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I scored a big 6 gallon bucket. How about fermenting 2 gallon in a 6 gallon bucket? It it too much head space for 28 days in there?

My Oxiclean jar says to never let oxiclean dry on anything, perhaps that is what caused the "film dust"? I always make sure to soak the bottles in a Rubbermaid container that allows my to submerge them so it can't dry on the glass. I do ~48 at a time. Also you should rinse with cold water...

so 1.048 to 1.014 = 4.46% ABV minus the 0.002 is 1.012 as the FG for 4.73% ABV minus the 0.002 again once the sugar is gone is 1.010 for 4.99% ABV ok, 1 more week and the drinking can begin :mug: Thank you so mutch.

In my excitement to bottle my first batch of beer, I racked over my priming sugar before taking a final gravity reading. :o The measured FG was 1.014. The final volume was 5.8 US Gallon (22 Litres) and I added 1 cup of corn sugar. How much did this increase my gravity reading? Is my only hope...

My wife says I need to spend more time with her for some reason, but I need to clean my carboys. If I had a "Carboy Cleaner" I would no longer have to choose, I could do both. Please save my marriage, think of the children.

It's been a few years, did the situation change? I'm considering getting a better bottle, but the best source I found wants $12 to ship it. A local source in or around Ottawa would be better.

Thank you for the advice, So I went back to the store that sold me the ec-1118 and got some energizer and some nutrient. One jar just list amino acid and minerals as the ingredients. Fine white powder. One jar has 2 things in it "diammonium phosphate" and ammonium "something" (going from...

Hi, I have successfully made 5-6 batches of kit wine 15 years ago, but this is my first batch of mead. I started with: ~1.2kg of honey (1 bottle plus a squeeze from a second) water to bring it up to 4L 20-30 golden raisins 1 packet of EC-1118 Yeast no nutrients or energizer I don't know what...