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Welcome! Mount Pleasant/Charleston SC here.

I like Revvy's bottle hangers. Theyre simple, easy produce and get the general job done with minimal fuss.

The yeasties are farting as they eat the remaining sugar. Same way your beer gets carbonated, except in this case the CO2 is able to escape out of the carboy. Its fine :)

Bottles? Remember you usually cant carb the beer in a growler, the glass is typically not strong enough for that.

+1 To what Hang Glider said. Make sure that hose is a snugly on your racking cane otherwise you're going to be pulling outside oxygen into the beer are you transfer it. Trust me, I know this the hard way.

Its a very very green beer. Its not going to taste great. Just let it ride!

Deus Ex Cervisia? :mug:

Agreed, Im a fan of number three.

The secret to any good fermentation. I find its better to rack into the secondary on top of the baby goat. Just my 2 cents.

Here's a little story for you, hope it puts some fears aside. I brewed a batch last week monday. Threw some yeast fuel in there, pitched and stored the wort around 0100. Next day comes, I check in the afternoon, no airlock activity. Odd but no worries, my last batch was bubbling furiously by...

Second this. Always keep some in the kitchen. It will basically remove anything that burnt on, be on stoves or pots and pans.

It really depends. AHS has been backed up due to their sale, but prior to their sale I put a huge order in at night and it shipped the next morning. It all depends on their volume of orders.

For clarity you can always add finings to the beer such as Irish Moss and gelatin. Here's a collection; http://www.austinhomebrew.com/index.php?cPath=178_21_187_396 Edit: Didnt see where you said it was no boil. See below about Irish Moss and cold crashing!

This. People forget that your local drinking water is monitored and regulated to be within limits for drinking. However bottled water is not inspected UNLESS it is part of interstate commerce in which case it must adhere to FDA regulations. The majority of bottled water I buy comes from out...

Also if your temp in the house is right and you're still worried about UV, just wrap a towel around the bucket/carboy.

My brown ale sat in a pitch black closet and still had some funky flavors when it was that green. Let it ride!

Well done! And true about the word spreading, I already have two people lining up for the beer. They turn into my brewday free labor however :D

Welcome to the addiction :)

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