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So I'm at the final step, Bottle-Conditioning. The kit comes with a pre-measured sachet of sugar, but my batch didn't come to 5 gallons. More like 4.5. Do I need to recalculate or is it a case of "close enough." I don't care about potency of the fizzy, as long as I don't get any bottle-bombs.

I have a batch of English Bitter (First brew!). After brewing it I realized I didn't have a test jar or wine thief for my hydrometer. Then I was out of town longer than I thought and added like two or three weeks to my brew time. Do I still need to figure out a way to test for doneness or can...

Does anybody have any suggestions for what to use as a hydrometer test jar? It was simple enough in primary, I just put the (sanitized) hydrometer in the bucket. But that won't work in the carboy, I'd never get it out again!

It's about time to rack to my secondary and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for sanitizing a carboy. I was thinking of putting a gallon of Easy Clean in it, picking it up, and (carefully!) swirling it around for a few minutes. I'm not sure I can pull it off, though. It might be a bit...

I brewed my first beer on Tuesday afternoon, pitched the yeast, and put it in the basement. Wednesday afternoon the airlock was bubbling merrily away. But today I went to look and it's not noticeably moving at all. I know it's supposed to calm down after the initial fermentation, but isn't...