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another question, seen it in a few threads but like often times on here not real consensus. i've been keeping my primary in a big tub of water to keep the temp a little more stable. the fermometer ranges from 64-66 degrees. when i rack to the secondary should i continue keeping it in the...

cool so that seems in line with my plan. i did pick up some cascade hop pellets to use for dry hopping in the secondary. will 2 weeks be too long for them? i've read on here that if you dry hop too long you can get a grassy taste to the beer. With the dry hopping, i'm just gonna dump them in...

my primary also serves as the bottling bucket so i will have to use a secondary. if thats the case, do i just let it completely finish fermenting in the primary? Like wait 3 weeks and then take the two readings 3 days apart? should i even consider checking in 2 weeks? Its a golden ale made with...

right, but i could put the lid partially on if i wasn't getting a rolling boil correct? just have to be really careful abut boilovers.

Got it, so i can do half with the bittering hops and then the other half with the aroma hops at 15 min left.

also only provided me with one packet of ale yeast, says it expires 5/11. should i get another packet for backup or will i probably be fine with that one?

no specialty grains. just LME and the two bags of hops

Been reading this forum for little while now and just picked up my first kit and ingredients at my LHBS. Think i'm all set on the equipment, have the 7gal primary plastic bucket and a 5gal glass carboy for secondary (not sure im gonna go to secondary on first batch), and then all the rest of the...

i saw you poured the boiling wort over ice. that's okay to do right? as long as the ice is clean? anyway to tell which bags of ice are made from water that wouldn't contaminate it?

do you fill the water up to the top of the wort line? if it's that high is there any chance for contamination? should i use pre-boiled water?