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haven't reached my bottling stage....but I'm assuming there is no problem taking the top off since I have to rack it to the bottling bucket (if you're not fermenting in it now). congrats though!

I would think the alcohol content is too low to do so. Which is why bacterial soap is 70% or higher

came home for lunch and I actually SAW bubbles! :rockin:

okay, I think I have fermentation. I don't have bubbling but the water level in the airlock was even more uneven when I woke up this morning. So there must be pressure in the bucket building up and pushing water 'almost' out of the airlock. So I guess this is when I do the happy dance :ban...

yeah, the temp is lower 60's fluctuating throughout the day/night a few degrees or so. I just see so many websites and even the packages/instructions that came with the kit all vary their suggestions on what temperature you should ferment at. until tomorrow then!

about 28 hours and the only activity I've seen with the air lock is one side of the water is higher than the other...does that mean anything? lol, maybe it bubbled a little and the water resettled with more on the other side? I'm hoping the temperature down in the basement is okay. I'll wait...

I just was able to get my fingers under the lid and pull one side up. Once you get one side up, just work it around in a circular motion to get the rest to follow. I'm thinking mine will loosin' up the more I open/shut it too.

thanks for the advice...and the welcome! I only found this forum just after I made the mistake. Of course, I only joined this forum BECAUSE of the mistake, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise? ;) I've already been lurking around the begginer's section and have been searching the recipes for...

alrighty, opened up the fermenter (or rather the non-fermenting-bucket) and saw absolutely no activity. I rehydrated and repitched. Also moved it to a little warmer area of the basement. Next to the furnace is a toasty 61-62* which hopefully will be optimal. Restart the countdown!! :rockin:

haven't seen any bubbling in the airlock as of 36 hours. I'll take a look when I get home from work and might repitch if I open it up and see no activity.

thanks, I'll definitely look for activity first before repitching. Should I rehydrate the yeast again or just add it to the top. The instructions that came with that yeast package just says to sprinkle on top of the brew. -b

thanks for the responses. I didn't see any name on the package but the instructions included with the kit said it was Easy Clean. I'm just not sure how concerned I should be about cleanliness. Yes, I did as I was supposed to and immersed EVERYTHING in the solution to clean it...but after...

Hi all- I received a basic starter kit as a Christmas gift. I was so excited to start that I didn't hesitate and went out to purchase a few more things that weren't included in the kit that I knew I would need (ended up spending more than the gift/kit was worth...but I've been planning on...

Hi all... Just received a basic brewing kit as a Christmas gift and dove right in head first this evening. I just locked up the fermenter a couple hours ago! I'm hoping I did everything correct even with the basic recipe I used. Everything seemed so overwhelming at first. Anyway, just...