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So what do you think the alcohol content will be?

My LHBS is 2 hours away so after figuring gas in with everything it is so not worth making that drive.. Only thing about online is the shipping...Morebeer took 9 days to send my last batch... :( What is the best online store? I also used brewers best with my first kit, it only took a few days...

Okay so that means my OG would be setting at 26 according to my hydrometer right? So what does that mean to my finish product....

I started my irish stout last night and no activity noted in my airlock yet. Got my fermenter down to 70degrees, and keepin it there. I have talked to a few people that have said that sometimes it will not even bubble... My last batch which was my first bubbled like crazy up until the last few...

Still really new at this, would you explain to me what OG is? :) I appreciate it..

Okay if I understood you correctly, It would be setting at 26....

nearest one is about 2 hours away... we live in the middle of nowhere...

That's what I was thinkin!!! Thanks Rick! :)

The gravity on the hydrometer read at 9%.... Just moved the fermenter bucket to the back room.. On my first batch the airlock went nuts! It was bubbling constantly... It seems my bucket is sealed...

I sat it in the back room it is about 65 or so back there... Good ole winter days.:cross:

Can I use Dry Wine Yeast -Syrah in some stout beer I was wanting to brew today?

Made this stout about 12 hours ago. On the stout the yeast was nottingham, the temp at pitch was about 78degrees, the temp the fermenter is at is 78. it was an all grain kit . It Has been a bit more difficult than the first american ale kit. On the headless beer which is the ameican ale, has...

My husband is a guinness man and we thought we would try a stout brew. Our first brew of american ale turned out very strong! Has good carbonation but hardly no head. So my questions are why is my airlock not bubbling on my stout and why did my ale not have a head. Thanks