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Foil and a rubber band work just fine but the lock should be okay without the cap as well.

You should be fine leaving it another 2 weeks, I routinely leave beers a month in the primary. As for moving things around, personally I like to bottle in my kitchen so I would say bring the fermenter upstairs a few hours before bottling and then do all your racking there.

I've never had someone judge me because I brew beer, most people I talk to are pretty interested and want to hear all about it. As for the difference between beer and wine in general, wine has always been associated with the well to do while beer is the working man's drink. Here's an example...

Hey there fellow Bostonians. Since I am about to move to this fine city, I was wondering if any of you know where to get tank refills in Boston or Cambridge.

Okay, just to play devil's advocate here, but speaking as someone who has worked in retail management here are a few things to consider: 1) They would not put it out if people didn't buy it. It takes up valuable floor space so if it wouldn't sell in October they would not put it out, they...

Welcome from a newly minted Canterbridgian.

I bottle from the keg with a beer gun, works like a charm.

Definitely for DME, I'm guessing LME might be a bit easier, but it will still take longer to dissolve in the colder water I think.

It will take the extract longer to dissolve in the colder water.

There are no changes to actually brewing your beer. Read How to Brew (available free online) to learn all the basics you will need for making your first beer. Pick up any equipment starter kit, Austin Home Brew and Northern Brewer both have good ones at reasonable prices, and a stock pot that...

Sounds to me like you are doing the exact right thing; wait for it to return to boil, add hops, and start 60 minute timer.

I'd be a bit worried about bottle bombs too. Uncap them in a few days, carefully, and then recap and stick them in the fridge.

Thanks for the well wishes gang. Living in RI I am well versed in the "driving" habits of those in MA. We're actually pretty excited about the move as we will be much closer to work and most of our friends, it's just hard to leave RI.

Well, it's official, the wife and I are leaving our precious lil' Rhody and becoming Massholes; the commute was just too much for us both. At least we'll still be in NE and maybe one of these days we'll be able to attend an HBT meet-up. In the meantime, I still plan on being in...

Okay, 1) just because you don't have a lot of airlock activity, that does not mean you don't have fermentation, airlocks are imperfect indications at best; 2) honey ferments very very slowly, so I wouldn't expect fermentation to kick up just because you added honey. Brewing takes a lot of...

Sounds like you used a bit too much extract (it's almost impossible to screw up the OG when using extract). Next time, use less fermentables and you won't run into this problem.

If you've had an airlock on the whole time and have been reasonably good about refilling it with santized water I wouldn't be too worried about infection. Even if you hadn't, never assume you have an infection, re-pitch and see what happens.

+1 on this. It sounds like you got some bad instruction from your lhbs as well as a crummy kit (adding sugar as a fermentable is a no-no). If I were you I would re-read How to Brew and I would order a kit from Austin Homebrew or Northern Brewer and follow the instructions it comes with. You...

Oh man, that is awesome.

Here in Providence we have this phenomena of people who go around on trash night and pick through anything people have put out (in Providence you can put large items out for trash pick up, like furniture and such). My family has taken to calling these people the Raccoon People.