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Thanks for this information. The plan was to proceed as normal and cross my fingers. I'll let you all know when I try it. Gonna be awhile though...

Gotcha. Thanks! So you mean just top up to 5.5 gallons with water, right?

Gonna hound you yet again Beernik, with a newbie question. So I went to the brewersfriend.com site for the pitching rate calculator and noticed the batch size defaulted to 5.5 gallons. I've seen other calculators that have been 5.5 or 5.25. Where is the extra .25 or .5 coming from on a typical 5...

Thanks a lot Beernik and HefeHood. Both good advice. I realized kinda after the fact that I should've used a starter. Can they be used for lower gravity beers as well? I also originally had a blowoff hose on my carboy but after not seeing any activity for what felt like forever I removed it...

First off, this site rocks as well as all of you in what appears to be an infinite wisdom on home brewing. I also want to say hello to everyone and let you know this is my first post. I've been led to this site loads and loads of times via google searches and figured it was about time I got...

Looks really nice! Jealous.