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Thanks for the suggestions. I tend to enjoy a good range of flavors in beer, so I'm not too concerned. I really just didn't want to use just the extract and the booster, seemed like it would have been a bit sparse on flavor. But of course, I am new at this and am only guessing. We'll...

I placed a plate underneath. Figured to catch any, but I'm thinking your idea is better. The leak is very slow at this point, I'll just have to be sure to fix it after this batch.

Well, it appears I still have a leak, however small it is. Hopefully this wont be an issue..

I have a few twist off bottles, and I wonder if you could reuse the original cap. I'm not sure if they would seal correctly though.....

Well, I washed my arm really well and reached in and tightened the spigot, hopefully this solves the leakage issue. This was the Mr. Beer West Coast Pale Ale, with honey added, and 1 1/2 cups of the booster. The room I have to place the fermenter seems to keep between 65 and 70 degrees F...

I may give that a try later, but it's currently full of wort waiting for yeast, and I have nothing to transfer it to.

Well, I was given a Mr. Beer recently, and figured to give it a go. I used the Wsomething pale ale that came with the kit. Anyway, I noticed after the wort was added to the mr beer, and prior to adding the yeast, that my mrbeer is leaking from the washer around the spigot. I'm not sure...