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When you say "drink fast," are you saying the beer will be carbonated sooner than later, or that it will go bad soon due to the air?

Ha - well played.

Thanks for the encouraging responses all. I brewed a pumpkin ale. Very little hops.

I used an auto siphon to transfer the beer from the fermenter to the bottling bucket. Because I'm an idiot or sleep deprived, or both, I thought you had to keep pumping the siphon to get the beer to flow. As a result, the flow was not at all steady and there was lots of turbulence (though I kept...

I ended up deciding to minimize the risk and exercise a little patience by using safale 05. I hope it works out for you though. Let us know if you go for it.

This all makes sense. Thanks for the help!

I'm making a pumpkin spice ale. Once the beer is done fermenting, I plan to siphon the beer into a bottling bucket. I will then add a spice "tea" mix (boiled spices plus vanilla extract). I plan to add a little bit at first, stir, and then taste it. If the beer needs more, I'll repeat...

This isn't helpful since Elysian uses pumpkin puree, but I found it interesting that Elysian adds the pumpkin puree to the mash and fermenter, and then they add pumpkin seeds to the mash. https://www.elysianbrewing.com/beer/night-owl I used puree and added it to the mash and the boil. Next...

I brewed my first batch of beer in the Anvil Foundry. I forgot to check the original gravity before transferring to the fermenter (it was 2:00am, I was tired!). I'm using SafAle US-05. It's been fermenting for 4 days now (at about 68 degrees). The bubbling in the air lock seems to have...

I brewed my first all grain brew (brewed it in the Anvil Foundry and it's currently fermenting in the better bottle plastic carboy). It's a pumpkin spice ale, so I want to add some spices once it's done fermenting. I'm not 100% sure how best to spice and carbonate. Here's my plan: 1. When...

It's a pumpkin ale using Safale US 05. It's been fermenting at about 68 degrees. It's only been fermenting 4.5 days. Maris Otter Pale (7.5) Munich 10 Lovibond (2.1) CaraHell (0.21) C-20 (0.315) C-45 (0.21) Special B (0.42) Magnum (0.5) Rice hulls Safale US 05

Thanks! Assuming it has been at least 5-7 days, can I do any harm to the beer by removing the airlock and taking a quick gravity reading? I assume I'll still need to sterilize anything that touches the beer, but is there anything I should be sure to do for this process?

Thanks. This might be a dumb question. But, to add it after fermentation is complete, would I just add it to the primary fermenter when fermentation is done. Taste it every couple of days. Then when it tastes right, put it in bottles? Or should I pick up a secondary fermenter, transfer it into...

So, if you completely screwed up and didn't take an original gravity reading . . . how do you know when it's done fermenting? I'm making a pumpkin ale with Safale-05.

Cool. Thanks!

I realized today that I didn't fill the air lock up to the fill line. It's only about halfway between the bottom and the fill-line. Is this a problem? Should I add more or will that disturb things?

Interesting. Do you remember how many ounces of puree you added? This has me wondering if I should just add the puree to the boil. I plan to condition with spices, but I wanted to get a little "real" pumpkin in there.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm planning on brewing with the Anvil Foundry for the first time. I will be using a brew bag. Do I put the bag in the malt pipe or do I use the bag instead of the malt pipe? I'm sort of hoping I can use the bag in the malt pipe because I'll be putting...

I'm planning on brewing a pumpkin ale. I will be adding pumpkin puree to the mash and boil. I'll be using an Anvil Foundry, so I'm going to put the bag in the malt pipe. I've heard that the puree can create some problems. Should I use rice hulls?