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Thanks, but I do have one more question: Do I fish it out after the boil, before moving to the primary? Or do I leave it in?

Okay, so I'm working on my first batch from a recipe instead of a kit. (I'm altering the recipe a little.) It's an Oatmeal Stout, and the recipe calls for 1/2 stick of brewer's licorice, which I have. However, the recipe doesn't say what to do with it. When do I add this? Do I steep it...

The bottles are brand new, and all of the gaskets are good. I'm putting a couple more in the fridge tonight to open next weekend. If they turn out okay, I'll just put the rest in the fridge. If not, I'll get some of the carb drops and try again. Thanks for your help, everyone.

Update: Okay, so Friday night I opened one of the bottles to see how it was. The carbonation was fine. This bottle had sat in the fridge since the week before, when I opened that first bottle that was flat. Yesterday, I put two more in the fridge and opened them last night. They were both...

I guess you could (I'm new to this, so what do I know?), I just thought that having the spigot on there would make it impractical. Can you use the spigot to transfer to the secondary, or would that kick up some of the sediment? Or cause aeration problems?

Only with third party software (like the actual Acrobat application, but I think there's other (cheaper) shareware type options for this). It's not built into the OS like on a Mac.

Well, I don't know how they are with shipping and communication if you order through the web, but I've gotten all my stuff from them so far. But, that's actually going there and getting it, since it's near my office. They seem like good guys and seem to know their stuff. But, like I said, I...

I got my kit from them, but not through the mail order, so I didn't pay shipping. Their shop is near my office, so I can just pop in there and pick stuff up. They really know their stuff and can gave me some pretty good advice for a beginner. I got the kit without the Better Bottle, though...

Thanks for the input, everyone. I went out and bought the carboy today, and will probably rack tomorrow night. Thanks again!

I have yet to make a batch using secondary fermentation (I'm on my third batch now), but I am thinking of doing it with my current batch. I have a couple of questions: 1. When should I transfer to the secondary fermenter? I brewed on Friday, so it's been four days, and there's no longer...

Thanks, I'll wait another week or two and see how they turn out. (Of course, it'll be a long wait!) Thanks for the help. :mug:

I bottled two weeks ago this past Friday (October 20th). I used a 5oz. pack of priming sugar (it was part of a kit).

I just broke into my second batch over the weekend (an American Ale, kinda like a Goose Island Honkers). For part of the batch I used liter sized bottles with the Grolsch style tops. I've only opened one of them so far, but it completely lacked carbonation - it was almost completely flat. I...