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I've got the two plastic buckets brew kit: one with spigot one without. Instead of following the directions, I poured the chilled wort into the spigot bucket and decided to just let it sit in there for three weeks before bottling straight from the spigot. Bad idea? Foresee any problems? Need...

I took the bottles out last night and tipped them over on their heads this afternoon to get the yeast going again (I was moderately graceful about it...but I'm sure I caused "off" flavors...and I'm sure I'll still drink all of 'em just the same:cross:) Thanks, for all the helpful advice!

Woops. I see my problem. I stuck the beer in the fridge right after bottling. Is it possible at this point to get the yeast active again?

It's been five days since bottling my beer. I just tried a bottle and it was pretty flat. The directions say to wait three weeks so I realize I was drinking the beer prematurely. My question is should the beer increase it's carbonation over the next month in the bottles?

Thanks! And, I appreciate the link.

Parker, when you said that you only need to check the OG if it's and extract brew, does that mean one of those...what? instant packages in the cans?

Thanks everybody and thanks for the welcome! :mug: Since it's in the Primary when's a good time to check it? When it stops bubbling? It's actually pretty lackluster in that dept now. It only pops up every 5 seconds or so. Also, will it reach the 1.008 in the primary before going to secondary? In...

I found it. OG is 1.033 and FG is 1.008. Still irked the directions didn't mention it in any of the steps. So...now what? Do you still need the recipe?

Searched for about a half hour and didn't find this topic so sorry if it's already on here somewhere. Anyway, the directions I had for my first batch of beer never mentioned checking the initial gravity so, well, I didn't check it. I'm about three days into the primary and wonder what your...