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We owe our hobby to thousands of years of brewing in non-airtight containers. The outward pressure of fermentation should keep any bugs out and oxygen out and once it slows down the heavier nature of co2 would keep the oxygen in the outside world out of the brew.

Bubbles are CO2 not the only part of fermentation. I have had beers bubble for 10 days and I have had them reach final gravity in 5 days. In both cases fermentation wasn't done yet. There are other chemical changes and flavors that develop that don't necessarily create bubbles. If you were...

If it's that good now imagine after its carbed and cold

So I recently did my first fill 5gal batch. I found that fermentation completed to FG after 7 days. I did a taste of it and it was almost water tasting. I let it go for a week and came back to bottle. The taste at that time started to come out and it was beer tasting. Following the guides in How...

Ill fix the .5 13,781.5 + 5.5G Scottish Ale + 1G Oatmeal Stout = 13,788

^^ recently did a 5 gallon and I too get the watery taste but at the end of the 2 weeks it filled out. Looking forward to bottling this weekend myself

That is very true, Both my meijers and 21'st amendment sell individual bottles. Allowing you to try other beer styles.

Yea it may sound like a work and drink all the time but usually it's not that way. We are all adults around here and know if we take advantage of it it's gone so usually one 16oz or two on Friday is the game.

Hehe yep that may work. I pour the beer from the bottles to a glass, fill the bottle with water and drop it in oxyclean. After an hour no more labels and glue. (Sorry about any gammer Im on my 4th trip to the keg. Its been a day :) )

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About the same as me. New bottles at about 50 cents a piece. And to add on what you said. Some of the people reading this will be like me and got he Brooklyn brew kit for Xmas. If you purchase anything for it get the size you need for a full 5 gal batch. So when you do move to 5 gallons you...

Hehe. You live in San Diego, Indianapolis, London or Paris?

I recently upped my batch from 1 gallon to 5 gallons and found myself needing badly empty bottles. The LHBS sells them for $9 for 18 so it's not bad price but I wanted to keep SWMBO calm with the outgoing cost because I already spent $70 to get this just in the fermenter. So here is a few things...

I don't have an answer for your question. But this is a great idea. Are you using this for 1 gal or 5 gal fermenters?

If I drink say 1 with dinner and one say a little after dinner (2 a night) say we had 2 extra a day on Saturday and Sunday (4 a day or 8 a weekend) makes the two week total of 36. Add your wife's 20% in that and you are right at a 5gal batch and likely never got a buzz. I don't think home...