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I just strained it as I was pouring the wort into the primary, after it had cooled and before I took the SG and pitched the yeast. The air lock is cruising right now. Yesterday it was about 1 bubble every 2 seconds, now at 1 every 5. The hardest part is waiting the 4 weeks for it to condition...

I ended up straining the whole thing last night, mainly due to a lack of energy and I needed to get to bed to sleep. Plus I figured a little extra O2 would help the yeast get started. When I went to check on it this morning, the air lock was bubbling away. 4 weeks out from bottling day...

I was thinking about getting a second bucket anyway.

What about brown sugar?

That is going to be the fun part. The bottling bucket is the primary fermenter, and I have a lager in secondary that won't be ready until after this beer is ready to bottle.

Already happening, but screwed up my bottle sanitation on my first batch. Some turned out awesome, some turned out like ammonia. I have a double hopped lager in the garage right now. Brewing a California common ale as we speak.

I was thinking to just use the spoon to get the big chunks, while leaving the smaller ones.

What else to do but brew a nice ale and enjoy some time in the kitchen using the stove for its original purpose. Plus my mother-in-law gave me my birthday gift early, so why not try it out, the only question, to filter the leaf hops or to not filter.

Yes, lurking. Thanks for the welcome!

Hi everyone. I have been looking at this site for a month now, since my wife gave me a True Brew set up for Christmas. I am now drinking my first home brew, an Irish Red that started life as an amber. Hey, it's still beer.