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So far so good. My airlock actually exploded from all the action. I think in the future I will be using either water or vodka in my airlock.

The yeast is very active I do not think I screwed up to bad.

Thank you. I am going to stick with it and see what happens. I'll only dump it if it taste like Budweiser.

I brewed batch number 3 last night and it was the first time I used a plastic carboy. Without thinking I added my beer to the carboy, inserted the bung w/the airlock and the airlock was filled to the max line with bleach water(pretty diluted). When I went to move the carboy I did not take in the...

New castle pale ale in a 15 oz can. Mmm.

Did not notice the location. Lol. There's always eBay.

So am I being anal?

DI is an extra two stages in RO filtration that remove ions from the water. Simple three stage RO will work. If RO is not an option you have bottled water or if you are a DIYer you can buy a 10" $20 whole house filter canister from Home Depot, fit it with some adaptors to connect a garden...

Delaware. You?

Thanks for that. I actually use I refractometer and I was getting a 1.060 reading. I also did it while I was cooling my wort so it actually makes sense why it was so high.

You can do a bleach solution. FDA recommends 1/2 oz per gallon. I prefer to use RO/DI water to reduce the amount of contaminates. Good practices is to soak for five minutes then wash off with clean water and dry. Please correct me if I am wrong I am a newbie

Hello every body. New to brewing and new to the site. Just started BB English brown. Going on 40 hours so far. Cross your fingers for me.