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Hi, thanks for the post. Yes, it's Canadian I believe (though its got the Australian Coopers yeast). We've been following the instructions and already got the brew in the bucket, so there's no way around it. I hope everything will still turn out ok. Readings and volume have been fine (1.040...

It's 23L of beer, so about 6 gallons. The bucket it's in is almost twice that. Used a brewhouse Red ale wort kit. The instructions it came with are almost identical to these: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/finevine/Brewhouse%20Instructions.pdf, we are on step 7 if you take a look at that file.

Garage is a little chillier in winter, around 66F-69F.

Are you referring to the airlock once I transfer wort to the carboy? There is no airlock on the bucket, just the lid. Should I fill that airlock completely to the brim with sanitized water? If I throw a heavy dark blanket over top of the bucket it will add weight to the lid and should...

Do you say that about plastic bottles because of scratching, and contamination happening in those scratches?

Hi All, New to brewing. We’ve got our primary fermenter in the garage on a table, started brewing last night. It’s a plastic bucket/pail with a fairly loose fitting lid (it’s just sitting on top, not held in place). I see the home-brew community is sort of indifferent and/or...

Hi all, Brand new to homebrew. I got my dad a brew house brew wort kit and equipment required for a extract brew for his birthday and we just finished getting the brew into the primary fermenter last night. Couple of questions. We've got 2 dozen 500ml plastic bottles , and a dozen 1L...