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The priming sugar has to react with the yeast after bottling in order to achieve carbonation. Cold temps can make the yeast go dormant. Your friend may end up with some tasty, but rather flat beer. It also depends on the kind of yeast. Some can stay active at lower temps. Let us know how it goes!

Congrats to both of you on your first brew. My first is nearly gone :-( and I tasted my second last night. It's not quite ready...gonna taste again next Sunday. I'm planning an Irish Red for my third, but I have to wait for another pay check before I order my supplies. I do wish we had a HBS...

So, I tasted. And I was a little disappointed. The color and flavor are right on, but there was very little carbonation. My Pale Ale produced a 3 to 4 inch head in a pilsner glass 18 days after bottling. This has gone 21 days, and almost no head at all. I'm going to give it another week and try...

True, but a candy thermometer costs next to nothing at WalMart. If you can afford a brew kit, you can afford a couple of dollars for a candy thermometer. It works great for testing while cooking. Mine goes down to 75 F, so I can use it for the cooling wort, too.

OK, I've brewed two batches. First an America Pale Ale, and I tasted it after 18 days in the bottle. It was good, but as noted by so many folks here, it was even better about 2 weeks later. Second is a clone of Pete's Wicked Ale (which is a brown ale). I plan to taste this one today (21 days in...

In my vast experience (I've brewed and bottle 2 whole batches so far!), I've filled all of the bottles (15 at a time because I put them in a paper towel lined 9X13 pan), then lined them up on the counter, then capped them all. This has worked fine, so far. At least, it worked fine for the first...

At 16, I'd just "found Jesus" (as if he were lost or something...) and I went to an off-campus, not officially school-sanctioned get acquainted dance. I parked my '64 Buick LaSabre in the cow pasture near the barn where the dance was being held. In the trunk, I had two ice chests full of fine...

If I'm ever in Manitoba, I know where to go for a drink!

Truly. My first brew is down to 4 6packs (started with 49 bottles). By the time this batch is ready, those'll be gone (unless I ration well and buy some commercial brews, which is the plan). I want to get to a point where I can have my choice of 3 or 4 of my own home brews at any time. Guess I'd...

I just bottled my Pete's Wicked Ale clone from AHB. I used the 1 % alcohol boost in the brew, and my FG before priming was 1. 011. The smell was good. I drank the bit from the gravity test, and the flavor was nice. I'm looking forward to mid January! Oh, this was only my second batch of beer...

Yeah, it's a lot of fun. I found it when some people on alt.smokers.pipes posted puzzles of some of their pipes. To post, you have to register, but it's free. Have some fun with it!

Hey, I posted a pic of my first beer (American Pale Ale) to the Jigzon site. Check it out...have some fun! http://tinyurl.com/ygurvr Vince

PITA? What is PITA?

Ah, differing opinions. I like that. I have a fermentation bucket and a bottling bucket. I guess I could rack to the bottling bucket, clean and sanitize the fermentation bucket, and rack back to that as a secondary. But I really want to get a carboy. Maybe after the holiday finances settle a...

Good question! It's incentive for me to get a carboy for secondary and to eventually start kegging.

I've had my second brew (a clone of Pete's Wicked Ale extract kit from AHB) in the fermentor for 19 days. I don't use a secondary. Since this brew required no dry hopping, it's just been sealed up in the bucket all this time. Is there a point where it's past the point of being good for bottling...

Thanks! And yep...it's delicious!

The perfect solution!

Good point! But I don't want it to be sticky or attract critters between uses. We have critters, here in Louisiana. :o

Hey now, that's a good suggestion! And it's plenty classy enough for me. Thanks!