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  1. IFlyEm

    Priming Sugar & the Boil

    I just boiled my priming sugar and am ready to start bottling. My question is, how cool should I let the priming solution get before I put it in the bottling bucket? My instructions just say to "let it cool" with no other guidance. Thanks everyone!
  2. IFlyEm

    How old is too old?

    My brother received a beer making kit as a wedding gift. He never got around to brewing it so he gave it to me. The wedding was 10 years ago...hence my question, how old is too old? It is a batch of Morgan's Blue Mountain Lager. All that comes with the batch is a can of concentrated wort, 6...
  3. IFlyEm

    Which is more important? Cooling the Wort or Pitching yeast early?

    I do not have a wort chiller, I suck I know, so Im trying to cool as fast as possible to get the wort below 80 degrees so I can pitch my yeast. It has now been over an hour and I am still at 100 degrees. Is it more important to wait to get below 80 degrees, or should I pitch the yeast now...
  4. IFlyEm

    Wort Chilling

    Novice brewer here with a question on wort chilling...I know that it is pretty important to get the temp down to 70 degrees, and my question may be dumb but I dont care...Im on beer #8. After you chill the wort to 70 degrees, you transfer it to the fermenting bucket, then add water until you...
  5. IFlyEm

    OG and FG question...Im a noob

    Ok this is my second batch but my first time doing the hydrometer readings. My OG read 50...I assume that is 1.05. After taking my FG it was 12...which again I assume is 1.012. I did the OG-FGx131.25 which equaled 4.9875...Did I do that right? Is my ABV just under 5%? Thanks for the help!
  6. IFlyEm

    Fermentation and Temperature

    This is my first time brewing...I am on day 3 of my primary fermentation. I have noticed that the bubbling in the airlock has stopped and the temperature of the beer is now at 66 degrees. It was holding steady between 68-72 degress with lots of bubbling in the airlock. I used a dry yeast and...
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