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THe temp here is just crazy. 80 one day, 30 the next... So what would you guys suggest for keeping a consistent temperature for your primary wort? I jsut have mine in my room with the thermometer and it reads it. Its going up and down from 59-71.. you think the beer is bad? but also, how do I...

My temp has been in the 60-70 range. Is this bad? it is a lager yeast, california common, steam beer, but its been so hott out (global warming) in march and the temperatures have been all off, so my room has been up and down. Is this bad? Should I bring it down from 70 or leave it?

If I am about to bottle from my 6.5 gallon bucket with a spigot, can I just hook up the beer bottle straight to the spigot? Or do I need a tube from the spigot to the bottle? I think I got a siphon that came with the kit, so I don't know if I should use that or not, or how.

So my wort has been in its primary bucket for a week now, but the temperature has ranged from 60-70, it is at 70 now and I am trying to cool the room down. It mostly has been at 65 but has gone up and down...The beer is a california common with lager yeast. Any advice? Does this speed up the...

How long do you guys usually keep your steam beer or california common's in the primary fermenter bucket? 1 week? 2 week 3 week? How about how long to clean up ? And what about bottling? I would love to hear from an experienced steam beer dude.

I am confused. If I wanted to switch to kegging my beer, how do I get the beer inside of my keg?

I once had this beer that was SO good. It was really cloud but also dark. Not black maybe not even brown, maybe even a little lighter but still dark. Almost purple but it wasn't purple.. It was so good though, it was almost like an IPA but not so bitter. It just tasted so smooth. Anyone know a...