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I bought the glass carboy because #1 - I was reading somewhere that they were "the best"... although I now know that is debatable (if not untrue). And #2 I emptied the carboy to make yet another kit (3rd kit!). I have 3 going now... Trappist ale in the bucket, Belgian Wit in the glass, and...

It seems thick, but I don't want to take a chance of it exploding... (especially since it cost me almost $30!) Any idea why my FG wasn't dropping? Temperature? Over-taxed yeast?

...And I guess I can add that to the Lessons Learned list! Good to know. I guess I will be racking what's in the growler into bottles when I get home tonight... I had a friend who would ferment cider in a growler, so I guess it did not even occur to me.

--Noob disclaimer-- I signed up for this forum a few days ago, and have already learned a laundry list of mistakes I made... I realize that. This was my first homebrew. It is a learning batch, but hopefully will still turn out tasty. I will not make the same mistakes again. But in an...

Sweet! That's it! Perfect.

Bumping this thread because I just ordered the ingredients to make a batch... Any other notes on recent batches? Any improvements or tweaks?

I just saw a carboy cozy at my LHBS. It was insulated with a zipper and a handle and it fit like a glove. I want one. I should have bought it, but it was for a 5 gallon and I have a 6.5 gallon. It was a blue color. I cannot find it online. This is the closest thing I could find...

No. Steeping grains, muslin bag, extract, yeast, any adjuncts, bottling sugar. I ordered 4 kits, and made 2 so far... Trappist Ale, and Belgian Wit. Next is the Cream Ale and the Hophead.

I apologize if this has been answered previously... I'm new here and could not find this. I'm on my 4th homebrew batch, and I have killed 2 digital thermometers thus far. Not sure why... these things are designed to hang out in hot turkeys for hours... I can't figure out why they keep...