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:( I'm guessing it peaked sometime Sunday night/Monday morning. I was gone from Sunday morning until last night, and when I got home last night it was bubbling about every 2 seconds. That seems like a pretty quick ferment, so I do worry that it got too cold last night and it stopped fermenting...

Yeah I have a floating thermometer that came with the kit, I should have been using that in the swamp cooler, DOH! Yes, local store is BeerCrazy, only a few minutes away from my house. The 2 guys I've talked to in there have been pretty awesome. I'll be going back in probably tomorrow to pick...

Holy cow, so much good information. Brain is a bit over-loaded! haha. I have not been adding ice at all. Initially, on brew night after I closed the fermenter up, I did add a bag of ice to the swamp cooler to try and get temp down prior to fermentation kicking off. The ice melted overnight on...

Bubbling has slowed down quite a bit overnight. Now it's about once every 10 seconds. Is something wrong? I was thinking the bubbling would go crazy for a few days, like it was last night.

Just got home from being gone for about 24 hours and my beer is doing science!!! Air escaping about once every 2 seconds. Such a proud papa! :mug: Smells pretty delicious too :)

Lol. Subtle indeed.

Thanks man. Nervous that it won't turn out, but that's just the perfectionist in me. Looking forward to subsequent batches though! Once I learn the process better, I think the brew days will be a lot of fun. I was running around like a nervous nelly yesterday, afraid I would miss something...

Nope sorry, cjens19 is my only persona I'm afraid. See my post on Twitter at jensonc for proof :-)

Sorry, not a troll. And yes, this is my first brew. But i have done research so I may not be as green as other first-timers, but I definitely realize I have an immensely long ways to go. I haven't posted on any other threads because I just joined last night while I was mid-brew and worried that...

Heh, i like that. A hobby that has endless outcomes and possibilities. Sure beats the heck out of anything else ive been doing lately! Well, besides 18 holes when its 70 and sunny! :) Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

And these can stay on the fermenter right? For good? Or at least as long as adhesive sticks? Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Whats the best way to monitor temp without opening the fermenter? Ive got an adhesive fermometer on order from amazon that i was hoping to stick on the fermenter at about the 4 gallon mark. Will that be accurate enough? Im envisioning the type of stick-on thermometer I used to have on my...

Oh man i didnt even realize until now that the tub i have is in fact a swamp cooler. Haha. My wife has used it as a laundry basket for years. So thats currently what my fermenter is sitting in with a 20lb bag of ice around it. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Well I've had some ice in the keg tub now for about an hour. Is it safe to just leave that in there and let it melt tonight? Will that get it too cold? Once it's melted it should get to room temp and stay there, but I don't want to get it too cold. Man, there's really a lot to this! I love it...

So it won't hurt to pop open the fermenter to steal a bit of beer to check gravity? Is there a rule of thumb as to the max amount of time to keep lid off? Gotcha, so I'll check gravity next Sunday. And then maybe wednesday test again. If the reading is the same, proceed to bottling? If it...

Man, now I'm also reading that it's not good to add your LME until flameout (which I take to mean as just at the end of boil)? But these instructions had me add it just as my initial 1.5 gal of water got to a boil. It didn't scorch or burn, so I'm not sure if it will end up being a mistake, but...

That's a huge bummer that this recipe kit I got would have led me that far astray. It's an All Malt Amber from True Brew. I'll be mentioning this to the guys that work at the homebrew shop when I go back in next week to get a hydrometer and a longer metal spoon. Here's the exact instructions...

Ah, false alarm I think! The water level in the outside part of the airlock cup went down, but it actually moved to inside the cap that fits around the hole. Does that make sense? I'm probably butchering these terms. So, I don't think any actually went inside the bucket, but it definitely got...

Just bought a stick-on fermometer from Amazon to slap on my fermenter bucket. Won't have it in time for this batch, but I'm hoping a few bags of ice in a keg bucket will get it cooled down quick enough. Thanks to everyone for the helpful replies. Very excited to begin this journey.

Any cause for concern if the water in my airlock has dropped like an inch below the fill line? I've moved the fermenter around a little but i don't think enough to have water go back up into the hole to get into the fermenter.