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I play the bagpipes from time to time.

I only drink at the dropzone. That means no drinking all winter, then Friday and Saturday nights in the summer I'll have 2 beers, 3 tops.

The same goes for me, also. What a great resource this place is.

I'm a complete novice, so experienced brewers please chime in and tell me what an idiot I am. I have a similar temperature problem, so here's what I did: I used the belt for the first week. The directions state it should be left on for no more than a week. I'm not sure why, but I adhered to...

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Great. Well, nothing I can do now except dump it or hope for the best.

Went back to the store to purchase a few more things that I'd broken or thought would make life easier. Talked to the folks about the recipe, and they said I can do what I'd like, but they HIGHLY SUGGEST I rack to secondary at half gravity. So in the face of conflicting advice, I took a...

I'd buy just about any personalized labels. I'm a computer moron.

What recipe did you use?

Thanks! That's the one I went to.

I haven't opened it at all yet. I wouldn't think that it's done fermenting, though. It's only been 27 hours since I put it in there. I would assume it has a few weeks to go.

I figure I'll post here for now so if anyone cares about the history, they can see my mistakes. Put it in the bucket yesterday, and withing hours was getting burps every 3-4 seconds. This morning, it was still cranking. I looked now, and it's giving a burp or 2 every minute. It's been just...

6 hours later and it's bubbling happily along. I guess that bucket band helped.

You only say that because you didn't see me with my arm up to my elbow in my bucket fishing out the o-ring I dropped while inserting my fermentation lock. :)

I have a spring loaded bottling tube. I guess it goes on the siphon. I could always go buy a bucket and spigot. It seems a shame to have a glass carboy and not use it for something.

Hmmm. I strained out as much of the sludge as I could when I transferred from the kettle to the bucket. Hopefully, that will get rid of some things. The lady at the store likened this to Sam Adams. I only had a few choices with the kit, though. I'll download those podcasts and give...

Thanks guys! That's some great information. It's in the warmest place I could find, which is about 60 degrees. I put a bucket band on it that supposedly takes it up to 70. I'll leave that on for 8 days, then take it off for the end. I did so many things wrong on this batch I don't have...

Thanks! I'm not getting those temps. I have a bucket band I could put on, but it says to only put it on for 8 days max. I'll have to buy a portable heater for one room or something.

Safer is better, in this case. Two weeks it is. Thanks. I read the directions again, and they seem to think I'll be at the final gravity in 2 weeks with a 2 stage, 10 days with a 1 stage. Would that 2 week first stage still apply if my room temp stays about 57 degrees, or should I start...