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Yeah, I'm leaving to Seattle three days after bottling and with the temps being so hot in So. Cal. I won't be able to keep it at a steady temp (I guess I should have planned this prior to going to Seattle) we don't really have a "cool" room in the house either

1... I've read some posts about people leaning away from using the traditional sugar before bottling in Mr. Beer Kits, what's a better alternative? 2... I live in So Cal where it's super hot and it's hassle enough to keep my fermenter cold in an ice bath every day. When I bottle, should I just...

Appreciate all the insight. Normally I wouldn't, but with this being a Mr. Beer kit, I wanted to alter it a bit. When I start brewing real beer from scratch I'll be more elaborate and take everything into account. Was just more of a test run

We used roughly three or four pinches of 5 different spices. Didn't want to go overboard, but now think it may not be enough

Unfortunately there isn't a second fermentation process. Just the single, then straight to bottling.

We put the pumpkin in the oven for 30 mins at 375. So I feel it killed everything. Then just added brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice straight in, but now that I think about it, I don't think we added nearly enough to get decent flavor.

Okay, I did my first small batch of beer 3 days ago using a traditional Mr. Beer kit (plan on upgrading and buying professional materials soon) and the beer has been in my fermenter keg since then. I added some spices, vanilla and "loose pumpkin" into the keg. Is it bad to open it and add more...