it to 70 degree. Left it there for a week and took a hydrometer...

Back again....I kept the plastic carboy upstairs in the 68-70 degree range until Friday night. Then, moved it back down to the 56 degree basement. Bottled it tonight, FG was 1.016. Not quiet the 1. 012 that the box kit wanted...but it had been in the plastic bucket for a little over 3 weeks...

back with another question about this ale....i just took a hydrometer reading (had the lid off twice due to an unfortunate spilling of the first sample....used a turkey baster all sanitized. hopefully no contamination.) and the reading was 1.019. the range on the kit was 1.010-1.012. i can't...

Thanks to all....the yeasts are doing their thing again (BIG bubble every 25-30 seconds). I guess the cold just stalled them a bit. I will leave it upstairs for a week or so, and then take it down to basement to clear....

Thanks to all....should i take a gravity reading today as well? to have the comparison? it has warmed up nicely to 62 degrees.

Thanks...I moved it up to a closet. Sitting in the dark. The highest it gets up here is 70. Will go down to 60 at night. One final question: do I leave it up here until I am ready to bottle in a couple of weeks?

It has been in the basement the whole time.....if I bring it upstairs, the temps are 70 degrees up here. Is that too high? I was thinking that since it had been bubbling that it was just taking its time? So, I should move it up?

I am brewing a True Brew Amber Ale in my basement....and with a recent cold snap, the temps on the strip on the outside of the bucket are reading 54-56 degrees. Is this too cold? Started on Saturday and today (Friday)....all airlock activity is pretty much done, but it was never really active...

Thanks! I know about the airlock not really being an indicator....i read Revvy's replies before i posted. But, that was as you said about no activity. I thought that i was probably fine. I am using True Brew Amber Ale....and I also read that sometimes with the cheaper malts (like this one) that...

Totally new to this and brewed my first batch on Saturday. By Sunday the airlock was bubbling about once every 10 seconds or so. I am storing the fermenter in my basement where it is about 56-58 degrees (i know too cold, but spouse not keen on it being upstairs). Yesterday (Tuesday) the bubbles...