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Ferm going strong and very consistent for almost 8 days. Just now starting to slow down slightly.

I do keep reading about keeping in primary (if your plan does not include secondary) for a few weeks so that the yeast can clean up after themselves. Rather than bottling immediately after a few consistent gravity readings. Lets the yeast do their thing with no chance (on a homebrew scale) of...

I've got a similar scenario with my first brew that is fermenting now too. Was shooting for an APA, but I'm expecting an imperial something now. OG was 1.077 I'm gonna follow the advice here which is to leave it alone and control temp for now. Good luck

Sorry S_M, No boil over pics. Too busy cussing and trying to calculate replacement hops. It wasn't a huge boilover, but when I threw the hops on top of it, it just spit them all back out. Hops caked all over pot and burner. messy. Going back to that paint strainer bag thing, would that...

no issues with leaving nylon paint strainer bags in the boil?

Read that thread on the bucket screens too. Both options look way better than that narrow funnel screen I was working with. Thanks for all of the input and advice. I'm looking forward to seeing what I made. Brian

I like the idea of the paint strainer bag

Thanks Mrboz, Great advice. Yes, the hop additions during boil over is hopefully a one-and-done mistake.

Thanks Fosaisu! Yeah, as long as its drinkable, I'm beyond happy. One of my biggest frustrations during the process was the trasfer of wort from bucket (post CFC) to the CArboy through the funnel with filter screen. It was a 10" funnel with a round filter screen that popped into place. It...

Thanks ChelisHubby, Yeast was Safale US-05. I rehydrated 1.5 packs of dry yeast, so 17-18 grams total. Yes I have a hydrometer so I'll use that for a few days once airlock activity stops.

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First Brew ever from this past weekend. Any thoughts, comments, advice, or predictions are welcome. I was going for an Extract APA with Steeping grains. Here's what happened: Steeped 1# Crystal 45 for 30 mins at 155-165 in 3.5gal Store bought Spring Water Added 2 gal to make 5.5gal...