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I am not worried about taste as much as I'm worried about sanitation. I need a successful beer off of this lol. I did take 4 tupperware containers and froze water in them to make a bunch of big ice cubes. I'm going to put these around the wort in my sinks. Will that be enough to cool it in 20...

Perhaps I should say that I live in a small city. I don't know much about Richmond, VA water other than the fact that the pipes under my apartment are iron and are very very old.

hahahha. Yeahhhh I meant batch of beer. Whoops! bath of beer wouldn't be so bad...

I have a few questions about water (sanitation of water used in particular) I will be brewing an extract kit with specialty grains. 1. I need about 2.5 gallons to create the wort, and probably about 3 gallons (just to be on the safe side) for diluting the wort in the fermenter. Correct? 2...

Good to know BOBrob. kealia, I use rum in the airlock because i have a bottle of cheap rum haha. I could easily put starsan in there. Thisgoestoeleven, that's a good idea.

I guess what I was asking is if you have to remove the airlock before turning on the tap.

If I use the tap on my bucket fermenter, can I fill the test glass without taking the airlock off, or will it suck the airlock liquid in as the pressure decreases in the fermenter? I am thinking there may be sanitation issues using the tap.

Most turkey basters come apart and could probably be sanitized as well as any other plastic "item".

Red ales, amber ales, brown ales. I love them all lol.

Thank you again for the great advice. I can't wait to start my first beer (cider is boring).

I will give it a shot! Thanks everybody. I'll keep the forum posted on the beer

I would think that the spigot would cause some inward pressure on the airlock, causing the airlock liquid to fall into the brew. Taking the airlock out of those (without breaking it) and taking the lid off is pretty difficult.

Wow thanks guys. Another great post from Revvy. The fermenter I am using is bucket style. Has anybody had issues with doing the whole brewing process in one of these (I.E. just primary?) I did a cider in one and it got infected. I'm really not sure at which point. I guess if I just spray...

How do you guys take hydrometer readings from a bucket fermenter without contaminating the beer/exposing it to air for too long? Also, how many times do you take those readings?

Quite unfortunate lol. Is it safe to ferment in the plastic fermenter where I had the infection if I clean it well with star san and one step?

Does that completely ruin the cider or is there still hope?

Is this as bad as making vinegar? lol.

Anybody have any insight or seen this kind of thing before?

The film was sort of dried out and milky. I don't know if that description helps. I wish I had taken a picture.

It tasted very sour, harsh, alcoholic, and I'm not sure if it tasted vinegary. I did take some of it and mix it with baking soda. It fizzed a tiny bit, but not overwhelmingly. I also took some of another batch that tastes good, and it fizzed a little as well.