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It may just be Co2 coming out of solution due to the agitation of the beer while transferring to secondary. However you can always take another gravity reading after a couple of days to see.

Holy Crap! I have that same Lita Ford poster! It's packed away somewhere. Not really sure where, but it was up on my wall when I was 13! Oh, and nice pic of the beer stuff, too. :D

I will also check this out. Good luck!

2.5 gallons of American Brown Ale Total: 16465.5 gallons

Word up!

2.5 gal of ESB. 15958.5 + 2.5 = 15961

I always like immediately reusing a bottle. It's just fun to know it was only empty for about an hour.

The three kits I've made have all been 5 gallons.

I had the same problem and just started brewing 2.5 gallon batches. As the previous posts have suggested. I bought a couple of 3 gallon Better Bottles to ferment in.

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Same here.

Great thread. I'm an extract/steeping grains brewer who has just switched to 2.5 gallon batches so I can brew more often and have more different beers on hand. I'm wanting to go to all-grain and will probably try this method to get started. I have a 5 gallon stainless steel pot and a 3...

I've brewed 3 NB kits. The Irish Stout and Altbier both turned out really good. I recently bottled the Honey Kolsch and can report on it later.

I usually use about 4 gallons of distilled per batch with the rest being tap. That seems to work out for me. I'm thinking about trying my next batch with all tap water that I've filtered to see how that works out. My first couple batches where I just used straight tap water were not that...