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Left spigot open on bottling bucket while siphoning from fermenter. Luckily I did not have music playing, so i could hear it. I thought our boxer was wizzing on the kitchen tile, as he is wont to do, so I stormed in there ready to unleash the beast on him. Thankfully, it was only a batch of...

So just for ****s and giggles, I took a bottle to my sister's to crack open (only bottled for 5 days) to test and guage where the batch is at. It's got great color and head. And the flavor isn't bad at first. But some type of rubbing alcohol taste lingers after. Not sure what this is from or if...

I was bored at work today so decided to make a label. Haha

Lol thanks. Yes i did add the sugar/water mixture throughout the siphon process. I cleaned out both buckets in my driveway as soon as I had everything racked. Garden sprayer on stream setting ftw! And a gallon of b-brite solution got the sediment stain off quite effortlessly. Ill be picking up a...

Well I bottled yesterday. It was a long process but I'm having fun learning new tips and methods that will improve it next time. Like, yesterday, I had the bottling bucket on a kitchen countertop, but also had about 5' of rubber hosting connecting the spigot and the racking cane. It didn't take...

Noted on the importance of OG. I didn't take it for this batch because I falsely assumed that my homebrew kit would have included a hydrometer. It did not so I picked one up, along with a thief, a few days after brewday. The airlock has been very dormant for a few days now (no movement or even...

Been 8 days since brew day, and did a gravity reading tonight. 1.015 or 16. Hard to tell exactly. The recipe states a FG of 1.010 to 12. So i guess its pretty close!! I think ill give it another week or 2 in the bucket and take another reading. Im tempted to read it again in 3 days, but i dont...

Ok i can wait. But am i understanding the gravity readings? Or is there benefit to leaving it sit for a longer time past when the FG has leveled off? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

That's brilliant. Thanks for sharing

Just going by the recipe instructions. Keep forgetting that I may need to ignore those. Would it hurt to do my initial FG reading on Sunday, and a 2nd reading on Wednesday? So possibly looking at bottling a week from tomorrow. Assuming the gravity reading doesn't change from Sun to Wed

I did read about that, but it was too late. Ill go buy a little bottle of hawkeye next time im at a liquor store :) Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Cool. Heading back to beercrazy probably Friday to get a Hydrometer (surprised my kit didn't come with one), a longer metal spoon (the wooden spoon I used on brew day was a bit too short) and some starsan. I'll do a reading Friday and see where I'm sitting. Then another on Wednesday. If the...

Thanks. Yeah, I was hoping to just bottle it all at once so I can get all my equipment cleaned and ready for brew day numero dos :) There still seemed to be a little activity in the fermenter this morning. I could see the airlock cap moving a tiny bit. So hopefully by Sunday it'll be ready...

LOL and the wife is basically the main reason I'm trying to keep as little equipment as possible. We're currently in a townhome and we don't have very much space in the garage for this new hobby of mine. But I'm planning on constructing some extra shelves to make better use of the corner of the...

Well, now that I know that there's no limit to the amount of time it can be bottled, then I have no qualms with letting it sit for a while. If that means it'll be better beer, then heck yeah! I may have to try a bottle here and there once I hit the 2-3 week mark, just to use as a barometer of...

Awesome, will do. Even though the instructions say 1 week to ferment and then another week in bottles, I'll ignore that and play it safe. I've always wondered though, how do we know once it's done bottling? Do we just wait a couple weeks and then just pop one open and give er the ol college try...

Im already planning on being disappointed with my first batch :) the next one should go better! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Well for my next batch, ill definitely have swamp cooler and ice ready so i can cool the wort down to ferment temp prior to pitch, regardless of instructions. Idc if it takes a couple extra days to ferment, id rather have better brew than quicker. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

After only about 2.5 days?? I have my heat on now. Going to try raising it a few degrees and see if bubbles speed up. Water currently at 64 (same temp as house) and bubbles about 2 x per minute. Ill bring it up to 67 and see if it speeds up. Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Oh awesome!! I'll get the heat turned on so it hopefully stabilizes around 68. Dang Iowa spring weather!!! :)