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Thanks for the tips! They fermented in a corner of my living room, which fluctuates from 64-68 degrees. Currently resting in a box downstairs under the stairwell, 66-68 degrees. Is either location too cold? We keep it cool inside during the winter, saves us a ton on bills.

I'll test the hydrometer in water tonight. And yes, one of my (many) mistakes was not adding an extra gallon of water to the 4 gallons of wort I boiled. Might as well share the other one too since it's pretty funny: The gf helped me attach a blowoff tube to the cap and assured me the tube...

Fermented for exactly two weeks. Think I'm gonna find a safer location for my bottles for the time being. Agreed. I did some reading on here and in The Joy of Home Brewing before I started, plus I watched the instructional DVD from Northern Brewing that came with my equipment. There was...

Bottled my first-ever batch on Saturday from a 100% extract milk stout kit, and the recipe's instructions were equally vague. And I, too, forgot to take an OG reading. Took one just before bottling (before accidentally allowing some sanitizer from the S-lock to drip in, oops!), noted that it...