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Thanks to you both. I had hoped all was well, but with a first batch of anything Murphy's Law seems more likely to apply. I should be racking to the secondary later this week.

Several weeks back I bought a Vino Vida wine kit (Piesporter), because my wife. wanted to give it a try. On January 1 we performed the first step--warm water, bentonite, juice concentrate and cool water added to the primary, along with vigorous stirring. The second step, to be performed...

+1 one on the wort cooling. I'm really new to home brewing, but a wort chiller was one of my first purchases, after a full boil-sized kettle (worried about my success with DIY so I bought one). I can't imagine waiting around the garage for my kettle to cool after the boil, even with the winter...

Thanks for the quick reply; dry hopping it will be.

Hello. Well, I'm new at this, since this is only my second batch (and I'm posting in the beginners forum). I made what I hope is a minor mistake with a second batch, and would like advice on my proposed fix. I brewed up a Porter using a Midwest kit--6 Lbs. dark liquid malt extract, 8 oz...