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So I went to rack batch 1 to secondary today, 4 weeks in, and I "discovered" my 1 gal carboy refuses to accept a rubber bung... I discovered this after racking due to what I call "overwhelming overconfidence" about knowing what I'm doing... anyway the bung ended up popping into the carboy and I...

I had read that about secondary on the site, but I really wanted to just follow the directions on my first batch. I accidentally shook up my tub and yeast while moving from the fermentation room to the kitchen sink where I was sanitizing, so I'm glad I'll be letting it sit awhile longer as I'm...

I have wanted to homebrew for years now, and I finally just went and bought the plastic bmb deluxe kit from NB. Now that I have it, I wish I would've just ordered individual parts, but hey, it's a start. I threw together a batch of caribou slobber from them and learned much along the way...

So I had moderate bubbles ~2 min apart and then after 2 days it stopped. It now has a thick weird creamy paste like substance dripping down the side of the headspace. No discernible airlock activity at 1 week, and it is starting to clear. I am hoping i didn't get and infection, but I know to...

Well, decided instead to start a batch of this in my new mini bmb. It's glass, and I have a glass secondary (1gal glass carboy) so longer aging shouldn't be a problem. Og was 1.050 on the dot and I added 1 Bigelow earl grey tea bag. Pitched 1/3 or so of notty onto it. Didn't seem to need the...

I will be starting a batch of this in about a week one my NB caribou slobber kit is finished. There is a lot of conflicting information in this thread, especially concerning pasteurization. From what I have gathered, the only time one needs to pasteurize is when one adds ajc to backsweeten yes...