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Here is a low rent sprinkler version of a sparge sprayer I made. Worked like a charm.

Thanks I was sure there was something like this but I just got back from a 2500 mile road trip and leave tomorrow for a ten day work trip. Thanks again.

If I end up with 4 gallons and the original recipe is a five gallon recipe should I still prime with the full 5 ounces of priming sugar. I don't want to blow the tops.

Ok great thanks for the help. It tastes great so hopefully I don't screw it up during bottling.

I screwed up and didn't do a starting gravity ready. Rookie stuff. Plus my plastic flask is caked up.

I'm making an American Amber Ale and with my basic set up and newbie skills I am very excited about how this has gone so far. I had a good consistent mash temp of about 153. The recipe calls for a 2 week primary and a two week secondary. I had it in primary for 13 days. My gravity reading at the...

So super basic question regarding secondaries: Should I be moving any of the trub to the secondary in order to let some of the yeast keep working for a while? Other than allowing for more time is there other things I should be doing for general secondary fermentation?

Awesome, I have a good amount of beer left from the batch to figure it out. I appreciate all the help and info everyone.

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I primed with the amount it called for I believe it said 3/4 cup and dissolved it then added to bottling bucket. It was bottled a good two weeks in about 68-70 degree temps then I moved to the fridge for a full week. Some are just right so maybe it was because of getting it fully mixed into the...

I have recently brewed an American Brown Ale with relative certainty that everything went as planned. Only issue is my bottles are opening with varying degrees of carbonation. Some are low and others seem pretty good. Could this be caused by the amount of empty space in the bottles?