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I will try the hydrometer reading. How long is too long to wait to pitch another packet of yeast, if the first one didn't work? Thanks

Its in a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket. Is been in there for about 8 days now. I'm really not sure what the temp was, I'm guessing under 120 degrees though. Since I had it sitting in a bit of ice and then several cold water baths for about 15 minutes in the sink. I haven't taken any readings or...

I think I might have messed up my batch of Cream Stout and not sure what to do. The last batch of beer I brewed started bubbling a lot after a few days and continued to bubble out the airlock for several days. This one barely produced any bubbles out of the airlock for about a day and now seems...

Thanks for all the info on this thread. I've just ordered an Igloo FR465 as well and plan on getting 2 corny kegs to put into it. It seems to be by far the cheapest route of getting a kegerator.

OK guys, you have successfully talked me out of the conical for now. I've ordered another plastic brewers kit as my other one is too old, don't want to risk ruining a batch, this time I got a set with a plastic better bottle for secondary fermentation. I've also ordered a new heavy duty 6 gallon...

I have a steel pan that is big enough for a 5 gallon batch that I used to boil the ingredients on the kitchen stove. Then I manually poured that into the fermenter bucket as I recall, sorry, its been a few years since my last attempt. I did not have a cooler or chiller that I've used so far. I...

I had purchased a 5 gallon brewing kit that came with a plastic fermenter bucket with airlock, a bottling bucket, plastic siphons, hydrometer, bottle capper, bottle filler and bottling brush. They getting kind of old and not sure if the lid gaskets are perfectly air tight, or if there are tiny...

Wow thanks for all the advice. I'm not 100% certain on the conical, but it seems like it would be pretty fool-proof and high quality. I want something easy to sanitize with little room for error and the least amount of human intervention as I've made a bad batch with the plastic buckets in the...

That is a good question, I believe the answer is extract. Although I am a newbie and might be mistaken....In the past I've gotten both a can of syrupy malt, as well as bags of grain combined together, when purchasing ingredients if that helps.

I'm a newbie who has only brewed a few 5 gallon batches in plastic buckets and secondary fermenting in bottles but I've decided I want to go ahead and make an investment into some high quality brewing equipment, and would like some advice from more experienced brewers. I really like the looks of...

I'm from northern IL, just came across this site when researching a conical fermenter. I've only brewed a few times with plastic buckets but want to get into it again and get some better equipment. Thanks for having a site so newbies like me can ask questions on!