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All right, I got back home after work and gave the bottle capper a try before I actually put beer into it and they are not moving.. nice and tight. I have no clue why the lady told me that. Oh well .. tonight it's bottling time on my first batch Thanks for the replies Eric

I rented one .. I'll try it on a empty see if it moves and try to find another one if it does. If something doesn't sound right.. it's not ! :)

Today I went to pick up at the LHBS the capper for capping my first batch. The lady told me that it was normal after I capped them that the caps would still move. When the pressure builds they will stop moving. So not to be worried about if I can still move them after. Is this...

lucky me, I found a brew shop not too far from my house with a very goo selection of hops, malts, extract and everything I needed. Talked to them this morning and they have everything is stock with the 20L and they seems very knowledgable. Problem solved. Tonight I bottle my first batch...

This is what they have Canada Malting 2 ROW PALE MALT (Lovibond 1.5 - 1.9) Canada Malting 6 ROW PALE MALT (Lovibond 1.5 - 1.9) Hugh Baird ENGLISH PALE ALE (Lovibond 2 - 3) Weyermann PILSEN; 1 lb (0.45 kg): $1.50; 55 lbs (25 kg): $59.95 Canada Malting MALTED WHEAT (Lovibond 3 - 5) Briess...

thanks for the info. I have the 3rd edition of the book and the recipe call for 20L Crystal.

I talked to my home brew store about it.. they said since it was only 0.5 Lbs using 20 or 80 Crystal wouldn't make that much of a difference. There rest is 8 pounds of LME Pale. I'm not sure what do think anymore.

I'm in canada so I'm limited to stores and ordering online is very expensive for shipping. I'll look elsewhere

My next batch I want to try is the Victory and chaos IPA from John's palmer book. I found all the ingredient but my local shop only has CRYSTAL 80L instead of CRYSTAL 20L (0.5LBS) Would that cause a big problem ? thanks

I need a bucket that I will use only for bottling. Can I use a bucket from home depot or similar or I really need a bucket that I get at a brew store? thanks Ernie

Thanks for the info. That was my worry if I open it I risk contamination. I will wait the 3 weeks and then take the gravity. See where it is.

I did my first brew day 8 days ago. It's the Cincinnati Pale Ale From J. Palmer book. It doesn't seem to be any bubbles coming out form the air lock now. In the book it says bottle after 2 or 3 weeks. How do I know if it's 2 weeks or 3 weeks ? thanks

everything was ready and clean to go from earlier in the day.. so we could say 3 hours :) It's really tempting to go look at the fermenter every few hours hehe

Finally did it. Saturday I brewed my first batch. Used the Cincinnati Pale Ale recipe come Palmer's book. Overall the brew went really go. Nothing funny or bad to describe. The whole process took me about 2:30 hours. It took 45 min for the water to get to a boil, didn't expect it...

Thanks a lot to everyone for the support in this adventure . I'm not worried, I just want to make things right so I don't ruin my first batch. :) So from what I can understand from everyone replies. I can 1) put the lid on, without sealing it and leave it there without going to...

so I went to pick up the equipment, did a few places today and it all looks the same. The only thing that is confusing right now is the primary bucket doesn't come with an air tight seal (rubber). And it was like this both stores. One of the store was the biggest place in quebec and the...

Thanks for the support everyone. I'm really curious how this will turn out. The kit comes with a bucket 6 gallon and a cardboy (5Gallon).. should I even bother with secondary fermenting or just leave the beer in the bucket for the first batch ? thanks agian Ernie

So, I've been reading on this site for more than a year and have read "how to Brew" book 3 times. I've decided that I was ready to give it a shot and try to brew beer. So tomororw I will go buy the equipment needed and ingredients. I've decided not to use a kit, I was thinking of...

I've been learking this forum for over a year and read "how to brew" so now I'm ready to try to make beer and buy some equipment. I looked at a few local web site and visited a place but I'm a little confused on what I really need to get started. I've read some previous thread and looked a...