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P.S. I forgot to mention, in the above post, then if you want to make more starter, all you need is 1 teaspoon of the dried starter to 1/4 cup of flour and 1/4 cup of water, then the next day or so, just feed it with 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of water and wait for it to go crazy. Then you will...

One trick I learned is this if you are worried about losing starter. I got some that came from the Oregon Trail for free. They sent it to me dried. It was advised to make up your starter and when you have a really good amount with a healthy yeast supply, place some plastic wrap on a cookie...

Awww man! My car just had engine failure, and I am in Port Orchard but I have no way to get them. I am in serious need of bottles. What area of Tacoma are you in? Maybe I can see if someone I know that works in Tacoma can pick them up, or get a friend to drive me there. Don't recycle them...

P.S. The kit was hopped but the DME was not.

If I would have used the exact amounts on the kit, someplace around 1.051 so it is a bit high. Next time I will not use so much DME and do it exactly how the kit says. I just did what the guy in the brew shop gave me to use. So this is going to be a bit strong. I will be sure not to overdo...

I still have the blow out tube on it in the sanitizer solution, and so far it hasn't blown out, but it is very alive! I have a spray bottle filled with solution to spray things as well. So far so good. It is blowing lots of bubbles into the bucket and burping a lot :)

OK, just did the math for adjusting with the temps I took the original reading last night and it is high. It is at 1.061 This is going to be some very strong brew! I think I just made rocket fuel.

I went ahead and brewed last night (couldn't wait for today, ha ha!) and I just went ahead and used the whole 3lb bag of it. I still am learning about the hydrometer readings. I took them, wrote it all down and at what temp I took them, but I still am figuring out the math on my readings...

Hi there, greetings to all and thanks for reading this and thanks in advance to my question I purchased all the brew equipment today after reading up for over a month non-stop about brewing, have that part down. What I am confused about is... When I went to the brew shop I purchased a kit...