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Before I got a chest freezer I used the cool brewing bag in a closet. It worked great. I froze several jugs and would rotate them. Two jugs would keep my fermometer steady at 62 in my older south Georgia house with an ambient temperature of 75.

15.347 gals + 5 gallons Caribou Slobber 5 gallons Smuttynose Clone 3 gallons Pumpkin Ale 3 gallons Vanilla Bourbon Porter 6 gallons SLIM's Lemon Life Hefe 5 gallons Spiced Christmas Ale 27 total = 15,374

Thanks everyone. I had nothing, so to be safe I built a starter out of the White Labs I picked up from my local store. I'm brewing a hefe at midnight so I can get my Christmas ale done tomorrow. Thank you U10 soccer for the midnight brew session!

My LHBS does not carry Wyeast, and I have never used Wyeast. So, I thought I would give it a whirl. I have read differing opinions on whether there should be much concern with shipping liquid yeast during the summer. Some long timers on here indicated it isn't as big a deal as it used to be...

A Kolsch, because the better half would like a Kolsch.

Thanks everyone.

I'm planning on brewing a 3 gallon batch of porter soon. I'm planning on adding vanilla and bourbon with oak. Initial research had me considering soaking some oak cubes and a chopped vanilla bean in 10 oz. of decent to good bourbon. I was going to start the soak in a mason jar on brew day and...

I realized the temp correction but it's only .001 difference. I spun the hydrometer to remove bubbles. Thanks for all the tips.

Didn't mean to be smart Tx6686. I just opened it for the first time on day 19. It was definitely not cold when I started. Probably too high. I've since purchased a wort chiller. I'm just going to keep checking the FG and see what it does. Just checked it a little while ago and the airlock is...

Ferm temp started higher than I wanted. And I've kept it around 70. I used dry yeast and it was bubbling strong within an hour or two. NB doesn't list an FG strangely enough. I've found that most people range from 14 to 18. There are plenty of posts on the web looking for an FG, and that's where...

I was out of town on day 14. First time I opened it was yesterday. The fermentation started fast. I am pretty sure I'm reading the hydrometer correctly. That's yesterday's reading.

I found this forum a few weeks ago, and I've been reading and learning a ton. Today is Day 20 of my first homebrew. I received a standard Caribou Slobber extract kit from Northern Brewer as a gift. I'd been wanting to give it a try and my lovely girlfriend may have created a monster with that...