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Besides not looking as cool are there any other cons with bottling in plastic bottles? I am going to be bottling in several days and am trying to scrounge up some bottles. I am going to just prime each one individually so right now I have a couple 40 oz. bottles and about 15 12oz. bottles, and...

Alright thanks for sharing the knowledge everyone.

The house is set at 67, and my room is probably around 64.

The only room in the house that I can keep my fermenting bucket is kind of chilly. I am thinking of bringing a space heater in for a portion of the day (like 7 hours)pointed at the bucket to raise the temp a little and speed up the process. So would varying temperatures affect anything besides...

I am pretty new still and actually just started brewing last thursday...but I am guessing you go to the same brew store I go to, the one in dowtown aurora. When I went there though I saw some information about some brewing club.

Cool, I'm about one town away from you (montgomery/oswego border).

I'm Todd and have my first batch on the way. I got interested after finding my dad's homebrew kit that he never used, and learned the bare basics from watching the craigtube videos on youtube. Oh yeah and I'm from Oswego IL.

Just started to see some action in the last hour, you guys were right on target. Thanks again.

Well the it was the kind of yeast that is liquid and comes in viles. As for the temperature now, it is actually kind of low. In a room that is 65 with some blankets over it, whether that makes any significat difference or not. As for the temperature when the yeast went in, the wort was right...

So it is 9:30 at night now, and I brewed my wort late yesterday morning. No bubbles yet, and I think I might have damaged the yeast because when I put them into the wort, I didnt mix the wort around with the cold water, so the temperature could have been higher and damaged the yeast. I am...

Alright, thanks a lot for the info.

I want to keep my fermenting bucket at least 70 degrees, but nowhere in my house is quite that high...so does the fermenting process give off any heat at all (so I could put a blanket on it)?