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Unless you fermenter at some crazy low temp you probably hit your fg or got darn close in that one week. So moving to secondary didnt ruin anything! Ive brewed about 10 batches and only seen airlock activity twice. They all turned out fine :) the hydrometer should have enough wort to float...

Welcome and good luck! :mug:

Congrats on the good decision! It's never too late to come back home :mug:

Sweet MacGyver tip!

More whiskey could always be added during bottling/just add it to the glass if need be couldnt it? This recipe is definitely on my to do list!

Sounds like you're on the right track! I could barely wait a week before I started peeking and sampling my first beer in the fermenter =p Patience is always rewarded when brewing beer.

Any word from OP? How did your car bomb come out sok454?

I typically push my siphon well into the beer and try to angle it so that I can see the bottom tip of the siphon through the side of the carboy (obviously dark beers make this difficult) and just try to keep it as close as possible to the yeast cake as I can without touching it. Using this...

Just use the money you've saved to buy a couple of beer's worth of ingredients that are already milled so you can drink beer while you wait for the restock :mug:

I'm not sure about the hops, but do you have enough yeast to tackle 1.070 on short notice?

Ouch, sorry JeepDriver. Meant no offense!

I'm happy to see a high amount of enthusiasm and forethought going into your new hobby! I'm at the point now where I'm considering a new pot because I want to make the jump to all-grain and full-boils myself. I wish I had that level of commitment right from the get go! I think I can echo the...

You all are making us Southeastern brewers drool....and cry :(

All-grain for your first batch? I wish I had been that ballsy! Don't worry, I think the rule is more than 10 things have to go wrong before you worry :mug:

To be clear, you have taken multiple readings right? Does the yeast cake on the bottom look rather thin? Or normal? Just trying to make sure the measurements are being taken correctly.