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I love these forums. No matter how bad I think I screwed up, RDWHAHB seems to be the response. :) I have replaced my airlock with a tube leading to a bucket of water after reading some of the similar threads below.

Crew, I brewed my fifth all-grain beer Thursday. Pitched the yeast at 9pm and had bubbling by morning. Yesterday (Saturday) I heard a whistling sound: it was the air-lock. Some bubbles formed around the black plastic ring and there was a lot of beer in the air lock. I have a 7 gal bucket and...

Thanks for the tips everyone! I have this one in my primary right now. I was planning on letting this sit in primary for 2.5 weeks total, then boiling a small amount of water / sugar (letting it cool), then adding that to the primary container to settle for another day. After that, I was going...

Revvy, I really appreciate the piece of mind! You nailed it exactly. I just cracked a cold one and am going to relax while I read the threads you provided. Cheers all!

Thank you for the replies! This was an all-grain brew: I will keep my fingers crossed that it comes out okay.

Gang, I attempted my first brew last night. A friend recommended I use distilled water: obviously I should have done more reading before taking his advice. Anyway, I did not realize until this morning that using distilled water was a bad idea. My brew is already in the bucket. Is the...