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Picked up another 1lb of Light DME to add to it. It's bubbling away. The wort smelled awesome. I'm excited to see how it turns now. Definitely want to use Maris Otter for my next brew. Would have this time but I had this 5lbs of LME to use so I didn't want to get crazy and start adding...

Planning on doing a Mosaic brew tomorrow. I have 5lb of extra light LME that's been in the fridge for way too long. But unopened, should be ok. Also a few vacuum packed hops that have been in the fridge forever, but gonna hope for the best. Bought fresh Mosaic and Cali yeast. (Old Warrior for...

Airlocks aren't reliable, and sometimes it only ferments hard for a couple days anyway. Check the gravity if you're worried, but it's probably fine.

I got the same issue with my first brew, and I think it's from fermentation temp as well, because I had 2 warmer than average days early on. The sticky thermometer on the side of it got up to around 70-72 for a day or so. I'm assuming that's the issue. Luckily it's still plenty drinkable.

I'm pretty new at this, but I don't think you can really ferment in the fridge, so it seems like they weren't ready yet. Definitely use the hydrometer.

Just got one of those myself. Should make quite a few things easier.

Isn't that unlikely with the small amount of priming solution versus the 5 gallons of beer?

I've only seen it at good beer bars, and sometimes sold by the single bottle. (At Binny's in my area)

I didn't like beer for many years either. I was always a sweeter drink kinda person, vodka and whatever, etc etc. Some interesting belgians and dark beers got me into it at first. I basically started with the most expensive beers and worked my way backwards. If you want something sweeter...

I hope they work, I've got some Founders, Lagunitas and Tyranenna bottles, that all look the same. Haven't gotten to bottling yet.

Thank you... a title response took way too long imo.

I went ahead and got the wort chiller right away, because I'm in a small condo, and there's really not even space in the sink for an ice bath, and the bathtub would just be too much of a pain. I also went for an 8gal pot so I can do full boil extracts off the bat, since it seems to make more...

They've got nylon grain bags made for it. I bought a couple after doing my first brew and having the same thoughts as you.

Yeah, tasted pretty good. In primary for a week. Gravity was pretty close to final. Supposed to be 1.009 to 1.013... looked to me to be at 1.014 They're still showing up, so I'm pretty sure it's just CO2 bubbles.

My first thought was that 4-5 hours was too fast for bacteria to show up, but that's not based on much, lol.

It's an american wheat. I know I didn't need to secondary it, but I hadn't done it, so for one, I wanted to get a feel for it, and after opening it up to test the gravity, there was so much gunk that I just wanted to clean it up a bit. Call me OCD maybe, lol.

It's by the window, but covered and the blind is pulled, but I opened it up to get a little light for the picture. This isn't really residual since it was just put into the carboy a few hours ago. But yeah, it looks like super small bubbles up close, and watching it I've seen a few other ones...

I think the presence of the film is from the glare off the bottle. There isn't much of one when I look at it here. As for sanitation, I used StarSan on everything.

After the Co2 comment, I just took a flashlight and got up really close, and I do kinda see tiny little bubbles within each dot, so I think that could be the right answer. I hope so.

It's on the surface of the brew.