Recent content by rambone54

It's my first brew. The directions said rack it. My kit only had 2 buckets. I figured the second bucket was for racking. And upon reading forums on here I realized my mistake.

I don't have a carboy so I racked my beer into my bottling bucket. When it comes to bottling day can I just add my priming sugar right to the bucket that my beer is in now? Or do you have any suggestions for me???

Ok. Thanks for the responses.

I am going to brew my second beer later this week and was wondering if adding less water than what is asked for in the directions is ok? The directions ask for 2.5 gal of water to make the wort. On my first brew it was hard to get and keep at a boil. I was wondering if I only added 2 gal of...

Ok. Thank you. I will be doing that today and see what I'm At!

Excellent. Do I take the reading right in the bucket?

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Ok. Thanks. And I'll brewing a brewers best continental pilsner

Is there a too long for a batch to be in a fermentation bucket before racking or bottling?? I never took an Og reading. So I don't no where my FG should be. That's why I ask

This is my first brew and i missed the step to take an original reading.. I'm brewing a brewers best continental pilsner. I took a reading a day or so into fermentation and it was at 1.046. Fermentation seems to have stalled out. ( no bubbles in airlock). I'm wondering if anyone knows...

Yea. Warmed her up

I am finally getting bubbling. How will I no it's finished?

Thanks

Thanks

In the directions is said to leave it at 60. So I can go up to 70? And keep it there until I see no more bubbles in my airlick?