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I've got a plastic fermenting bucket and a glass carboy. Can I use dishwashing liquid to clean them as long as I rinse them well and sanitize before use or is there a better way? Everything I'm reading makes me wonder if I should avoid it altogether, but I don't what the alternatives are.

Cool - will do and thanks for the advice ...... stay tuned in a couple or 3 weeks and I'll let you know how it turned out.

I will be attempting to bottle my first batch tomorrow. Is there any point in pouring from my primary into a bottling bucket through a sanitized strainer, or is it better just to siphon from the fermenter and not worry about the sediment?

I saw a couple of new ones online - Craggie or something like that, and Lexington Avenue. Had a great time at Jack of the Wood and Thirsty Monk, but Wedge was my favorite of that trip ....just didn't have time to get around to all the places I wanted to go.

maida7, I see your location is Asheville. I can't wait to get back up there. Visited Wedge last fall (along with a couple of others) and need to get back. I appreciate your help on this.

Thanks for the help - I may invest in one. I've got a batch in now that I need to check, so I'll go with what I've got for the moment and order one. Thanks again.

I'm glad to hear that since I don't have a graduated cylinder. It does hold water - I checked it earlier.

My hydrometer came inside a clear plastic tube with end caps. Do I put the sample in this tube to take a reading or is it supposed to be in a different type of container?

Cool .... still learning about this site, pretty awesome. On the temp, I had that room around 72 degrees pretty consistently, and the temp may have fallen to around 65.... (the entire episode has been a disaster - still having heat problems and I'm around $700 in expense so far) ... anyway...

Thanks, man - hard to sit still and not worry. I will do as you suggest. Also, I love IPAs - my absolute favorites. Are they hard to brew? I've had a few that I really like and would like to clone at some point from Stone Brewing and Lagunitas. I recently had a Terrapin Hopsecutioner that...

Ok, today is Saturday ....one week in and no action whatsoever. I'm going to try a hydrometer reading, but there is nothing happening in the airlock. If the gravity is right, should I bottle or does this need to sit at least another week? If I need to add yeast, it will be a few days before I...

Thanks, guys - gives me hope this thing is ok. From all I've read so far, I took it that I ought to be watching that airlock and that it ought to be rockin' ... glad to know that's not necessarily the case and I will do as you have suggested and relax a bit ....maybe have a beer or something.

Brewed my first batch ever Saturday Feb 6th (bought kit from Midwest Brewing Supplies). Came with an Irish Red Ale. Put into fermenter Saturday afternoon (used a dry yeast - maybe Munstons). No action until Monday and then kicked in to a decent active bubbling on Tuesday (yesterday). Power went...