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I'm just wondering if I should secondary or leave for 3-4 weeks and bottle. If I were to do the latter and bottle from the primary, what would be the best way to proceed?

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My local supplier mostly deals with wines but say they can order some stuff in, but I was curious to see if any of our NS members can refer me to a place that sells supplies such as LME, DME, etc...

Thanks for the tips, everyone

It bottoms up between 1.029 and 1.030 and then starts sinking again. Also, should I be using a test jar of sorts or is testing in the thief fine?

I'm proud to say that I am nearing the end of my first, and last, canned kit. It is a Morgan's Canadian IPA. Problem is that I was so excited I forgot to check the gravity when I sealed it up (but there's more to that story). I used the proper amounts of sugar (at least given by the crappy...

Thanks all... Will leave as is for a few more weeks.

Just wondering if anyone else has had one of these kits ferment in 5 days. I'm going to leave it for a while yet to let the yeast clean up, but I'm not sure if this is a bad thing. I snuck a pic from inside the primary for reference...

Title says it all. I'm looking for the best way to clean bottles in preparation for my first brew leaving the secondary (hopefully by Friday). I was planning on soaking in diversol solution, rinsing, and sanitizing in the dishwasher/using sodium metabisulfite afterward. Any thoughts or anything...

Just an update. I did 8 days in the primary and apparently the fermentation was not complete as I needed to set up a blow off tube on the secondary. Seems to be slowing now (the beer was actually foaming into the airlock :(

So I was doing pretty well with my first brew. It was in the primary for 9 days (Morgan's Canadain IPA) I took hydrometer readings that were consistent for two days but on the third day I dropped and broke the hydrometer. The bubbles in the primary had slowed to about once every minute and...

I'm a first time brewer and have had the wort sealed in my primary for 6 days with an airlock/bung containing Na meta. There are still bubbles coming up through the airlock, but the directions on the kit say to leave in the primary for 3-4 days. a) Is there any way aside from dipping my...

Thanks for the info. I just put my first batch up on Sunday and it appears we have the same starter kit. I'm glad to say I had a hole drilled and fitted for a bung and airlock at the local brew shop before brewing. I'll Post my results as well. Thanks again.