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I just did the jigsaw cut to the universal lid and it slips in and out of the dark blue screw on lid but boy is it a bugger to get all the way down. Did I do something wrong?

As a lot of you know I have my first ever extract brew a Midwest front porch pale ale kit in the fermenter as we speak. I brewed and began fermentation on the 16th, fermentation happened quickly and seemed to cease after a few days, cloudy for a bit temp was kept between 65-70. Well the beer is...

Sounds good to me man, I like the thought process haha.

I'm really trying to get away from doing a starter on this next Oktoberfest conversion because I don't think I fully have the know how and tools to do it correctly. Direct pitch sounds so much more appealing haha.

I actually have the darkstar 2.0 from Midwest just haven't gotten around to bringing it into use yet. I will for sure transition to all grain at some point. All in due time. My wife may kill me if more brewing stuff shows up at the house haha.

No offense taken. Always open to suggestions and new things. I will for sure look into it. Thanks for the tip. Once I get past the kits I was given as a gift I'll make my way towards bigger and better things.

It says sg is 1.064-1.066 on the box label.

Could I just double pitch the 1007 to skip the starter? Not sure I trust myself with the starter yet.

Hmm well now I'm not sure which one to use haha. They both seem to have a relatively low ferment temp which is what I'm going for. Roughly 60-65 degrees. It seems like either will work well. Help me out haha.

I've read the wyeast 1007 is pretty cloudy, would you recommend whirfloc? Or just let it sit an extra few days cold for stuff to drop?

I plan to use the malt extract kits for a while until I really have a firm grasp of all the process's including secondary fermenting and mastering the hydrometer haha. Then I plan to formulate some recipes using extracts. What is the best way to go about figuring out how to make recipes, like...

I eventually will get a secondary for kicks, do you guys recommend glass or the BMB 5 gallon plastic?

Perfect! It will just be a strange brew haha. I am a couple months out from brewing it. I still need to modify my big mouth bubbler to allow the new universal lid to fit so I can finally get a solid seal.

Do they allow me to avoid secondary fermentation as well as skipping the lagering (obviously)? I really just need a solid yeast recommendation if I go that route. Something that will dominate between 60-65

Essentially what I'm trying to do is either add or take away from the kit to brew something at a higher ferment temp 60-70 ish without having to use a secondary (not in the budget yet) while still being able to use this Oktoberfest kit. I just am unable to do several of what the kit recipe calls...

Hello all, New Brewer here as some of you know I'm sure haha, still fermenting my first brew and already planning my second. Here lies my dilemma, I was gifted all of my brewing supplies and a few extract lots for Christmas. The person gifting did an awesome job, I've always wanted brew and...

Hello all, New Brewer here, still fermenting my first brew and already planning my second. Here lies my dilemma, I was gifted all of my brewing supplies and a few extract lots for Christmas. The person gifting did an awesome job, I've always wanted brew and now I can. It's going to be a long...

I'll look into thanks for the tip! I think I'll just use spring water going forward. But the tablets may be cheaper. I wish I would have know about this damn muntons yeast ahead of time but that's ok first timer here haha. I plan to make this a long long hobby.

Also it was just plain Jane muntons yeast cheap as they come. I've read that's it's pretty much garbage. Going forward I know.

I've got an update! It appears things are still setting out and calming down. Maybe I just had a quick ferment. The pale ale kit was a freebie with the Midwest brewing starter kit so I really wasn't expecting much. I'll keep it at warmer temps 68-70 and let the yeast work it all out until the...