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Thanks for the responses everyone. I'll move it upstairs and check back in about a week and hopefully it will be dropped down. I'll also move my other batch I have fermenting (brewed 4 days ago) up there as well. Just like everyone else brewing their first batch, I'd love to have it sooner...

I'm a newbie as well, so maybe an expert can chime in and tell me if I'm wrong. I've been looking a lot into this as well and from what I've read, your goal should be topping off to 5 gallons. The ingredients that came in your kit are made for a 5 gallon batch. Less than 5 gallons and it...

Hey everyone. I was planning on bottling my first batch tonight. It's an Irish Red Ale kit from Midwest. The FG is supposed to read 1.010-1.012 according to the directions, but it's currently at 1.017/1.018. I took a reading a few days ago and it was the same. The first thing I didn't do...

As someone who likes bourbon, what would be the recommended amount of bourbon to add to the secondary? I definitely want to taste the bourbon, but I don't necessarily want to disgust the non-bourbon drinkers I'll be sharing this with though.

Thanks for posting this. I'm thinking about building a fermentation chamber out of a chest freezer and I'd like it to heat and cool as well. I'd like it to be a set it and forget about it type thing since the weather where I live can be 70 one day and then 30 the next. Is there a "safer" yet...

Did you make a gourmet meal from scratch your first time cooking or did you follow somebody else's recipe?

I was going to post my own thread until I saw this one. I also live in Fairfax and am finally able to start brewing after getting married and moving out of a condo. No garage, but at least I have a basement. I brewed my first batch last weekend (Irish Red Ale) and am waiting impatiently for...