Uno
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I love this forum. I have spent at least 12 hours in the last 3 days reading everything I can. I started a Cooper's english bitter kit 4 days ago. It's my first crack at brewing beer. I've done about five different wines in the past and I don't even really like wine. (my wife does) So what I have learned from this forum doesn't really jive with the kit instructions. I have it in the primary right now at 70 degrees ambient in a closet.I can get it colder very easily but that temp seemed to be what the kit suggested was best and I did use their yeast (that will be the last time from what I've read) I was planning on bottling after 7 days and letting it sit for 3 weeks or so but reading that it is more accepted now to primary for 3 weeks or more. The problem I have with this is my primary is a big plastic (food grade) garbage can looking thing with a lid that is not air tight and no air lock. So do I rack it to a glass carboy at some point to get it to a safer envirement or just bottle it?