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That's a great idea. I think I had two beers by that time. You can bet I will triple check the package of priming sugar on my next bottling day which will be on the 29th of this month. I have a Red Ale fermenting in the basement right now and it will be three weeks in the primary on the 29th...

I siphoned some of the uncontaminated beer into my hydrometer test tube and later realized that I didn't add enough because the hydrometer was touching the bottom and not floating, so I added more beer (unknowingly contaminated this time) to get the beer level high enough to take my hydrometer...

According to the step-by-step directions that came with the ingredient kit, step 12 states, "In a small saucepan dissolve priming sugar into 2 cups of boiling water for 5 minutes. Pour this mixture into a clean bottling bucket. Carefully siphon beer from the fermenter to a bottling bucket..."...

True. True.

It was 4 oz. with a little over 4 gallons. It started off as a five gallon batch, but I guess with not putting nearly as much in the bottling bucket to keep from getting sediment mixed in, as well as from hydrometer reading samples, it wound up coming under 5 gallons. The sample I tasted was...

I do have a 5 gallon batch of some Red Ale fermenting in the basement that I brewed a week ago today. And I picked up an American Cream Ale kit this morning while out at my local brew supply store since they had issued a coupon for this weekend. I'll brew that a week from now. I wanted to...

I'm one never to hold grudges. I'm giving myself time with this one however. Tomorrow I'll be fine and will call my friend and tell him what happened. I'm sure he'll feel horrible about the mistake and offer to compensate, which I will refuse, of course. One day in the future, he and I will...

Is it wrong to really want to keep a couple bottles just to give to my friend and tell him to drink up??? I'm having evil thoughts... but hell, it was my own fault as well by not making sure he handed me the correct pouch!

It boiled over on the stove. Being it was my first time ever boiled with priming sugar (so I thought) I thought boiling over was something that was common if added too quickly, as I did. I cut back the temp of the burner and added the rest. I wish I could turn back the hands of time just a...

Thanks for the replies. I figured it was a goner when I realized what actually happened. I was going to mention that the test tube sample for my hydrometer reading tasted just fine, a little flat, but nothing bad, and I didn't get sick - but I realized that it was siphoned into the test tube...

I cannot believe the mistake I made today! Today was bottling day of my first 5 gallon brew. I went through each step as planned out and then during cleanup afterwards I realized that I couldn't find my Easy Clean no rinse cleaner anywhere. When searching through my equipment and boxes, I...

I have been a fan of Abita beer for quite some time since I am originally from south Louisiana. I currently live near St. Louis now however a lot of local places sell a wide assortment of beers from Abita. Yesterday I was walking in my local grocery market and came upon Abita's Mardi Gras...

BigFloyd, just so I am understanding exactly - I don't take a hydrometer reading until after 2 weeks after the wort has been fermenting in the primary, not sooner? That is fine, I am very patient when I need to be. I pitched and fermented when the wort temperature was around 73º. I have...

It has been a week ago today that I brewed my first 5 gallon batch of Brewer's Best English Brown Ale. The only issue I ran into was that the water temperature did go above 170º while I was steeping the grains, so I took the pot off of the burner completely to bring the temperature down to...

Thanks everyone for your recommendations on my question about books. I visited my local brew store this afternoon and picked up How To Brew by Palmer. I've read the first few pages and will continue to read as much tonight before my brew tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew