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A one gallon carboi

But if I wanted to go with priming sugar could that method work?

Ok so here's my last question.. I don't have a bottling bucket. I have a fermenter and that's pretty much it. So could I make the priming sugar, then evenly distribute the sugar into all of the bottles. Then once that's done I add the beer into the bottles?? I'm still a work in progress and...

Ok cool! Should I try not to splash the fermented beer around, or does it matter at this point?? For oxygen not getting tithe ever imean

Ok so I have a 1 gallon batch of beer and I'm getting ready to bottle it any day now. I'm just wondering how to go about adding the priming sugar into this bottling process.. I know I need to use about 1 oz of priming sugar to the bottle bucket with the beer in it, but how much water should I...

Ok so I have a one gallon batch of IPA that I brewed a little over a week ago and I'm about to take a hydrometer test. I don't want to waste any of my batch because iris so small so can I just sanitize the hydrometer and drop itin the 1 gallon fermenter to take the reading or not???

Oh ok! Hey thanks for all the help you guys, I really appreciate it! :rockin::tank::ban:

Yeah I want it to be extremely bitter and hoppy so I'll just wait it out? But what did he mean by cold crashing and racking?

Well that is music to my ears! I will definitely wait it out then. Ok so another rookie question.. What is cold crashing, and what's is racking?? Feel like such a rook

Yeah I made a few rookie mistakes for my very first batch.. Added WAY to much hops for a 1 gallon batch, and I forgot to strain when putting in the fermentor. Next batch will be better for sure though! Bought a mini fridge for temp control

So do you think the batch looks good and normal though?

No i don't have a hydrometer yet. Getting one this weekend though!

This is what it looked like when it was first fermenting..

So I brewed this 1 gallon batch this past Saturday and the past 4 days ignored has been fermenting just fine. I got home from work today and this is what it looks like. Almost a complete 180 from the past few days.. Has fermentation stopped? I can see little chunks of hops still floating around...

just brewed my first batch this past weekend of an IPA. Turned out great! Started small so I can gain some experience before spending a lot of $$$ on 5 gallon equipment and ingredients. I would hate to go spend all the money and just ruin beer because of the lack of experience!! Anyways this is...