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I live in a small apt with wife so space is minimal. So cant do the 5 gallon batches then store those and store all the bottles that comes from them. Starting 3rd beer (american pale ale) this weekend.

I currently have the Brewer's Best 1 gallon kit found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CD7CY1G/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Currently I am doing extract brewing. If I wanted to upgrade to 2.5 gallons for beer that I like (no room for lots of 5 gallon tubs), what would I need to upgrade...

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Hello again all! Last saturday (January 21st) I brewed my 2nd extract beer, the 1 gallon Brewer's Best Porter. To experiment with it a little I added 5oz of priming sugar in the last 2 minutes of the boil. I was told this can increase the ABV. Everything went a lot smoother than my first brew...

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I don't have sugar cubes though, I have a priming sugar packet.

Been keeping up with this as I am also a first time brewer. Bottling day is this weekend. Good to hear bottling went ok. I am also having the same questions for the most part. I fermented in the bucket instead of the carboy. Now don't know if I should put sugar in carboy and siphon beer into...

Wont adding the priming sugar to the bucket stir up the trub in the bottom?

Couldn't the auto-siphon siphon up sludge from the bottom and get into the bottles? It's in the bucket so I can't really see the bottom to see how much sludge there is. Also, I don't have sugar cubes, just priming sugar.

So its almost that time to prime sugar and bottle. This weekend will make the 2 weeks. While I am thinking about maybe letting it go to 3 weeks, I don't think it needs it. Hasn't bubbled since Day 2 in primary. While I know you can't always judge by that, I'm assuming 2 weeks was fine in the...

^This. My 1 gallon Kit came with the glass carboy and the 2 gallon plastic bucket. I should have put it in the glass carboy, but thought that could be the secondary if needed.

Unfortunately, I have it in the plastic tub because I thought you should always do a secondary. I was going to transfer it to the carboy. So I wont see if it is clear unless I open to take FG reading.

http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/One%20Gallon%20Recipes/1426%20American%20Brown%20Recipe.pdf According to the link above, FG should be around 1.15-1.19 and ABV around 4.9% - 5.5%

So if the FG is 1.015+, I should let it sit longer?

Thanks for the fast responses! I have a hydrometer, how will that tell me when it is done? My OG was 1.05. How will I know what the FG should be at for it to be done?

How long should I wait to bottle if I'm not transferring to carboy? I read and was told to not pay attention to the bubbles while fermenting, should I just wait 14 days and then bottle? Does it matter how long I let it stay in the primary?