JLem and Revvy, thank you VERY much for the replies (you guys are legends on here!) I will just leave it where it is and only rack to the bottling bucket when its time to bottle.
I am definetely going to leave it in the primary for 3 weeks, but I wanted to rack it to a seconday for a couple of days and let it clarify for a bit longer. Then I was planning to rack to a bottling bucket, add priming sugar and bottle. Do you think leaving it in the bucket for 2 or 3 days will...
This was my first ever attempt at brewing beer and I went with a Scotch Ale extract kit. I think everything turned out really well but I opted to ferment in my carboy instead of my primary bucket only because I wanted to watch the fermentation...I am now thinking that was not a good decision...
I am planning on doing almost the same thing this Saturday with a Scotch Ale kit from BB. I am adding 3 lbs of DME For the sole reason of bringing my ABV up slightly. The kit comes with 3.3 lbs of LME. I would be very interested in hearing what you decided to do and what everyone means by...