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It picks my name from the bucket.

I came in under volume from the start so my OG was pretty high, about 1.080. So I guess it makes sense it will be a slow carbonation. Am I right in thinking it only really carbonates at room temp, and then in the fridge a while it forces it into solution, so it still could need more time at room...

And like I said before, it's foamy at room temperature, so wouldn't the cap have to be doing its job for that to happen?

I poured the priming solution into the bottling bucket after about 1/2 gallon had transferred. I didn't stir it, I figured the flow from the siphon tube would do that. I'll do it next time. How are some ways I could cap incorrectly? It seems so simple I don't see how it's even possible. I'm...

I don't think I capped them improperly, they're holding pressure. It's weird, I checked some glass bottled ones and they're carbed fine at room temperature and have a nice head, but after chilling in the fridge they're barely carbed. There's some carbonation but not as much and it doesn't foam...

Got it. I'm wondering if the plastic bottle could have carbed sooner because it had less head space? I think I'm going to move my bottles into a smaller room with a portable heater.

So my first batch has been in bottles at about 70 degrees for 4 weeks. When I bottled I put it all in 12 oz bottles except for one 16 or 20 oz brown plastic root beer bottle to see when carbonation started. I tried a bottle at 2 and again at 3 weeks and they were flat. No biggie. I bottled my...

In it to win it. No whammies!

Ok, I'll hold off and check it for the next couple days. I've been avoiding checking it because I'm already way below 5 gallons lol. The room the wort is in is 66 to 67 degrees, haven't checked the wort directly since I don't trust my thermometers yet anyway. If I do need to repitch, are there...

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Just an update and quick follow up question. I just checked my gravity and it's sitting right at 1.025. Keeping in mind I accidentally started out a little concentrated and the OG was at about 1.081, and that I accidentally pitched the yeast when it was a lot colder than the wort (was in the...

Cool, thanks for the tips.

It does, thanks. I also have a few of those beer calculator Android apps, that gives me something to go on to play with numbers too.

Good to know, thanks. It's still bubbling away. Slowly, but surely. One other thing is I noticed the recipe didn't predict a final gravity. Is there any way to predict that from the ingredients? I know to wait for the gravity to be the same for a few days, but at what point can I call it done...

Yeah, that's the one thing I'm actually confident that I did right. That stuff had plenty of air in it haha. I was more worried that I forgot to stir the yeast in, I just dumped it in and the foam could have stopped a lot of it. I finally noticed it just starting to bubble a little out of the...

Good tips, thanks. And this won't be my first batch, my first batch was an IPA with specialty grains I did the day before I posted. So I'm ok with the process, and I'd rather screw up big than make a weak stout I won't want to drink. Go big or go home haha. I'll add some DME and upgrade the...

I got a brewing setup for Christmas, and I also got a can of prehopped Munton's connoisseurs stout. I've been reading up on it and it seems to be pretty weak and bland. I'd like to try to use it as an ingredient with some other stuff, but being prehopped, does it have much potential? I only have...

Sweeeet. Thanks guys. I think I'm going to go out and buy another fermenter. Need to have a few batches in the pipeline lol. Any critiques of the recipe I posted? IPAs are my favorite, I'm debating on working out the issues I had and doing the same recipe a second time to see what difference it...

I'd just like to let everyone know that I'd be more than happy to dispose of any beer you accidentally overhopped. I'll even provide you with clean empty bottles in trade. :D

Haha cool, thanks. Obviously everyone wants their first batch to be good, but even if mine sucks I know for a fact I identified the areas I'm weak in and need to study. I think the thing that bugged me the most is not having a system. Once I work out a routine it'll be a lot easier to not forget...