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Kits usually come with a bag of powdery sugar for use with bottling. If that's the sugar you used, don't worry about your beer, but You'll need priming sugar come bottling time.

Count me as another that's glad you weren't hurt. :mug: (Can I have a gumball?)

I just finished bottling my 4th extract kit, Northern Brewer's Chinook IPA. It sure smelled yummy! (Ok, I had a little sip- tasted yummy, too.) Thanks to everyone for the advise over the last few months, the bottling went well, and was, in a way, ... I don't know...easy? Now comes the...

Well said, Georgia Tiger! I couldn't agree more, and Thanks to all who have answered my questions, too! Can I ask again about the lack of activity in my airlock? :D Did I ruin my beer?? Happy Holidays! :mug:

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

He's a lucky man to have someone like you to look out for him! :)

Have you found any beer that you can drink? Have you isolated it to ingredients, at all? I hate to see a beer lover who can't drink beer. A co-worker had esophageal cancer, and had about 1/2 of his digestive tract removed. He is a beer lover, and now it's a straight shot from his throat to his...

Wow, GT! Can I have some of what you're having?? :cross: :mug:

Thank you everyone for the answers! :mug:

Noob here, but if I understand correctly, it's up until the temp reaches 170.

So I'm 4 batches into my 5-gallon extract hobby, and I have yet to use any of the additives that came with my kit. I got the "upgrade" kit because it came with a hydrometer, primarily. (Also, Palmer's book, said additives, wine thief..etc) So if anyone can explain the following little bottles I...

Hey, good deal, Man! I feel like I know you now! Cheers! :mug:

Maddad, I'm going to check out your link as soon as I post this. Here's a nonsense one from Craig, where he rambles on and on, but he's got his mic set down next to an airlock, which is bubbling away the whole time. Ahhhhh, it amused me, but I've been drinking...

I'm a newb, (4th 5 gal. extract batch fermenting ), and I find CraigTube on You Tube fascinating. It may just be that at this stage, I respect anyone who shares information to further the cause. But also, he seems to have a genuine interest in helping the world create more beer. Do any of the...

Ha ha ha!! And just to illustrate how quickly this has escalated...How long has it been since you bottled your first Mr. Beer? :mug:

Ranger IPA is a standby of mine. Also Sierra Neveda: Pale Ale, Torpedo, and when it was available, Hoptimum. But Good Lord, that Hoptimum was deceptive. (10% alcohol was hidden quite well...:drunk:) Regular standby, Ranger for sure.

I started with Mr. Beer, and made about 4 or 5 batches. It's a great way to brew the first batch simply, which takes away the anxiety or fear which can be overwhelming for a newbie. After a Mr. Beer batch, this noob said, "Wow, that wasn't bad at all; Yes, I can do this."

All of my Mr. Beer batches had the sugar added directly to the bottle. It works, but it used to baffle me with all the talk of sanitization, and even sterilization, that here I was, at this critical moment, dumping table sugar into my bottles. But it always worked. Not remarkable beer, but...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Homebrewing For Dummies is a great book! :rockin:

Excuse me Sir, are you asking unknown internet people for 5k? What was the name of your previous brewpub? The last time I gave an interneter 5,000 dollars, I never heard back from him.