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What can I do to see if it is fermenting? take a early reading maybe.. Just don't want to have a $50 bucket of wort. I read the ingredients list for the kit again, and it was only supposed to have the one pack of sachet.

I used one packet of sachet.

so far I have no air lock activity. I have heard of bad seals causing this. It is only the second batch with this bucket/fermenter. Anything I should do? I mainly want to make sure that I don't have any issues with my yeast.

I can't remember what my hydrometer was calibrated to. I only topped off about a quart. And mixed it really well. I'm guessing it is just a calibration issue.

I just finished my second extract batch. Belgian Tripel from Brewers Best. The O.G. Range is 1.083- 1.086. Mine is 1.088 at 70F. based on online temperature conversions( because I lost the one that came with my hydrometer it puts me closer to 1.091? That seems way to high. Any advice for me? or...

Ok, followed the recipe. Monday was two weeks in the bottle at 72F. Three weeks in the primary before that. Put the beer in the fridge on Monday chilled for at least 48 hours before I tried one.

So I finally tried my first bottle of my first batch last night. Caribou Slobber brown ale from NB. It didn't really have any head, and the carbination seemed low. I used Palmers sugar calc. And dropped from the included 5oz to 4 oz of priming sugar because I didn't want to over carb. Never...

sweet, I was worried that I had over filled all my bottles. Now I just have to finish my wort chiller and stir plate, so I'm better prepared for my second batch ( Belgian trippel) can't wait!!!

I probably had about 12oz at the bottom of my primary. I filled pretty consistently, using a samuel Adams as a reference......

Well I'm finished bottling.... I only got 46 12oz. Bottles from a 5 gal batch. I was expecting to get closer to 60. How many do you get???

I have read about people using filters when they transfer to the bottling bucket. Waste of time, or worth trying?

Will putting my primary in the freezer help clean up my beer? Any tips and tricks?

Doing a yeast starter on m next batch. Thanks for all the help.

Took a reading last night. Still at 1.023 should I bottle?

Sweet, my water bath temp is 70*F. I keep my house at 74*F.

Just looked again. 1.023

just took my first FG reading. it was 2.003 at 70*F. My OG was right on target at 1.052. My kit doesn't give me a target FG to hit. How does it sound so far? Again it was the brown ale caribou slobber from NB. Thanks for everyone's help. Tastes fine so far. Not really good or bad. Going to taste...

Awesome. I will take a sample tonight, and let you guys know how it goes.

So wait 4 weeks to bottle? Freezer or no freezer?

I'm not using a secondary. had plenty of good advice against making my first batch more complicated. do you pour your reading sample back, heard some guys do, just makes me a little nervous...I have been reading about cold crashing as well. if I put my primary in the freezer. (10-15) minutes...