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Results... I call it a fail, but some of my friends like the beer. I used a cream ale recipe, so expecting a light beer look. Looked and tasted more bock-ish or amber, and sweet. Talked to the local homebrew supply house. He says I probably boiled too hot - carmelized some of the malt...

So this is instead of the priming sugar? sounds like a great idea. I have a bottling cane.

Thanks all, and thanks for the anagram explanation - but I wasn't going to have a homebrew to drink unless I saw bubbles! Regarding the secondary, I never used one before. But the new kit I bought came with one. It also uses the same bucket for fermentation and bottling. So if I don't use...

We have bubbles! Fermenting in bucket. Will switch to carboy when bubbles stop. Don’t have a clue on the abbreviated message above, but assuming you’re making fun of a newbie. Well, I’m not really a newbie. Just been a long time between batches & using all new equipment. Thanks folks.

I had a thermometer. Cooled the wort in an ice bath until it was ~80. Filled the fermenter and pitched the yeast, capped the fermenter.

Followed relatively simple instructions. Haven't seen this where the fermenter won't bubble at all. Brewed on Sunday. Almost at the 48 hour mark and no action. Am I hosed?