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I made the mistake of going down to the basement for something else and decided to take a peek at my bucket. It had been ~54 hours since I pitched the yeast, and there doesn't appear to be any activity in the airlock. I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything, but when the beer is in a...

I think I saw this in the Northern Brewer DVD and I know I read it in their kit instructions. When I got to that point, I didn't think it would hold liquid well and still wanted to use it to keep the hydrometer in. The funny thing is I was flustered after that and almost sealed the bucket...

I picked up a free Northern Brewer starter kit and their Irish Red extract kit during their recent sale. I watched the DVD that came with it Saturday morning and finally made a trip to my LHBS. They had a decent price on bottles and I went ahead and picked up a thermometer with a long probe...

I just did my first batch last night and used a water bath in the sink to cool the wort. It was a PITA, but it didn't take two hours. I would fill the sink and add some ice. When the water in the sink got hot, I'd remove the pot, drain the sink and start again. I eventually seemed to get...