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I have just completed my first batch of Brewers Best IPA and it turned out fantastic! I just had a little opening party and have many bottles left still under refrigeration. Can I take these out of the fridge and store for later? Wife would like some more fridge space! Also the bottled beer...

I just finished brewing this exact kit. BB India Pale Ale. I am a little confused because on my kit instructions and box it states OG: 1.061 - 1.065 and FG: 1.014 - 1.017. My brew was 1.061 @ 70 degrees, and 1.010 @ 65 degrees so pretty darn close. It was very tasty after a couple weeks...

CO2 is heavier than air so it wont jump out of there, but it will migrate. just slid the lid to the side to allow you to draw a sample and move quickly

I kinda made a few of those marks when brewing our first batch last week. Another one that really helped me was I filled my brew pot just like a 2.5 gal partial boil and then set it in the laundry sink and then filled that sink up till it was above the level of the fake wort and the pot was...

Thanks for the replies! We will bottle with enough time to allow 2 weeks in the bottle before he departs:mug:

I mentioned in my ramblings that it has been in the primary for 6 days at this point. And we certainly will be having a home brew before he leaves, I was just unsure if its best to leave in the primary for 5 more days and have a solid 2 weeks in the bottle to have better carb before he leaves...

Ok so my son and I are trying our hand at beer brewing. Here is what we have so far. We did a Brewers Best IPA kit. OG was 1.061 @ 70 degrees, 6 days in primary and we are at 1.010 @ 65 degrees. these are right in line with the instructions although per the instructions FG is 1.014 - 1.017...

Thanks for the reply's, Unfortunately I am not completely sure of the yeast. It was in the brewers best IPA kit i used. It was a dry yeast. I relocated the fermentor to a little warmer area +/-68 airlocks active, but not like initially. I am not really worried as there seems to be something...

So I have my first batch of brew ever now primary fermenting in our basement and I think it may be to cold. This is Brewers Best IPA. When I first placed it in the basement after 24 hours the airlock was pretty active and the temp on the fermenter was 63 degrees. Seemed to be working well so...