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At this point I don't really have a good way to measure the temp in the beer. (well I do have a hand held thermometer I use for taking the temp when i'm cooling it down, but nothing long term) Munton's Premium Gold Yeast is what they gave me a the LHBS. The guy there swears that he just sits...

So I've found a friend with an old fridge and temp controller that he isn't using any more so i'm going to go pick it up tonight. So I guess i'm just going to set this thing at 63 degrees and let it ride?

Hopefully the little lady will tolerate the swamp cooler. Maybe if I give it a better name she will like it more! Or I could just buy her some jewelry. :)

That sounds like a good plan. What beer did you brew?

Thanks for the tips. After the first batch I checked the date on the second yeast pack and it seemed fine. I can't remember exactly but I think it had an expiration date of sometime next year. Muntons Premium Gold, it says premium and gold so it must be the best. :) I also shook up the...

So far I have brewed two batches of extract beer. They were both "kits" I got from the local home brew shop with LME and dry yeast. The instructions were pretty basic, just boil it, then sprinkle on the yeast. Temp in my little closet stays pretty stable around 75. The first batch turned...

I think I had the same problem on the first batch that I made. The OG was 1.045 and it got down to about 1.018, but according to the instructions it should have been closer to 1.010. I left it in the primary for about 2.5 weeks and the gravity hadn't moved in several days. Is there...

I guess another question would be should I expect to hit the FG of 1.012 or it is close enough at this point?

Thanks Andy, i'll check it again in a day or so. It seems a bit hard to get a super accurate reading on the hydrometer, but it looks like it was a little lower than the day before. I wasn't really planning on racking it into the carboy, but I wanted to free up my bucket to start another batch.

I've had my first batch of beer going for about 3 weeks now. A basic liquid malt brown ale kit that I picked up from the local brew shop. I took a hydrometer reading on Tuesday and racked it into a carboy. Tuesday it was about 1.020 - 1.018. Today it's about 1.018 - 1.016. It started at...