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Speaking of Arrogant Bastard Ale... That's one of my favorite beers! Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere here in NE Florida. I would like to make my next batch an ABA clone. Do you have any recipes?

Sounds good to me! Thanks for the reassurance. Cheers!

Today is bottling day! I am in the process of santizing everything and ensuring the bottles are ready to go. I have had a couple of cases of bottles for a while, but I have recently been saving my Sam Adams bottles to add to my inventory. While cleaning them today I noticed that they felt...

I moved to a second fermenter on Friday. Now it is sitting in a rubbermaid bin in my closet. The temperature has been holding in the mid-60's since. I will probably bottle it this coming weekend. Thanks for all the info.

Yeah, the bottling bucket was used as the secondary because when I started, I wasn't expecting to use a secondary fermentation. I only have two buckets. I will defintely invest in another spigot. That way either can serve as a bottling bucket. I guess I will have to rack it back overto...

My primary fermentation peaked at 36 hours. My starting gravity was 1.042 and was at 1.014 within 3 days. I've decided to rack it to a second fermenter to get it away from the spent yeast sludge and to filter it away from the hop residue. It was obvious that not much more fermentation was...

Thanks for all the info. During the gravity check I couldn't resist a taste. Not too bad, but very hoppy. This is probably due to boiling the wort for a full hour with cascade hops. The brew kit called for a 1/2 hour boil with full hops, but most other procedures mention a full hour boil. I...

Checked the bubbler today (36 hours since fermentation began) and still no action. It appears to have a good seal. If I press on the lid, the water level in the bubbler fluctuates. Temptation got the best of me so I opened the lid to see what was going on. It does not appear to have much...

Okay, I am more than 48 hours into the fermentation. I relocated my fermenter last night to a more stable and a bit warmer environment (65~68 degrees), but still no bubbles in the bubbler. I see some krausen through the plastic bucket, but I don't want to remove the lid to see how much. The...

Yeah, that's exactly what I did to cool it down. Worked great!

Thanks for the info! I went ahead and moved it to the more stable temperature of my closet (68.9 degrees). Once it starts going I will move it back. I should be able to keep it at a stable mid- 60's temperature later in the week once the milder weather sets in. My closet may hold below 70...

It's my first brewing attempt in 8 years. Now that the fermentation has begun (hopefully), the one thing I remember the most is the paranoia of contaminating the brew or doing something wrong. I boiled the wort yesterday and settled everything in for the fermentation. I thought I had a great...