Recent content by trivtrav

5 gallon batch and 3/4 cup of priming sugar...

So I recently brewed a nice brown ale kit. My instructions said wait 2-3 weeks for proper bottle conditioning. I decided to try it at 2 just to see how things were going...I popped the top on a mostly cold one and it fizzed everywhere. Half the beer was gone by the time it was done...

I think I am going to do the second ale pale...the local brew shop has them, so it saves me from going all the way to KC to get something else. One quick question...I spoke earlier about transferring to my bottling bucket just using the spigot on the ale pale I already have...my only...

Awesome...thanks again to all you guys for your help...Im really glad I found this forum...and its the only home brewers website I have found so far that is not blocked by my work's web filter :)

Unfortunately Revvy is right, my beer is in the fermenter which has the spigot, which will be great for my next round now that I know this, but is not helping much now :) One last question about this. Transferring from my carboy (which is an ale pail) to the bottling bucket...can I use the...

OK, hello all, I am very new to this and just have a few quick questions. First off, do I need a bottling bucket? When I bought my kit, the "Ale Pail" already had a spigot installed, and I wasnt really aware that I needed anything else. Should I still transfer to another bucket for bottling...