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Thanks to everyones help...I made beer! It's not very good beer, but it's beer. It's very sweet like wine. I like a very strong almost bitter beer. My question is, was it the recipe or me? Brewer's Best American Light. Also, what would you suggest I try for my second attempt. I bought a...

I'm still not grasping this, sorry. At what point do you get your reading for alcohol? I have transfered to the secondary and my sample was still high, FG should be 1.007 - 1.010 and I am at 1.014. My alcohol by Volume target on the recipe is 4.0% - 4.5%, that means I'm only at about 2% right?

So, I thought my first batch went pretty well, however; cleaning up I noticed the bottom of my kettle was scorched. Have I ruined it? It was obviously the shape of the burner, but pretty small.

I just brewed my fist batch and my airlock does not seem (to me) to be fitting correctly. The rubber stopper keeps drifting all the way to the top of the neck of the carboy. Can anyone help?

I feel very foolish! I have NO experience with a hydrometer. (only a refractometer). This will be my first attempt at home brew and I'm almost ready, however; I can not figure out this hydrometer. Every attempt I make to calibrate is a failure. The directions say it will float. This is not...