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Ended up taping the grommet down with electrical tape. Seems to be working fine

So I'm fermenting with an S 04 yeast and heard it's a very active fermentation, so I should use a blowoff tube. Only problem: blowoff tube fits into the hole in my fermenting bucket lid, but it's not snug. The tube has a rubber grommet but the hole is too tight for the grommet. So, the grommet...

Hello all. My beer has been in the fermenter for a few weeks now, and for the last week it has not changed from a gravity of 1.017. It was expected to get down to 1.012. It's in the secondary now, for conditioning. But having not fermented all the way to 1.012, will it still be drinkable...

Raised in Ft Smith, graduated from UofA, and then TCU for grad school. I currently live in Ft Worth but a Hog fan all the way!

Thanks for all the help!! I didn't take an OG at the start, because I forgot to. First brew mistake. I'll be doing that in the future. But I also didn't think to check the hydro accuracy with water. I'll do that, but I'll probably wait another few days anyway and see if the gravity's the same...

Subject says it all, just about. My first brew and I picked a pilsner, not knowing it needed to ferment at COLD temps. It's in a 70-75 degree room. But having said that, it'll still taste like beer and so I've accepted it might not be a true-tasting pilsner. ANYWAY, after about a week I opened...

That is pretty damn true! I'm smoking ribs today and I've already had two PBR.

Well, live and learn is right. It was re same when I learned to smoke meats. I should try beers that can ferment at room temp, 70 degrees or so. Meanwhile, maybe this one will at least turn out better than Pabst... Who knows?

I'm making a pilsner. Done after three days?? I thought it'd take a couple weeks. I'll do a hydrometer test later today and see. What reading am I looking for? And if it is done fermenting, should I still leave it in or should I go ahead and bottle?

Well, a couple brewing friends of mine told me something and I thought I'd run it by the forum for your opinions. They said that they had heard you can lift the lid just a little after a few days and look for a fermenting ring around the edge. But if it just looks like it did when I started that...

Thanks all! I didn't realize I could put the wort in the fermenter, and come back later to pitch the yeast. Thought it had to be done quicker. I will check the gravity in about ten days and see. I guess all I can do is wait till then.

Hello all, Complete newbie here to brewing, and I'm hoping to have some decent beer in about 4 weeks. But I have questions... My airlock was pretty active after 24 hrs, a bubble each second. Today (second day), not many bubbles, one every ten seconds. I know this is not really a way to check...