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username: MIpatriot ps and I enjoy the new forum!

username: MIpatriot

Green meaning young and not fully aged, not literally green. :mug: To the OP, congrats! It certainly is gratifying drinking beer you created. Next batch I'd go with extract with specialty grains. Not any harder and you can brew some exceptionally good beer. On my 3rd batch myself. I like...

Go ahead and taste on after a week. I'm just on my second brew now, but I tasted my first at 1 week, 2 weeks and now 3. The difference is really noticeable. After 1 week my Red ale had a strong alcohol taste that pretty much disappeared and really smoothed out after 3 weeks. I suspect it...

Ouch! Glad you'll be OK.

Bottled a Red Ale yesterday and will be brewing a Brewers Best Summer Ale Monday.

I find it easier/better to just buy gallons of spring water to brew with. I stick 3 in the fridge or even freezer(but don't let them freeze) then when added to the wort will bring the temp down faster.

This guy does it pretty much like you are. Don't worry about the tap water it will be fine. Nothing wrong with bottle priming either. I wonder if everybody gets perfect distribution of priming sugar every time batch priming.

Wow that really does the job

Way cool man! I've got the same kit sitting in a secondary right now and it's my first home brew as well. Hope it turns out as good as yours, it's looking good so far. :mug:

Fresh goats milk is awesome I drink it every day! I wouldn't want it in my beer though.

The previously mentioned about pressure plus the soft tubing won't be able to seal in a compression fitting for an ice maker. They're fine for siphoning I use the same thing.

Well I bought a hydrometer today and checked it. It's at 1.012. The kit said OG to be 1.048 - 1.052 so I would guess it's doing just fine. Smelled, looked and tasted good too! Going to let it sit for another 1 - 2 weeks before I bottle unless someone tells me that's too long. It's only...

I've got 2 buckets 1 for fermenting and 1 for bottling and both have spigots. I did filter out the trub from my wort into the fermenting bucket. My plan was to rack to bottling bucket after fermenting was complete. I am a newb though and this is my first batch but from what I've read(and I've...

I thought I could just take readings from the spigot.