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Guess i paniced too soon...definetly have some action going on thos morning

Use the spigot, why didnt i think of that? duh....

This was my first time using a carboy as a primary and wasn't sure how to pitch yeast in it (stiring it in) and couldnt leave it in the buckrt cuz it is my botteling bucket that i need tomorrow for botteling another batch...thanx for the advice tho

I just finished brewing a brewers best imperial blond extract kit. Moved wort from pot to bucket to pitch yeast then tried moving from bucket to carboy with a funnel....while doing so the funnel fell out onto the floor full of wort, think i may have lost alot of yeast....am i ok or should i get...

How about etching?...i stopped by Hobby Lobby (art n craft store) and they had a glass etching kit that looked pretty simple to use. Curious how it would look on the amber colored bottles tho. Thoughts?

Good info, im gonna check into the do it yourself screen printing

Screen printed bottles would be cool, think there may be a place here where i live that might be able to do that. I'll have to check that out

I've seen posts on here about a web site that does custom caps for 12 cents ea. That equals out to just under $6 to cap 2 cases. Full color labels would use up almost a whole ink cartridge which runs about $40....my main concern is i soak my bottles in oxi clean and would the paint hold up to that?

Rough sketch of logo i intend to use

Anyone have any thoughts about painted on logos? Making new labels for each batch gets expensive with printer ink and paper so i thought maybe make a stencil and paint a permanent logo on my bottles and just ordering custom caps to identify beer styles. Good idea?

Thanks hope yours turns out good for you...i know my wife is very excited for this one th finish up

Few questions about my witbier kit that i just racked on top of 5lbs. of frozen strawberries. First off this is my first time witha a blow off tube, does the bucket need to be covered? also is the carboy too full, i didn't want to lose alot of beer so i filled it to the top. And then how long...

Any tips on keeping good sanitation with lots of pet hair in the air? We have 2 cats and a dog and i am concerned about pet dander contaminating my wort during boil/cooling/bottleing

Ok...gonna leave it be for a few weeks then, thanks for the advice everyone

Just brewed my first batch sunday evening, placed i ferment bucket and everything started off well started seeing bubbles in airlock the next morning. But now less than 48 hrs later the airlock has stopped bubbling, isn't that a little too soon? Took a hydrometer reading, started at 1.044 now at...