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Alright, I'm getting ready to head into my second batch, it'll be an Oatmeal Stout. I think this time around I want to ferment in the glass carboy that came with my kit instead of the brew bucket, since advice has led me to forgo two stage fermentation. It's only a 5 gallon carboy, so I'm...

Cracked my first homebrew just now, an American Amber. It was DELICIOUS! Can't wait to drink the rest and get started on my next batch. Thanks for everyone that helped answer all of my silly new guy questions, I'm sure there will be more to come!

Alright, we've been in the primary for a week now, just took a FG (went from 1.050-1.010, also smells great) and it looks like I'm right where I want to be. I'm thinking about moving to secondary in a couple days if I have constant FG readings. I noticed a lot of sediment stuck to the sides of...

Alright, my Amber Ale has been in the primary since Sunday evening. I had vigorous airlock bubbling yesterday, Monday, morning lasting all day. I'm now looking at a dramatically slower rate, almost less than one a minute. I was planning on racking into the secondary on Friday anyway, I guess...

OK, I know I've seen people talk about temperature rising during fermentation due to that activity in there, but I figure I should ask anyway: The airlock's been bubbling for a little less than a day, and the temp reading is at 73 after starting at 68, should I be concerned? There isn't much...

Alright its brew day, I'm in the middle of my boil, and I have a question about adding the yeast. Should I activate it using water beforehand, or just sprinkle it into the wort? The directions given to me in the kit say to sprinkle, but the package of yeast has a (very vague) picture...

I'm seeing a lot of different questions about filtering the hops/sediment out of your wort, and I've seen some video's using strainers or funnels with strainers in the bottom. My question is when to do so. Should I strain before going into the primary, secondary, or bottling bucket, or all...

Hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question, but I'm coming up on getting to work on my first brew and I want to make sure I sanitize properly. Would I be able to get away with using the bottling bucket to mix up my sanitizing solution before boiling and primary fermentation, then use the...